Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow — Captain America: Civil War Character Profile

About Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow

Highly trained S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and founding Avenger.

Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Espionage, Combat mastery, Hacking, Leadership, Redemption

• Strength: 6/10
• Intelligence: 7/10
• Charisma: 7/10
• Morality: 8/10
• Influence: 8/10

Affiliations

• KGB
• Avengers
• S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Stark Industries
• Red Room
• Marvel Cinematic Universe

Quick Facts about Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow

Full Name

Natalia Alianovna Romanova

Occupation

superhero, spy, assistant

Eye Color

Green

Hair Color

Red hair

First Appearance

Iron Man 2

Nationality

Russian-American

Origin

Soviet Union

Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow's Known Relations

• Alexei Shostakov — Father
• Yelena Belova — Sibling
• KGB — Member of
• Avengers — Member of
• S.H.I.E.L.D. — Member of
• Stark Industries — Member of
• Red Room — Member of

Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow appears in 9 titles

• Iron Man 2 (2010) — character page
• The Avengers (2012) — character page
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) — character page
• Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) — character page
• Captain America: Civil War (2016)
• Avengers: Infinity War (2018) — character page
• Captain Marvel (2019) — character page
• Avengers: Endgame (2019) — character page
• Black Widow (2021) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Scarlett Johansson

Appears in

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow — Alliance Teammate — Tony Stark / Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.)

  Romanoff initially supports Stark's enforcement operation.

  Stark assembles a team including Romanoff to capture Rogers's renegade group.

• Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow — Alliance Former Teammate — Steve Rogers / Captain America (Chris Evans)

  Romanoff's loyalty to the wider team complicates her formal alignment with Stark.

  Romanoff fights on Stark's side at the airport but allows Rogers and Barnes to escape.

• Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow — Alliance Former Teammate — Sam Wilson / Falcon (Anthony Mackie)

  Their alliance changes as the Avengers divide over the Accords.

  Romanoff and Wilson both participate in the Lagos operation before joining opposing airport teams.

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• Steve Rogers / Captain America (Chris Evans)
• Tony Stark / Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.)
• Lieutenant James Rhodes / War Machine (Don Cheadle)
• Sam Wilson / Falcon (Anthony Mackie)
• Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan)
• T'Challa / Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman)
• Vision (Paul Bettany)
• Scott Lang / Ant-Man (Paul Rudd)
• Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen)
• Clint Barton / Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner)
• Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross (William Hurt)
• Zemo (Daniel Brühl)