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.
Overview Legend = Main cast (credited) = Recurring cast (4+) = Guest cast (1-3) +Cast and characters in Batwoman Character Portrayed by Seasons 1 2 3 Lead characters Kate Kane / Batwoman Ruby Rose colspan="2" Wallis Day Ryan Wilder / Batwoman Javicia Leslie colspan="2" Main characters Beth Kane / Alice Rachel Skarsten colspan="2" Sophie Moore Meagan Tandy colspan="3" Mary Hamilton / Poison Mary Nicole Kang colspan="3" Luke Fox / Batwing Camrus Johnson colspan="3" Catherine Hamilton-Kane Elizabeth Anweis colspan="2" Jacob Kane Dougray Scott colspan="2" Mar Novu / Monitor LaMonica Garrett colspan="2" Renee Montoya Victoria Cartagena colspan="2" Jada Jet Robin Givens colspan="2" Marquis Jet Nick Creegan colspan="2" Recurring charactersTylerGreyston Holt colspan="2" Chuck Dodgson Brendon Zub colspan="2" Vesper Fairchild Rachel Maddow colspan="2" Tommy Elliot / Hush Gabriel Mann colspan="2" Warren Christie colspan="2" Bruce Wayne / Batman colspan="2" Reagan Brianne Howey colspan="2" Dana Dewitt Allison Riley colspan="3" Julia Pennyworth Christina Wolfe colspan="2" Jonathan Cartwright / Mouse Sam Littlefield colspan="2" August Cartwright John Emmet Tracy Whelan Sean Kuling colspan="2" Ethan Campbell Sebastian Roché colspan="2" Miguel RoblesNathan Witte colspan="2" Dr. M. Butler Alex Zahara colspan="2" Russell TavaroffJesse Hutch Susan Stevens Rebecca Davis Tatiana / The Whisper Leah Gibson Safiyah Sohail Shivani Ghai Angelique Martin Bevin Bru Ocean Nathan Owens Roman Sionis / Black Mask Peter Outerbridge Evelyn Rhyme / Enigma Laura Mennell Lucius Fox A.I. Donny Lucas (voice)
Lead characters Kate Kane / Batwoman
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 / Batwoman
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.
Main characters Beth Kane / Alice
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.
Skarsten also portrays an alternate version of Beth who was displaced from her native Earth during the events of "Crisis on Infinite Earths" and appeared on Earth-Prime. This version was saved by Kate and did not get lost during the car accident. She is later sniped by August Cartwright, mistaking her for Alice.
Sophie Moore
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 / Poison Mary
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.