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‘Batwoman’ Adds Leah Gibson & Nathan Owens In Recurring Roles For Season 2

by Dave Elliott

‘Batwoman’ Adds Leah Gibson & Nathan Owens In Recurring Roles For Season 2

Batwoman is beefing up the cast for Season 2 with some more new faces as it’s announced Leah Gibson & Nathan Owens will be joining the superhero series in recurring roles.

As you are all probably aware by now, its all change in Gotham, as Season 2 introduces Javicia Leslie (‘God Friended Me’) as Ryan Wilder, who picks up the ‘Batwoman’ cowl, following the “disappearance” of Kate Kane, played by Ruby Rose, who left the show. One of the new villains she will face is Safiyah, played by British actress, Shivaani Ghai (‘The Catch’, ‘Dominion’, ‘Strike Back’).

Safiyah is the fiercely protective ruler of a small community on the island of Coryana. A woman with as many enemies as aliases, she is compassionate and charismatic with both physical and psychological prowess. She is beloved by her people and will stop at nothing to protect what’s hers. No one goes unnoticed by Safiyah, specifically when it comes to those who have encountered the Desert Rose.

Leah Gibson is set to play Tatiana aka “The Whisper.” She is a skilled assassin, unflappable and cold as ice in the face of danger. She is one of Safiyah’s most important henchwomen and still harbours feelings for her powerful boss. Gibson is probably best known for her role as Inez Green in Season 2 of ‘Jessica Jones’. She has also popped up in episodes of ‘The 100’, ‘Manifest’ and ‘Supernatural’, along with appearing in the films ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ and ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’.

Nathan Owens takes the role of Ocean, a zen gardener and thinker with a complicated past. A loyal soldier and fighter, Ocean moves to Gotham looking for a new beginning. Owens did a long stint as Cameron Davis on US soap ‘Days of Our Lives’, before moving on to a series regular role on the series ‘Devious Maids’.

As far as I can see from the show descriptions, neither character have direct counterparts in the comic books. However, “The Whisper” could be the Arrowverse’s take on Whisper A’Daire, who was also an assassin but connected to Ra’s al Ghul and the League of Assassins rather than Safiyah and ‘Batwoman’.

Batwoman‘ Season 2 is currently filming in Vancouver and is due to return in early 2021 on The CW in the USA. Season 1 of the superhero drama aired (eventually) on E4 in the UK, but we’ll have to wait and see when and where Season 2 shows up.

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