List of Batwoman characters

Kate Kane / Batwoman (portrayed by Ruby Rose) is an out lesbian who, armed with a fierce passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, dedicates herself to defending Gotham in Batman's absence.[1][2] Gracyn Shinyei portrays a younger Kate.

In season two, the airplane that Kate is coming in from National City crashes. While an ex-con named Ryan Wilder finds the Batsuit, Kate's body is nowhere to be found which affects everyone that knows her in a different way. In a newspaper article talking about Kate's disappearance, Safiyah Sohail sent a message to Alice quoting "Consider us even". When Alice was brought to Coryana, Safiyah denied any knowledge of blowing up Kate's airplane and has proof that she is still alive in the form of Kate's necklace. Upon obtain Kate's salvaged cellphone, Jacob has the tech guys work to unlock it. By the time Sophie returns, Jacob finds a portrait that has Safiyah's name defacing it and the fact that the portrait was made by Jack Napier.

Beth Kane / Alice (portrayed by Rachel Skarsten) 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.[3] Ava Sleeth portrays a younger Beth.

Beth Kane was presumed dead after a car accident, but her body was never recovered. What really happened is that she was rescued from drowning and subsequently being held captive by August Cartwright who wants her to be a companion for his disfigured son Jonathan "Mouse" Cartwright. In addition, Jacob Kane's wife Catherine Hamilton-Kane used DNA analysts and the skull fragments of a deer to make Jacob think that Beth is dead. At a later date, she even received bad treatment from August's mother Mabel who she referred to as the Queen of Hearts. Beth would later kill Mabel. At some point after escaping from August, Beth hid on a boat where she was found during a raid by Safiyah Sohail who trained her. When Beth returned to Gotham and took a sample of the Desert Rose with her, she incurred the wrath of Safiyah.

In season two, Alice starts to check up on Tommy at Wayne Manor while angered about Kate's apparent death in the plane crash. When Jacob visits Wayne Manor due to Tommy as Bruce mentioned that Alice was sighted there, Alice rants about Jacob having to remarry and admits to Jacob that Kate is Batwoman advising him to compare the two facts about them. While walking in the sewers, a newspaper talking about Kate's disappearance lands near Alice with a message from Safiyah Sohail stating "Consider us even". Alice states to Mouse's corpse that there is a war coming to Gotham City and that Batwoman won't be around to stop it. Tying a rat to Mouse's corpse, Alice attracts a lot of bats to feed off it which causes them to carry a poison when attacking a Batwoman rally. When Sophie finds where Alice is hiding, both of them are taken captive by Tatiana. When brought to Coryana where Alice confronts her, Safiyah denies any knowledge of blowing up the airplane that Kate was in while also having proof that she's still alive by showing her necklace. Before returning Alice to Gotham, Safiyah wants her to do an unspecified assignment.

• Skarsten also portrayed an alternate version of Beth who was displaced from her native Earth during "Crisis on Infinite Earths" and appeared on Earth-Prime. This version did not get lost during the car accident. She is later sniped by August Cartwright.

Sophie Moore (portrayed by Meagan Tandy) is a military academy graduate turned high-level Crows agent and Kate's estranged ex-girlfriend who serves as one of Gotham's protectors.[4]

Mary Hamilton (portrayed by Nicole Kang) is Kate's stepsister and a medical student/influencer-in-the-making who makes it her mission to provide aid to those living in Gotham's under-served communities.[4]

Luke Fox (portrayed by Camrus Johnson) 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.[4]

• Camrus Johnson also portrays his Earth-99 counterpart during "Crisis on Infinite Earths".

Catherine Hamilton-Kane (portrayed by Elizabeth Anweis) is Kate's stepmother and one of Gotham's most powerful citizens who made her fortune as a defense contractor and the CEO of Hamilton Dynamics.[5] Alice manipulated events that caused her to confess to her corrupt ways upon the Wonderland Gang's infiltration of an event and Catherine starts to collapse from the poison that was placed in her drink. As Mary was also poisoned, Catherine sacrifices her life to allow Mary to live. Before passing away, Catherine states that she knew of Mary's clinic and is proud of her. At the time when the complications of both version of Beth Kane being on Earth-Prime start to worsen, Alice hallucinates seeing Catherine's ghost.

Jacob Kane (portrayed by Dougray Scott) is Kate and Beth's father 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.[6] Following Alice causing a mass breakout at Arkham Asylum, Jacob told Batwoman that there will be war if she pops up again while comparing Batwoman and Alice to Batman and Joker.

In season two, Jacob becomes affected by Kate's apparent death in a plane crash. He finds Tommy in the form of Bruce who claims that he's helping to find Kate while mentioning that Alice was sighted at Wayne Manor. When Jacob goes there and finds Alice, she mentions that Kate is Batwoman and that he should compare the facts about them. Jacob later removes the "do not cross" tape around the Bat-Signal and shines it in sadness. After having the tech guys unlock Kate's salvaged cellphone upon Sophie's return, Jacob sees the picture of a portrait with Safiyah's name defacing it. Jacob then notices that the portrait is by Jack Napier.

Mar Novu / Monitor (portrayed by LaMonica Garrett) 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".[7]

Ryan Wilder (portrayed by Javicia Leslie) is Kate Kane's replacement as Batwoman.[8] She is a former drug runner and highly skilled yet undisciplined fighter who spent 18 months in prison. Ryan was living out of her van with her plant who becomes the new Batwoman after finding the Batsuit in the wreckage of an airplane that Kate was coming in from National City. One of her plans to use the Batsuit is to go after Alice who had connections with the squatters that killed her adoptive mom and the building's landlord.

Tyler (portrayed by Greyston Holt) is a Crows agent and Sophie's ex-husband.[9]

Chuck Dodgson (portrayed by Brendon Zub) is a former Crows agent who serves as Alice's second-in-command of the Wonderland Gang and lover.[10]

Vesper Fairchild (voiced by Rachel Maddow) is a snarky gossip maven and media personality.[11]

In season two, Vesper talks about the new Batwoman even when she debuts her new Batsuit when defeating Victor Zsasz.

Tommy Elliot / Hush (portrayed by Gabriel Mann as Tommy and Hush, Warren Christie when posing as Bruce Wayne[12]) is a real estate mogul and former childhood friend of Bruce Wayne, who later becomes the villain Hush.[13]

In season two, Tommy masquerades as Bruce and works to get the Kryptonite and the Batsuit. When he engages Ryan Wilder as Batwoman, she manages to defeat Tommy despite him firing the Kryptonite into her shoulder. Mary later mentions that Tommy has been taken back to Arkham Asylum.

Reagan (portrayed by Brianne Howey) is a bartender and one of Kate's love interests, as well as Magpie's sister and former accomplice.[14]

Margaret "Margot" / Magpie (portrayed by Rachel Matthews) is Reagan's sister who operates as a jewel thief.[13]

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.[15] She pursued the Rifle and discovered that he works for Safiyah Sohail.

In season two, Julia assists in the search for Kate who was apparently killed in a plane crash. Following an encounter with Tommy Elliot in the form of Bruce Wayne, Julia brings this up with Luke showing the prints of Tommy from "Bruce" while mentioning that he doesn't even know that her father is living in a loft in London. She later encountered Alice who mentions the threat of their mutual enemy Safiyah.

Jonathan Cartwright / Mouse (portrayed by Sam Littlefield) is a disfigured member of the Wonderland Gang with a talent for voice mimicry and impersonation who considers himself Alice's brother figure.[16] 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 puts Mouse out of his misery by poisoning his tea. Nicholas Holmes portrays a younger Johnny.

In season two, Alice still has Mouse's corpse as she mentions her upcoming war with Safiyah Sohail after she put a message on the newspaper talking about Kate Kane's disappearance. Tying a rat to Mouse's corpse, Alice attracts a lot of bats to feed off it making them carriers to the same poison.

August Cartwright (portrayed by John Emmet Tracy) is Mouse's father who fished Beth out of the river following the accident and imprisoned her for his own nefarious purposes.[17] In the present, August has been posing as Ethan Campbell (portrayed by Sebastian Roché) who is a well-known plastic surgeon and philanthropist.[18] Using the face of Duela Dent, Alice captures August and leaves him for Kate and Jacob to be their prisoner. Kate accidentally kills August in anger for what he did to Beth and their mother's corpse.

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.

• Kate's trainer (portrayed by Gray Horse Rider): An unnamed Indian man who trained Kate in the arctic.[19]
• Michael Akins (portrayed by Chris Shields): The mayor of Gotham City.[20]
• Gabrielle "Gabi" Kane (portrayed by Michelle Morgan): The wife of Jacob Kane and mother of Kate and Beth who perished in a car accident that Batman tried to prevent.[21]
• Shane McKillen (protrayed by Giles Panton): A man who works for Catherine. After losing a pinkie to Alice after a failed mission with his fellow men, he carries Alice's message to Catherine and leaves her stating that she is on her own.
• Bertrand Eldon / Executioner (portrayed by Jim Pirri): A former executioner at Blackgate Penitentiary who starts going after the same group of people he blames for sending innocents to death row. He is killed by Jacob which set off a gas-based fail-safe that nearly killed Batwoman and Jacob. The Executioner is loosely based on the minor Batman villain of the same name.[22]
• Angus Stanton (portrayed by Mark Gibbon): The assistant district attorney who is one of the Executioner's victims.
• Dean Deveraux (portrayed by Matthew Graham): A worker at Hamilton Dynamics that Mouse impersonates. He is later killed by Mouse when he gets frustrated at Alice for keeping Batowman's identity secret.
• Chris "The Fist" Medlock (portrayed by Kheon Clarke): A boxer and ex-con previously prosecuted by Stanton who was suspected of being Executioner.
• Stu Donnelly (portrayed by Phillip Mitchell): A GCPD detective who is one of the Executioner's victims.
• Judge Raymond Calverick (portrayed by Brent Fidler): A corrupt hanging judge who worked with Angus and Stu to send innocent men to Blackgate Penitentiary's death row.
• The Rifle (portrayed by Garfield Wilson): A professional assassin who works for a mysterious figure known as Safiyah Sohail.
• Jack Forbes (portrayed by Cameron McDonald): The police commissioner of the GCPD.
• Oliver Queen / Green Arrow (portrayed by Stephen Amell): An archery-based superhero who protects Star City.
• Nash Wells / Pariah (portrayed by Tom Cavanagh): An alternate version of Harrison Wells who was tricked into freeing the Anti-Monitor.
• Bruce Wayne of Earth-99 (portrayed by Kevin Conroy):[23] An older parallel universe counterpart of Bruce Wayne from the future of Earth-99, who's confined to an exo-skeleton after killing his world's Superman. He lost all hope sometime during his career and started killing his enemies, which was made worse when his Kate died trying to show him the error of his ways. Bruce was accidentally electrocuted during a scuffle with Kate of Earth-1 and Kara.
• Clark Kent of Earth-167 (portrayed by Tom Welling):[23] A version of Clark Kent from Earth-167 who gave up his powers to spend time with Lois and his family. When Lex Luthor of Earth-38 came to kill him, the former chose not to once he learned what happened; feeling it wasn't worth it.
• Lois Lane of Earth 167 (portrayed by Erica Durance):[23] The wife of Earth-167's Clark Kent.
• Clark Kent / Superman (portrayed by Tyler Hoechlin):[23] A Kryptonian superhero who defends Metropolis on Earth-38.
• Lois Lane (portrayed by Bitsie Tulloch):[23] The wife of Earth-38 Clark Kent.
• Iris West-Allen (portrayed by Candice Patton):[23] The wife of the Flash.
• Clark Kent / Superman of Earth-96 (portrayed by Brandon Routh):[23] A version of Clark Kent who became the editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet after losing his Lois and fellow staff members in a gas attack caused by an unsatisfied Gotham City inhabitant.
• Ray Palmer / Atom (portrayed by Brandon Routh): A Legends member, scientist, and inventor capable of shrinking and growing to immense sizes whilst wearing a special suit.
• Kara Danvers / Supergirl (portrayed by Melissa Benoist):[24] A Kryptonian operating on Earth-38 and the cousin of Superman.
• Barry Allen / Flash (portrayed by Grant Gustin): A speedster who protects Central City.
• Lex Luthor (portrayed by Jon Cryer):[24] The archenemy of his Earth's Superman and Supergirl.
• Sara Lance / White Canary (portrayed by Caity Lotz):[24] The leader of the Legends.
• Mick Rory / Heat Wave of Earth-74 (portrayed by Dominic Purcell):[24] An alternate version of Legends member Heat Wave who lent his Waverider to the assembled heroes.
• "Leonard" (voiced by Wentworth Miller): The A.I. of Earth-74's Waverider.
• Mia Smoak (portrayed by Katherine McNamara):[24] The daughter of Green Arrow who was brought from the year 2040 by the Monitor.
• Lyla Michaels / Harbinger (portrayed by Audrey Marie Anderson): An A.R.G.U.S. agent who was granted multiversal powers by the Monitor so she could help avert Crisis.
• John Constantine (portrayed by Matt Ryan): An enigmatic and irreverent former con man turned reluctant supernatural detective and Legends member.
• Jonah Hex of Earth-18 (portrayed by Johnathon Schaech): A version of Jonah Hex who hoarded a Lazarus Pit.
• Parker Torres (portrayed by Malia Pyles): A lesbian student at Gotham Prep and adept hacker. After an ex-girlfriend of hers outed her, she staged a train brake failure while she was a passenger to garner sympathy from her homophobic parents. Later, she anonymously extorted all of Gotham under the threat of doxxing in order to gain money to leave the city and start a new life. After her life was threatened by Alice, Parker secretly sent a text to everyone that Alice and a bomb were at Gotham Prep under the cover that she'd leak Batwoman's identity. With the lives saved and Alice in Crows custody, Kate made Parker a deal to do community service and return any extortion money instead of going to juvenile detention, while supporting her out lifestyle. After being saved from an attempted abduction from Hush, Parker helps Batwoman in finding Luke and Julia when they get captured by Hush.
• Slam Bradley (portrayed by Kurt Szarka): A member of the Gotham City Police Department. After he saved Batwoman from being hit by a loose grappling hook, the media and many Gotham citizens began "shipping" them, to Kate's chagrin.[25]
• Reggie Harris (portrayed by Seth Whittaker): An inmate at Blackgate Penitentiary that Jacob encounters.
• Bryan Akins (portrayed by Ryan Rosery): The son of Mayor Akins.
• Steven Forbes (portrayed by Gage Marsh): The son of Commissioner Forbes.
• Natalia Knight / Nocturna (portrayed by Kayla Ewell): A woman with porphyria who adopts a vampire persona and targets people for their blood while using ketamine in fanged dental implants to stun them.[26]
• Duela Dent (portrayed by Alessandra Torresani): The niece of Harvey Dent who slashed her own face when she was young and targeted social media influencers. After being apprehended, Alice stole her face so she could use it to get revenge on August.[27]
• Diane Moore (portrayed by Jeryl Prescott): The mother of Sophie who likes Batman and dislikes Batwoman.[28]
• Mabel Cartwright (portrayed by Debra Mooney): The mother of August and the grandmother of Mouse who Alice referred to as the Queen of Hearts. She was the first person Alice ever killed.[29]
• Johnny Sabatino (portrayed by Carmine Giovinazzo): A gangster with connections to Tommy Elliot.
• Professor John Carr (portrayed by Linden Banks): A numerical analyst with a pacemaker in his heart who was among the linguists that were abducted by Hush as part of Alice's plot to get Lucius Fox's coded journal translated. Alice subjects him to lethal shock therapy when he fails to translate it in time.
• Tony Kim (portrayed by Tom Lim): A NSA analyst who was among the linguists that were abducted by Hush as part of Alice's plot to get Lucius Fox's coded journal translated. Alice subjects him to lethal shock therapy when he failes to translate it in time.
• Tim "Titan" Teslow (portrayed by Terrence Terrell): A former football player who went rogue upon taking steroids and was remanded to Arkham Asylum after killing a referee who called out Tim's penalty. Thanks to Alice's prison break, Tim was among the Arkham Asylum inmates that escaped. Upon his escape, he wielded two machestes and started to tie up some loose ends by beheading the lead medical examiner who covered up his medical condition and stabbed his brother Apollo for testifying against him despite Batwoman's attempt to intervene. Mary had to talk Jacob into holding a truce with Batwoman to defeat Tim. When it came to Tim's latest target Coach Kurt Donahue, Batwoman fought and managed to get through to him. Though Jacob went back on the truce and had his Crows agents gun him down.[30]
• Bruce Wayne / Batman (portrayed by Warren Christie[12]): The cousin of Kate who went missing three years ago. Thanks to Alice, Tommy Elliot started to impersonate him.

• Safiyah Sohail (portrayed by Shivani Ghai): The compassionate and charismatic ruler of a small community on the island of Coryana who is the Rifle's boss. She also has a history with Alice.[31] She was the one who found Beth sometime after she escaped from August Cartwright. Suspecting that Safiyah caused the airplane crash that supposedly killed Kate, Alice manipulates events that involve poison-carrying bats and the serum derived from the Desert Rose to attracted Safiyah's attention. This caused Safiyah to send Tatiana to pick her up. During a meeting with Alice, Safiyah denied any knowledge of causing the airplane crash and has Kate's necklace as proof that she is still alive. Though she wants Alice to do some unspecified job upon her return to Gotham City.
• Tatiana / The Whisper (portrayed by Leah Gibson): A skilled assassin and henchwoman working for Safiyah whom she has a crush on.[32]
• Victor Zsasz (portrayed by Alex Morf): A charismatic, skilled hitman with high, unpredictable energy who proudly carves tally marks onto his skin for every victim he kills.[33] When later hired by Safiyah Sohail to target Mary, Victor is defeated by Ryan in her new Batwoman suit.
• Ocean (portrayed by Nathan Owens): "A zen gardner and thinker with a complicated past."[32]