Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow — Captain America: The Winter Soldier Character Profile

About Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow

Elite spy and master assassin who defected from the Red Room to become a founding Avenger.

Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Martial arts, Espionage, Marksmanship, Tactical analysis

• Strength: 6.5/10
• Intelligence: 8.5/10
• Charisma: 8/10
• Morality: 7.5/10
• Influence: 7/10

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)
• Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) — character page
• Captain America: Civil War (2016) — character page
• 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: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (5)

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

  They investigate the conspiracy together and coordinate the final counterattack.

• Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow — Alliance Operational Partners — Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson)

  Fury trusts Romanoff with covert intelligence work that exposes the Insight conspiracy.

• Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow — Conflict Undercover Opponents — Alexander Pierce (Robert Redford)

  Romanoff directly undermines Pierce's attempt to preserve Hydra's control.

• Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow — Alliance Operational Allies — Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders)

  Both agents support the resistance against Hydra from different operational positions.

• Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow — Narrative Coercive Investigators — Jasper Sitwell (Maximiliano Hernández)

  Romanoff helps turn Sitwell into a source of operational intelligence.

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• Steve Rogers / Captain America (Chris Evans)
• Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson)
• Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan)
• Alexander Pierce (Robert Redford)
• Sam Wilson / Falcon (Anthony Mackie)
• Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell)
• Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders)
• Kate / Agent 13 (Emily VanCamp)
• Jasper Sitwell (Maximiliano Hernández)
• Brock Rumlow (Frank Grillo)
• Councilman Rockwell (Alan Dale)
• Dr. Arnim Zola (Toby Jones)