Emilia Harcourt
comics character
Emilia Harcourt is a fictional character featured in American comic books published by DC Comics. Similar to her boss Amanda Waller, Harcourt is a woman with a distaste for conventional crime fighting, employs more hardline methods, and is an expert tactician and political operator. Harcourt has been both an ally and an antagonist to the superheroes of the DC Universe. She is also commonly associated with the government agency A.R.G.U.S. and for a brief time, was the field commander and director of the Suicide Squad.
Harcourt appears in media set in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) and DC Universe (DCU) film franchises, portrayed by Jennifer Holland.
Publication history
The character first appeared in Suicide Squad (vol. 5) #2 in 2016 and was created by Rob Williams and Jim Lee.
Fictional character biography
At a young age, Emilia Harcourt was given firearms by her father, learning since then to be an expert markswoman, years later Eventually she would get a job at A.R.G.U.S. which would lead her into joining the Suicide Squad, becoming Amanda Waller's right hand.
Harcourt is later revealed to be a spy working for the People, a terrorist organization. Amanda Waller has Captain Boomerang kill Harcourt in retaliation.
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