Black Widow’s Yelena Belova
It wasn’t just her love of cool vests with pockets that made us, in turn, fall in love with Yelena Belova, though we did adore that about her. Marvel fans spent an eternity waiting for Black Widow to finally release—only to realize that Scarlett Johansson’s character wasn’t even the reason to get excited about the movie. Florence Pugh’s scene-stealing performance as Yelena, Natasha Romanoff’s “sister” and fellow deadly assassin, was the true heart of the film, not to mention a welcome source of hilariously wry comic relief. Bonus: now we get to see her on Hawkeye, too. – Cheryl Eddy
