Talia Al Ghul

Talia al Ghul (Arabic: تالياء الغول‎) is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe, daughter of the supervillain Ra's al Ghul, a love interest of Batman, and the mother of his son Damian Wayne, the fifth Robin. She has appeared in over 200 individual comics issues.

Talia first appeared in Detective Comics #411 (May 1971). The character was directly inspired by the 1969 James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service and the Fu Manchu fiction. She is most commonly depicted as a romantic interest for Batman, an antagonist, or a combination of the two. Her father, the leader of a worldwide criminal empire, considers Batman the man most worthy to marry Talia and to become his heir. While Batman is uninterested in the criminal empire, he has often demonstrated romantic feelings for Talia.

Talia is a complex character, not quite heroine nor villainess but rather an antiheroine. The majority of her criminal acts have been committed at the behest of her father and motivated by loyalty to her father rather than personal gain, though recent depictions have shown her as a supervillainess in her own right, such as with the Secret Society of Super Villains, and leading Leviathan. She has saved Batman's life or helped him on numerous occasions, and on one occasion helped to bring about the downfall of Lex Luthor.

IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time List ranked Talia as #42. She was ranked 25th in Comics Buyer's Guide's "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list. Talia has been featured in various adaptations in other media, most notably the 2012 Christopher Nolan film, The Dark Knight Rises, where she was portrayed by Marion Cotillard.