External links
| Incarnations | |
|---|---|
| Supporting characters | |
| Enemies | |
| Publications | |
| Other media | |
| Related | |
| Arrow | |
|---|---|
| The Flash | |
| Supergirl | |
| Legends of Tomorrow | |
| Black Lightning | |
| Batwoman | |
| Animated series | |
| Characters | |
| Crossovers | |
| Related | |
Batwoman is an American superhero television series developed by Caroline Dries based on the DC Comics character Batwoman, a costumed crime-fighter created by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, and Keith Giffen. It is set in the Arrowverse, sharing continuity with the other television series of the universe.
The following is a list of characters who have appeared in the television series. Many are named after (or based on) DC Comics characters.
Kate Kane (portrayed by Ruby Rose; main: season 1 and Wallis Day; recurring: season 2), Gracyn Shinyei as a child) is an out lesbian and the cousin of Bruce Wayne who, armed with a fierce passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, dedicates herself to defending Gotham City in Batman's absence as Batwoman.
In season two, the airplane that Kate is coming in from National City crashes and she is presumed dead. It is then discovered that Kate is still alive. The False Face Society ambushed her on her plane, burning her face while trying to abduct her. Enigma makes Kate think she is Roman Sionis' daughter Circe while giving her a mask. Circe confronts Batwoman and Alice at a boat following Ocean and Angelique's escape and overpowers them, though Batwoman leaves Alice for Circe. She brings Alice to Black Mask who decides not to kill her. He then orders Circe to take Alice downstairs to be tortured. Alice manages to save herself only by offering to craft a new face for Circe.
After learning that she is Circe, Jacob and Alice use some items to cause Kate to remember some events prior to Tatiana and the False Face Society attacking her. Ryan Wilder finds her and brings her to Wayne Tower. Mary had to sedate her when Kate experiences a mental battle between her younger self and Circe. Upon pulling off a trick with Sophie, Kate as Circe confronts Black Mask, wanting to know why she has Kate's memories. Circe fools Luke, Sophie, and Mary by having them think that Kate is in control so that she can access the other parts of the Batcave. After a fight with Ryan, Circe makes off with the villain items and gives them to Black Mask before ripping apart the Batwoman suit. During a showdown at a bridge, Ryan and Alice use the vapors of the Snakebite on Circe, purging the Alice persona from her. After giving Ryan her blessing to continue as Batwoman, Kate leaves Gotham City.
Ryan Wilder (portrayed by Javicia Leslie; seasons 2–3; Ava Augustin as a child) is Kate Kane's successor as Batwoman, who was nicknamed "Batwoman 2.0" by Vesper Fairchild. She is a highly skilled yet undisciplined fighter who spent 18 months in prison after two Crows operatives caught her with the drugs that Angelique Martin had in her possession. While her parole officer Susan Stevens expects her to maintain the conditions of her parole, Ryan was living out of her van with her plant and becomes the new Batwoman after finding the Batsuit in the wreckage of an airplane that Kate was coming in from National City. Ryan later had a final duel with Circe with Alice's help which led to Ryan using the vapors from the Snakebite to purge the Circe persona from Kate and even resuscitating her after Alice pulled Kate from the river. Thanks to Susan, Ryan is released from parole and receives Kate's blessing to continue as Batwoman.
In the third season, Ryan is blackmailed by former GCPD detective Renee Montoya to find the missing Batman villain items that fell into the river, while also learning that her birth mother is successful businesswoman Jada Jet, who initially rejects her in favor of her son, Marquis, though Marquis shows an interest in working with Ryan to bring the family closer. As Ryan recovers Batman's trophies, she later discovers that Marquis is suffering from psychopathic tendencies due to brain damage inflicted on him by the Joker as a child with his joy buzzer. Jada later confides to Ryan that Marquis killed his own father as a joke, which she covered up, and actually had Ryan given away to protect her from Marquis, only learning later that the midwife she had paid to cover it up actually abandoned Ryan beside a shop and kept the two million dollars meant to fund her education for himself. Ryan later finds out that the joy buzzer is the only thing that can restore Marquis's sanity, and that Montoya is actually holding it in her possession in exchange for Ryan freeing Poison Ivy from underneath Gotham, where Batman had previously buried her to stop her from exterminating Gotham's population. As Marquis takes over Wayne Enterprises, Ryan reluctantly helps free Ivy and acquires the joy buzzer, attracting the attention of Alice, who wants to use it to restore her own sanity as well. Ryan manages to defeat Ivy and strip her of her powers with help from Mary and Montoya when she decides to continue her plans to destroy Gotham, and the mayor orders both Montoya and Ivy to leave Gotham. As Marquis loses more of his sanity, he plans to unleash bombs of Joker's toxic gas all over Gotham, but he is foiled when Ryan defeats him and uses the joy buzzer on him with help from Alice, who decides to leave Gotham to seek rehabilitation elsewhere. Ryan later starts a relationship with Sophie Moore and mends her relationships with both Jada and Marquis, unaware that the chemicals released from the Joker gas canisters during the blimp crash have created a radioactive creature.
Elizabeth "Beth" Kane / Alice (portrayed by Rachel Skarsten; seasons 1–3; Ava Sleeth as a child) is Kate's presumed-dead twin sister and the leader of the Wonderland Gang whose personality goes from maniacal to charming and back again as she sets out to erode Gotham's sense of security.
Beth Kane was presumed dead after a car accident, but her body was never recovered. In reality, she was rescued from drowning and held captive by August Cartwright who wants her to be a companion for his disfigured son Jonathan. After discovering her mother's decapacitated head in August's freezer Beth would later kill Mabel for taking her mother's earrings, snapping over the years of abuse, imprisonment, and mental torture, starting a house fire leading to her escape and August's disappearance shortly afterwards. At some point after escaping from August, Beth hid on a boat and was found by Safiyah Sohail, who trained her. Due to Beth falling for Ocean who wanted to make more use of the Desert Rose, Safiyah had their memories of each other suppressed by Enigma.
In season two, Alice and Ocean reunite and both experience suppressed memories of their time on Coryana. When Ocean gets abducted by the False Face Society, Alice works with Batwoman to rescue him and Angelique after torturing one of the members. Alice and Batwoman are attacked by a brainwashed Kate Kane, who believes she is Circe Sionis. Both of them are overpowered as Batwoman leaves Alice for her. Circe brings Alice to Black Mask who notes her history of leading the now-defunct Wonderland Gang and decides not to kill. In the series finale, Beth leaves Gotham to rediscover herself as Beth after gaining an sisterly relationship with Mary during Season 3.
Sophie Moore (portrayed by Meagan Tandy; seasons 1–3) is a military academy graduate turned high-level Crows agent and Kate's estranged ex-girlfriend. When they were both threatened expulsion, Sophie decided to sign an agreement denying her sexuality, fearing rejection from everyone including her mother and led to her and Kate's break-up, since Kate wasn't afraid of judgment of being herself. In her earlier life with the Crows, Sophie was the one who apprehended Cluemaster thanks to an anonymous tip from Stephanie Brown. Throughout the first season, Sophie starts to be honest with herself, those closest to her and her sexuality and eventually figures out that Kate is Batwoman.
In season two, Sophie starts to work with the second Batwoman when it came to the False Face Society. She figures out that Ryan was Batwoman and notes this during the mission to find Cluemaster. After resigning due to Russell Tavaroff's insubordination, Sophie informs Jacob to review the evidence of him shooting Luke. After Jacob Kane shuts down Crows Security, Sophie commends him on this action. When Black Mask instigates a riot, Sophie stayed by a wounded Mayor Michael Akins until the paramedics arrived. Following the defeat of Black Mask and the removal of Circe from Kate's body, Sophie has one final moment with Kate before she leaves Gotham to visit her father, visit Supergirl, and search for Bruce.
Mary Hamilton (portrayed by Nicole Kang; seasons 1–3) is Kate's stepsister and a medical student/influencer-in-the-making loosely based on Bette Kane. She makes it her mission to provide aid to those living in Gotham's under-served communities.
In season two, Mary's clinic was shut down by Jacob following the incident with Amygdala. though Mary will not allow this to happen and finds a way to keep it open. Jacob allows the clinic to remain open after she treated his Snakebite drug and he helps to tend to those who have been given zombie personalities by the latest Snakebite drug. Upon the revelation that Black Mask had Enigma brainwash Kate into being Circe Sionis, Mary did use a sedative on her as she notes that Kate and Circe are fighting for control of Kate's body. Following Jacob's arrest, Mary gets a call from him stating that he is being transferred to a prison in Metropolis and to avoid getting targeted by the False Face Society. Her clinic comes in handy during the riots instigated by Black Mask and she figured out that the Snakebite found on Russell Tavaroff's body can be converted into a vapor to free Kate from the Circe persona.
In the third season, Mary gets ensnared by Poison Ivy's vine. She starts to place plants in her clinic with one of them helping in the thawing of Jordan Moore. It is then revealed that Mary was infected by the plant that caused her to be corrupted and become a new version of Poison Ivy referred to as Poison Mary when exposed to sunlight. Under this control, Mary was able to steal the Batwing component that contained the Lucius Fox A.I. to make use of it during the confrontation at the botanical gardens. After getting away, Mary drives off with Alice to another location, the pair becoming lovers. When Poison Mary infiltrated Marquis Jet's party, she revealed some secrets about Batwoman which led to him taking a disguised Luke captive. During a confrontation on the roof, Poison Mary escapes when Marquis was hit by the desiccation formula that was supposed to be used on Poison Mary. After mind-controlling Alice to sleep, Poison Mary makes her way to where Poison Ivy is. They then end up in an embrace that brings Poison Ivy back to full power. When at Gotham Dam, Poison Ivy drains Poison Mary completely when trying to destroy the dam, returning her to normal.
Lucas "Luke" Fox (portrayed by Camrus Johnson; seasons 1–3) is a staunch Dark Knight loyalist and the son of Lucius Fox who keeps Wayne Tower secure in Batman's absence but understands that Gotham needs a new hero.
In season two, Luke helps out Ryan Wilder when she becomes the current Batwoman following Kate's disappearance. When Luke was shot by Russell Tavaroff and Wolf Spider secretly administers the Desert Rose serum, Luke ends up in a purgatory state where he sees his father looking out the window as a subconscious form of Bruce Wayne advises him to either live or die. Regardless, Luke awakens from his coma. When Tavaroff made bail, Luke encountered him at a bar where he partook in a poker game that John Diggle was involved him. Afterwards, Tavaroff tried to attack him outside the bar only for Diggle to fight him off. Then Luke and Diggle compared how they lost their fathers as Diggle advises him to take the right path as the Bat-Signal gives off a Morse code. Luke later takes on the Batwing mantle where he saves Mary from a powered Russell Tavaroff.
In the third season, Luke works to improve the Batwing costume where he meets the A.I. version of his father within it. When Mary becomes Poison Mary, she steals the Lucius Fox A.I. from the Batwing suit and gives it to Marquis. Luke managed to reclaim the A.I. when he and Sophie infiltrate Wayne Enterprises. When it comes to stopping a Batblimp that is going to detonate enough to dump Joker acid on Gotham City, Batwing manages to divert it to a desolate part of Gotham City at the sacrifice of the Lucius Fox A.I.
Jacob Kane (portrayed by Dougray Scott; seasons 1–2) is Kate and Beth's father, Bruce Wayne's uncle, and a former military colonel with a chip on his shoulder who commands a private security agency, the Crows, in an attempt to protect Gotham better than Batman could.
Jacob is later arrested by those police officers for withholding information about Alice being Beth Kane. While being taken into GCPD HQ, Jacob stated that Beth became Alice due to the bad people twisting her childhood and for all parents to think about their children. Jacob informs Mary that he is being transferred to a prison in Metropolis and advises her to stay off the False Face Society's radar. After Black Mask is defeated, Kate plans to visit her father before going to visit Supergirl and search for Bruce.
Catherine Hamilton-Kane (portrayed by Elizabeth Anweis; season 1) is Mary's mother, a defense contractor, and the CEO of Hamilton Dynamics. After marrying Jacob Kane, Catherine faked Beth's death by bribing DNA analysts in an attempt to help him and Kate move on, leading to everyone giving up the search and leaving Beth at the mercy of August. After realizing that Beth may be Alice, Catherine desperately tried to hide the truth by making several attempts on Alice's life. As revenge for the pain Catherine caused her, Alice manipulated events that caused her to reveal to her deception of Beth's death to Jacob. Catherine and Mary are both poisoned, with Catherine sacrificing herself to allow Mary to live.
Mar Novu / Monitor (portrayed by LaMonica Garrett; season 1) is a multiversal being who tests different Earths in the multiverse in preparation for an impending "crisis" orchestrated by Mobius / Anti-Monitor, his polar opposite who is dedicated to ending the multiverse. Garrett is credited only for "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two".
Renee Montoya (portrayed by Victoria Cartagena; season 3) is a former member of the Gotham City Police Department who left due to the corruption in some of its members. Cartagena reprises her role from the first season of Gotham.
Jada Jet (portrayed by Robin Givens; season 3) is the CEO of Jeturian Industries which specializes in microtechnology, Marquis Jet's mother, and Ryan Wilder's birth mother. She took over control over the death of her husband a decade ago because of one of Marquis' sociopathic behavior and doubled the company's wealth over time.
Marquis Jet (portrayed by Nick Creegan as an adult; season 3; Kendrick Jackson as a 7-year-old, Christian Darrel Scott as a 13-year-old and 16-year-old) is the playboy son of Jada Jet and Franklin, the half-brother of Ryan, and the executive vice-president of Jeturian Industries. As a child, he was attacked by the original Joker who hijacked his school bus and zapped his head with his joy buzzer, causing serious brain damage. Ever since then, Marquis has exhibited anger issues and sociopathic behavior. Marquis has his mind restored after being exposed to the joy buzzer a second time.
This is a list of recurring actors and the characters they portrayed in multiple episodes, which were significant roles. The characters are listed by the order in which they first appeared.
Tyler (portrayed by Greyston Holt) is a Crows agent and Sophie's ex-husband.
Dodgson (portrayed by Brendon Zub) is a former Crows agent who serves as Alice's second-in-command of the Wonderland Gang and lover.
Vesper Fairchild (voiced by Rachel Maddow) is a snarky gossip maven and media personality.
Thomas "Tommy" Elliot (portrayed by Gabriel Mann as Tommy and Hush, Warren Christie when posing as Bruce Wayne) is a real estate mogul and former childhood friend of Bruce Wayne, who later becomes the villain Hush.
Reagan (portrayed by Brianne Howey) is a bartender and one of Kate's love interests, as well as Magpie's sister and former accomplice.
Dana Dewitt (portrayed by Allison Riley) is an anchorwoman for Gotham City News.
Julia Pennyworth (portrayed by Christina Wolfe) is a British spy, daughter of Alfred Pennyworth, and Kate's ex-lover. She pursued the Rifle and discovered that he works for Safiyah Sohail.
Jonathan Cartwright / Mouse (portrayed by Sam Littlefield as an adult, Nicholas Holmes as a child) is the disfigured son of August Cartwright and Alice's right hand member of the Wonderland Gang with a talent for voice mimicry and impersonation who considers himself Alice's brother figure and best friend. He lets his father keep Beth captive so he could have a friend who won't shun him for his deformity, letting Alice get abused resulting in her becoming Alice. When Mouse starts to see that Alice is becoming too obsessed with wanting to kill Batwoman following the translation of Lucius Fox's coded journal, Alice kills Mouse by poisoning his tea.
August Cartwright (portrayed by John Emmet Tracy) is Mouse's father who fished Beth out of the river following the accident and imprisoned her to be Jonathan's "friend" and for his own nefarious purposes. In the present, August has been posing as Doctor Ethan Campbell (portrayed by Sebastian Roché) who is a well-known plastic surgeon and philanthropist. Using the face of Duela Dent, Alice captures August and leaves him for Kate and Jacob to be their prisoner. Kate kills August in anger for what he did to Beth and their mother's corpse.
Whelan (portrayed by Sean Kuling) is a former agent of Crows Security.
Miguel Robles (portrayed by Nathan Witte) is a Crows agent working for Tommy Elliot who was tasked with getting Lucius Fox's journals, only to accidentally get him killed and frame someone else for it. Years later, he took up the Detonator identity to cover his tracks, only to be thwarted by Batwoman and Luke.
M. Butler (portrayed by Alex Zahara) is a therapist at Arkham Asylum. Mouse later killed and impersonated him.
Susan Stevens (portrayed by Rebecca Davis) is a parole officer assigned to Ryan Wilder. After Black Mask enlisted the police officers on his side to set up Ryan for possession of Snakebite, Susan confronts Ryan who claims that she is Batwoman and Black Mask wants her dead. Susan gets her proof when the police officers on Black Mask's side try to do away with her and Ryan defeats them. Susan then gives Ryan her visitor badge so that she can sneak out of the courthouse. Following Black Mask's defeat, Susan is present when the parole board releases Ryan from her parole.
Tatiana / The Whisper (portrayed by Leah Gibson) is a skilled assassin and henchwoman working for Safiyah Sohail whom she has a crush on and is loosely based on Tahani. Alice later fought Tatiana outside her hideout and managed to kill her prior to finding Ocean dead.
Safiyah Sohail (portrayed by Shivani Ghai) is the ruler of a small community on the island of Coryana who is the Rifle's boss and the boss of the Many Arms of Death. She also has a history with Alice and they both share a mutual hatred of Catherine Hamilton-Kane as well as a connection with Black Mask. Alice stabs and kills Safiyah, then crushes her body to prevent her from being revived.
Angelique Martin (portrayed by Bevin Bru as an adult, Kerensa Cooper as a child) is a former foster acquaintance of Ryan Wilder. Growing up, they fell in love until it got strained with Angelique taking up a life of crime. At one point, she ran into Sophie and Alice at the time when they were looking for Ocean. Following the arrest of Candice Long, Ryan called Angelique to notify her and call a truce. After Angelique finds out that Sophie Moore had manipulated Ryan into bugging her phone, their relationship is strained again. As Batwoman, Ryan gets the information from Angelique on where Ocean can be found. Angelique wore a baby doll mask when two False Face Society members killed Commissioner Forbes. Ryan found out through Jordan Moore's description and had to persuade Angelique to leave that life. Though Black Mask would not take this departure lightly and had her tied up on a sawmill. Ryan rescues Angelique with Sophie's help. She takes the blame for Commissioner Forbes' murder to protect Ryan from attacks by the False-Face Society. It was also revealed that Angelique helped Ocean to make the Snakebite drug. While in Edgewater Correctional, Ryan persuades her to leak the names of the culprits that shot Forbes. While having Sophie arrange for Angelique to be placed in witness protection, Ryan gets a call for her which is interrupted when the transport gets intercepted by members of the False Face Society who kill the Crows Agents present and make off with Angelique. With Angelique in his possession, Black Mask orders his men to gather ingredients for Snakebite while also using a corrosive agent to threaten Angelique. Following Black Mask's fight with Batwoman and Sophie Moore, Angelique states to Black Mask that she can help find Ocean to complete the Snakebite recipe. Batwoman and Alice succeed in rescuing Angelique and Ocean. Afterwards, Angelique successfully enters the witness protection program.
Ocean (portrayed by Nathan Owens) is a zen gardener and thinker who is a brother-figure to Safiyah Sohail. He once intended to make use of the Desert Rose and Beth Kane fell for him. Safiyah found out through Tatiana and had them punished by having Enigma suppress their memories of each other. When Alice and Ocean reunite, suppressed memories start to surface of their time on Coryana. After recovering from a shooting, Ocean was present when Alice talked to Enigma about undoing the brainwashing she did to Kate. When Enigma stated that it required a password to fully undo the brainwashing alongside an item that belonged to Kate, Ocean snapped Enigma's neck much to the dismay of Alice as he stated that Kate will only put her back in Arkham Asylum if it worked. He later disposes of Enigma's body. After helping to procure items for Alice and Jacob Kane to restore Kate's memories, Alice later found Ocean dead in her hideout after killing Tatiana.
Roman Sionis (portrayed by Peter Outerbridge) is the CEO of Janus Cosmetics who wears a wooden black-colored mask when operating as the crime lord Black Mask. In this alias, he leads the False Face Society.
Enigma (portrayed by Laura Mennell) is a hypnotist who is a mutual ally of Safiyah Sohail and Black Mask and poses as a therapist named Dr. Evelyn Rhyme. Ocean later kills Enigma, disposes of her body, and suggests to Alice that Enigma was the daughter of the Riddler; due to her having a cane that is similar to his.
Russell Tavaroff (portrayed by Jesse Hutch) is a Crows agent who Jacob Kane assigned to take over Sophie Moore's case.
The Lucius Fox A.I. (voiced by Donny Lucas) is an artificial intelligence based on Lucius Fox that Luke finds in the Batwing helmet.
The following is a supplementary list of guest stars, some recurring, who appear in lesser roles. The characters are listed in the order in which they first appeared.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)| Incarnations | |
|---|---|
| Supporting characters | |
| Enemies | |
| Publications | |
| Other media | |
| Related | |
| Arrow | |
|---|---|
| The Flash | |
| Supergirl | |
| Legends of Tomorrow | |
| Black Lightning | |
| Batwoman | |
| Animated series | |
| Characters | |
| Crossovers | |
| Related | |
