The characters that really get jealous in Othello are (obviously) Iago, Othello, and Bianca.
Iago took it to the extreme, but they all contributed to the death of Desdemona, Othello and Emilia.
I could never quite understand if Iago was jealous of Othello for maybe having that affair with Emilia.. he only seemed concerned about a few times. Everyone kept saying that he really didn't care about Cassio's issues, but I feel like that's really all he cared about. He never sought revenge by sleeping with her. And he did try to kill Cassio.
The jealousy that Othello felt prevented him from thinking rationally at all. Don't you think you would at least ask your wife about the affair before you strangled her? The handkerchief was found with Cassio and he gets to kill her? In the end Othello says to think of him as "one not easily jealous..." (V.ii.344) But that is definitely not true at all.
And Bianca.. she didn't play a big role, but she was jealous over Cassio's "handkerchief mistress". Which made Iago's plan go more smoothly. It made Cassio look like an even bigger pig than what he already appeared to be. This made Othello angrier and then he killed Desdemona. Sad story.
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