Talia al Ghul (Nolanverse)

''This page is about the incarnation of Talia from the Christopher Nolan movie. The mainstream version can be found here: Talia al Ghul.''

"But he's not the child of Ra's al Ghul. I am. And although I'm not ordinary...I am a citizen."

- Talia revealing her true identity to Batman, and showing him the bomb detonator. "Vengeance against the man who killed him is simply a reward for my patience. You see, it's the slow knife. The knife that takes it's time. The knife that waits years without forgetting, then slips quietly between the bones. That's the knife that cuts deepest."

- Talia

Talia al Ghul is the hidden antagonist in the 2012 film, The Dark Knight Rises. As the heir to the League of Shadows after the death of her father, Ra's al Ghul, Talia sought Gotham's demise with the help of her friend and partner, the brutal mercenary and terrorist known as Bane. Talia was the final villain that Batman faced in the Dark Knight Trilogy and remained hidden for most of the film under the alias, Miranda Tate.

She was portrayed by Marion Cotillard as an adult, and by Joey King as a child.

Life in Prison
Before Talia was born, her mother, Ra's al Ghul's wife, was placed into a well that was converted into a prison known as The Pit while she was pregnant with Talia as punishment for her secret marriage with Ra's al Ghul. After her mother was killed, Talia was befriended and protected by a lifelong prisoner simply known as Bane. Bane helped Taila escape at the cost of severely injuring himself. She later returned with her father to enact vengeance upon the prisoners of the Pit and then Bane was rescued. However, Ra's later excommunicated her friend from the League of Shadows. For that action, Talia couldn't forgive her father, but was willing to inherit his plan of wiping out Gotham City after he died fighting Batman. Talia and Bane then formulated a plan to destroy Gotham City once and for all as well as getting revenge on the The Dark Knight who protected the broken city.

Gotham
Talia revealed this information as she literally backstabbed Bruce Wayne in his Batsuit after he took down her accomplice and protector, Bane, who was lying on the floor after Batman had destroyed his mask's pipes in their rematch. Talia then ordered for a convoy to protect the reactor core that Bane had placed in the armored trucks in the hopes of securing its detonation. Talia later died when Batman rammed the truck that carried both her and the increasingly unstable reactor core off the top of a ramp, and mortally wounded Talia. Even moments before her death when the heroes discovered her in the wreckage, Talia asserted that she won, as the unstable nuclear reactor was only minutes away from detonating in an atomic explosion. Talia then died, and believed her plan to be a success. Batman was forced to pilot the nuclear device out of Gotham by using his high tech stealth plane so that he would save the city. However, Batman survived the explosion as he used the auto pilot to take the bomb out to sea while he ejected. Ultimately, all the work and plans of Talia and Bane's League of Shadows were foiled as Gotham was saved, Batman survived, and the living League members in the city were rounded up by the Gotham Police.

Trivia

 * Marion Cotillard who played Talia also starred as Mal in Inception, which was also directed by Christopher Nolan.
 * The film version of Talia bore some strong similarities to Jezebel Jet: Both were double-agents who tried to get romantically involved with Bruce Wayne. Both were wealthy and pretended to be philanthropists. Both were introduced at a charity function. Both were revealed as villains after a brawl between Batman and one of his enemies (Joker/Bane).
 * Talia was similar of Yoon Hye-in from 2011 Korean series ATHENA:Goodness of War both they saved by saviors as children when Hye-in was saved by Son Hyuk from LA riots as child while Talia escaped from prison with help of Bane unlike Taila,Hye-in was in love with Lee Jung-woo.
 * Talia's platonic relationship with Bane closely mirrored Bane's relationship with fellow Secret Six member, Scandal Savage, the daughter of another immortal super villain, Vandal Savage.
 * Talia was the second love interest of Bruce Wayne after Rachel Dawes and before Selina Kyle.
 * That was Talia's first appearance in a live action production, whether it be film or television.
 * Talia and her father both used the aliases Henri Ducard and Miranda Tate before they revealed their true identities to Batman.
 * Talia was mentioned in the novelization of Batman Begins.
 * Talia was very similar to her father in that while both of them were the main antagonists. we didn't know that from the beginning, and it was sprung as a plot twist in the films.