Ava Starr, also known as the Ghost is a fictional character appearing in Marvel Comics created by David Michelinie and Bob Layton.
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, she is portrayed by Hannah John-Kamen.
Design[]
Ava Starr is a tall, slim woman with curly brown hair with a tan-skinned tone and green eyes. While wearing her costume, it is entirely colored white with some shades of grey made from rubber and an unknown texture. She also has a protective mask with red eyes and sensors that allow her to see someone without getting detected. Her hood also conceals the rest of her head as a sort of protection. While not wearing her suit she wears a skin tight suit with a hoodie.
Personality[]
Due to the accident that caused her parents' demise, Ava proved herself to be quite vengeful and ruthless in nature as she holds a grudge against Hank Pym for discrediting her father that inadvertently led to the accident. As Ava's condition worsens, she continuously becomes more desperate to find a cure and scared of death, acting out of impulse and not caring if saving her life implies killing others. Due to her extreme condition, Ava was willing to do anything that could help find a cure for her, even attempting to coerce Lang to help him out by threatening to kidnap his daughter Cassie and attacking her surrogate father.
Despite this, Ava does seem to care for family and her surrogate father Bill, even warning him to flee as she doesn't want him to be on the run from the authorities due to her actions. She even willingly gave up her grudge against the Pym family after Janet used the extracted quantum energy to temporarily cure her following the arrest of Burch and his men.
History[]
To be added.
Marvel Cinematic Universe film appearances[]
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
- Thunderbolts* (2025)
- Avengers: Doomsday (2026)
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Second female antagonist in the Marvel Cinematic Universe after Hela Odinsdottir, and later followed by Wanda Maximoff, Dar-Benn and Cassandra Nova.
- Ghost is the third character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to be depicted as a different gender from their counterpart in the comics, following Jeryn Hogarth and the Ancient One.
- Ghost is also the second villain who achieved their goals without dying in the process, the first being Thanos.