Mother Gothel (Once Upon a Time)

"What do you say I come with you and help you get your revenge, and then you come with me and help me get mine?"

- Mother Gothel to Captain Hook

Mother Gothel is the secondary antagonist of Season 7 of ABC's Once Upon a Time. Mother Gothel is an evil witch, who is an ally to Drizella and the mother of Alice.

She is portrayed by Emma Booth.

Season 7
Mother Gothel first appears in "The Garden of Forking Paths" as an unnamed witch and is revealed to be a prisoner of Lady Tremaine at Belfrey Towers.

In "Greenbacks", it is revealed that she is actually in league with Drizella, Lady Tremaine's daughter.

In "Wake Up Call", it is revealed that that Drizella is actually the one who cast the Dark Curse to bring everyone from the Enchanted Forest to Hyperion Heights and is scheming with Gothel.

Her biggest revelation comes in "Eloise Gardener", when her identity is divulged to the audience as Mother Gothel and she is revealed to be the mother of Alice with Hook. In the Enchanted Forest, Mother Gothel was locked away by Rapunzel and promptly disguised herself as her in order to deceive Hook. After a night with Hook, Gothel falls pregnant and uses her magic to speed up the pregnancy and have the child. She reveals herself as Gothel to Hook and explains that she can only escape if someone from her bloodline takes her place. She leaves Alice in the Tower and finally escapes. In Hyperion Heights, it is revealed that she is Eloise Gardener, the missing girl being searched for by Rogers/Hook.

Powers and Abilities
Mother Gothel, like all witches, has the ability of Witchcraft. She also has the ability to glamour her real identity to deceive others.

Trivia

 * She is based on Dame Gothel from the fairytale, Rapunzel and on Mother Gothel from the Disney film, Tangled.