TV Guide has a bit of intel on the show's Amanda Waller (played by Spartacus alum, Cynthia Addai-Robinson) from show executive producer Marc Guggenheim. In her first incarnation, Amanda Waller was a widow from the Chicago projects. Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Actress: The Accountant. "Magic Bullet":After King Shark threatened to go rogue, Amanda Waller played a dangerous card by releasing his father, Kamo from one of Belle Reve's sub-basements. Cynthia Addai-Robinson (born January 12, 1980) is an English-born American actress. She is voiced by Cynthia Addai-Robinson. She makes her first appearance in "Absolute Justice". Waller begins hoarding kryptonite and uses it to create a group of anti-Superman "heroes" called Last Line, as well as the Doomsday-like All-American Boy. Enter the URL for the tweet you want to embed. Amanda Waller is an antagonist and occasional ally to … Amanda Waller has no known superhuman powers or abilities. More black actresses have played the role of Amanda Waller in film or TV than any other black character (Marvel OR DC) by a mile. Despite her non-threatening physical appearance, she is almost universally feared as one of the most ruthless women in espionage and politics. She was born in London; her mother is from Ghana and her father is an United States citizen. She moved to US when she was four, and was raised by her mother in a suburb of Washington, DC. She directs the Suicide Squad against Arkham Asylum in order to acquire information stolen by the Riddler. She is also briefly kidnapped and taken to Apokolips, from which she is able to escape with the help of the team. Let me say that again: IF…YOU…CAN…GET…IT!’ Wearing a fuchsia coloured jacket that’s brightening up our Zoom chat, Davis is starting to remind me of Amanda Waller, the hard-ass she played … Soon after she began working in politics, becoming a congressional aid. She organizes her Suicide Squad to carry the operation out, and soon after betrays several Squad members, trapping them on Salvation as well. She assumes the role of interim Black King while various governmental and international agencies seek to find a viable use for the group. Addai-Robinson was born on January 12, 1980, in London; her mother is from Ghana and her father was a U.S. citizen. Character » send you an email once approved. [10] Her performance was nominated for a Women's Image Network Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series. The character first appeared in Legends #1 in 1986, and was created by John Ostrander, Len Wein, and John Byrne. • Amanda Waller makes her debut in animated form in Justice League Unlimited, voiced by C. C. H. Pounder. In order to eliminate China White, Amanda Waller sought out Yao Fei Gulong on the island of Lian Yu. She made her first appearance in Legends #1. This might seem shocking since Amanda Waller is either a large, angry black woman or a smaller bodied black woman played by Viola Davis in Suicide … / Secret of the Temple. 0 comments "I loved Amanda Waller [in Young Justice] because the voice has been played by so many very distinct and powerful Black female actresses," Ralph said. Waller makes a cameo appearance in the post-credits scene inviting villains to join the Squad. After the team succeeds she sets them loose and turns herself into the police. Following a final mission in which all other agents, including a close childhood friend, died in defence of American interests she formulated a plan to create a black ops team composed entirely of expendable members, primarily super-villains. She played Leslie in Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret, a television movie about the murder of Travis Alexander. She could most often be seen wearing a pearl necklace and wears dark clothing, such as purple silk shirts and black suits. Adaptational Attractiveness: Viola Davis is more slender and attractive than the classic comics version of Amanda Waller, who is heavy set and weathered with age. The new slender, sometimes lighter complexioned variants of Amanda Waller played by Yvette Nicole Brown, Debra Wilson, Pam Grier (yes Pam … The team successfully turns public opinion against the Black Marvels when Squad member Persuader dies during the mission. King showed us in … Her eldest son and daughter were both killed on the streets, and her husband died while seeking revenge for his daughter's death. [5] In 2009, she got her first recurring role on the ABC drama, FlashForward playing the character Debbie, a nurse. She is portrayed by CCH Pounder. Following Lord's capture of the Heart of Darkness, Waller is captured by him. She received some special forces-style training by Navy SEALs and New Zealand Special Air Service personnel during the filming of Spartacus: War of the Damned. She is known for her roles as Naevia in the Starz television series Spartacus and DC Comics character Amanda Waller in The CW TV series Arrow. Sitting alone in a white tablecloth restaurant, Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) confides in Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) that she fears the consequences of word getting out about her idea to … Cynthia Addai-Robinson is an English-born actress. Within years an old, fat, short, homely, Black, impoverished, poorly educated single mother of 5 from a decayed ghetto made herself a Washington insider and shady figure of power. Waller became an influential, well-connected intelligence insider within but years. Waller appears in this game, and is implied to have orchestrated the prison uprising. She is also trained in espionage. Davis was a good choice to play Amanda Waller, and Gunn will no doubt do her character justice in The Suicide Squad. She is shot by Deadshot after asking him once more to rejoin the team, but she survives. [8] In September 2013, she was cast as the recurring character Amanda Waller in the hit The CW show Arrow. Bassett DID play Waller in Green Lantern, it's one of the few reasons I ever sit through any of it anymore. Amanda began shipping military weapons to the island in order to shoot down a Ferris Air plane headed for China, which was carrying China White. Waller heads a program designed to eliminate the super-villain threat by summarily transporting all captured villains to the planet Salvation.