The sole daughter of, and middle child of John Dutton. She’s a well-educated, highly intelligent, and a master manipulator, Beth is bitter, abrasive, amoral, sadistic, volatile, selfish, and emotionally unstable. The current executor of the Estate of the ranch, married to Rip Wheeler, mother to adoptive son Carter. A complex mix of fierce, unapologetic strength, ruthless cunning, and deep-seated vulnerability. She's a brilliant, verbally vicious, and loyal protector of her family and the land.