Hope van Dyne, also known by her superhero name Wasp, is a fictional superhero character appearing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She is loosely based on the Marvel Comics character Hope Pym, created by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz.
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, she is portrayed by Evangeline Lilly.
Marvel Cinematic Universe film appearances[]
- Ant-Man (2015)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
Background[]
Hope van Dyne is the daughter of Hank Pym and Janet van Dyne, and a former chairwoman of the board of Pym Technologies. When Darren Cross attempted to create and sell a new weapon based on her father's Ant-Man suit, van Dyne reunited with her father and, along with Scott Lang who succeeded Hank as Ant-Man, was able to defeat Cross. After these events, Pym found the possibility of saving his wife due to Lang's first experience in the Quantum Realm, from which van Dyne was finally being offered by her father a suit that belonged to her mother, therefore taking on the name of Wasp.
Over the course of another year, van Dyne would train alongside Lang, while forming a romantic relationship with him. She soon cut romantic ties with Lang due to his actions during the Avengers Civil War, which resulted in her and her father being wanted by the FBI. Two years later, van Dyne, Pym, and Lang successfully managed to retrieve her mother from the Quantum Realm and also faced Ava Starr when she became a threat to their plan of rescue. Van Dyne also reconciled with Lang and resumed their relationship.
Alongside her parents, van Dyne was among the half of the universe's population who turned to dust following Thanos' Snap. Five years later, during the Battle of Earth, van Dyne was resurrected by Smart Hulk, whereupon she aided the Avengers in defeating Thanos and his army. After Thanos' army was disintegrated, van Dyne attended Tony Stark's funeral with Lang and her parents and later returned home to San Francisco to celebrate their victory with Lang's daughter, Cassie.
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