This is Mia Dearden AKA Speedy whose real name is Elise Gatien, a canadian actress and a model. She had two films on the list Dr. Dolittle: First Dog and Land of Women. She had also been a part of television casting for The Obsession, Duck Duck Goose, Bionic Woman and The Guard. Currently, she is on Smallville Season 9 episode 6 'Crossfire' playing the role of GREEN ARROW's sidekick - Mia Dearden AKA SPEEDY.
Following the DC Comics.
Mia Dearden was introduced in Green Arrow (Vol. 3) #2 in 2001. Mia was a teenaged girl who ran from her home after being abused by her father and fell into child prostitution. Mia was rescued from one of her clients by Oliver Queen, who had just recently returned from the dead. Mia continued to try and convince Oliver, who was busy trying to reconstruct his own life, and began to secretly train with Connor Hawke in archery and combat. Mia continually petitioned Green Arrow to allow her to serve as his sidekick, but Oliver continually demurred, not wanting to put another youngster at risk. After discovering she is HIV positive, Mia redoubled her efforts and Green Arrow finally allowed her to become the new Speedy. Shortly thereafter, she joined the Teen Titans but has since left the team.
The original Speedy's real name was Roy Harper, Jr.
He first appeared in More Fun Comics #73 (November 1941), where he was identified as the orphaned son of Roy Harper, Sr., a forest ranger who had died saving a Navajo medicine chief named "Brave Bow" from a fire. Brave Bow raised the younger Roy himself, training him at archery. Roy Jr. took to this training eagerly, and idolized the archer superhero, Green Arrow. As a teenager, Roy is given the opportunity to perform at an archery competition judged by Green Arrow, where he assists the hero at foiling an attempted burglary, even proving himself to be a faster shot than the hero. Following the death of Brave Bow, Green Arrow asked Roy to serve as his sidekick, an offer Roy jumped at, taking the name Speedy. Harper became the ward of Green Arrow's alter ego, millionaire Oliver Queen.
And now in Smallville Season 9 Episode 6, Oliver Queen found Mia in one of underground fight club deliberately defeated her opponent but never had courage to get out from a grip of her pimp.
Oliver offered to train Mia for everything that would eventually make her the character she is going to be and time to trust him will just be the cost in return.
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