Milah (played by Rachel Shelley) is a supporting antagonist from "The Crocodile", episode 2.04 of Once Upon a Time (airdate October 21, 2012).
In the episode, Milah secretly keeps company with Killian and his crew at the local tavern, without her husband's knowledge. One day, Rumplestiltskin arrives to the tavern, beckoning her home. Milah initially refuses, but she relents after Baelfire begins calling for her. Later, while laying in bed, she expresses displeasure to Rumplestiltskin of her current life. Milah wishes to leave village life so she can explore and see the rest of the world. During the night, she leaves behind both her husband and son to join Killian on an adventure travelling the seas and became a pirate since, abandoning her family and faked her death. Never seen again.
After Rumplestiltskin became the new dark one years later, he challenges Killian to a duel for the magic bean and to avenge Milah. Rumple won the fight and was going to make the final blow, until Milah, alive and dressed as a pirate, approached, begging him to stop, shocking Rumple and seeing her death was a lie. She clarifies that Killian never kidnapped her, and she went willingly with him due to their mutual love for each other. Milah reveals that she is in possession of the magic bean he so desires. In exchange for the item, she wants Rumplestiltskin to leave her and Killian alone. To carry out the deal, Rumplestiltskin ascends onto the deck of Killian's ship and demands how could she leave their son behind (which was the same way Rumplestiltskin's father did to him as a child). Milah retorts that she has lived with the regret of leaving Baelfire, but couldn't stay in a loveless marriage with Rumplestiltskin. At one point, he moves to grab the bean from her hand, but she throws it to Killian. When she claims to have never loved him, Rumplestiltskin furiously rips her heart out for this. Collapsing in Killian's arms, she proclaims her undying love for him just as the dark one crushes the heart to ash, killing her instantly.
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Rachel Shelley appeared as Marcella in the The New Adventures of Robin Hood