Max Mitsopolis

"Anonymity... is like a warm blanket."

- Max

Max (full name: Max Mitsopolis) is a major antagonist in the 1996 film Mission: Impossible, and a posthumous antagonist in the 2018 film Mission: Impossible - Fallout. She is an arms dealer who corrupted many IMF operatives to recover a list of infiltrators in Central Europe.

She was portrayed by Vanessa Redgrave.

Mission: Impossible
Max makes a deal with Phelps : the list in exchange for money. Phelps accepts and kills members of his team. Ethan Hunt, who survives, learns of Max's existence and Job. He meets her and reveals that half of the list she received was false and included a tracking device. When the disc is tested, she realized Ethan was right. Max then makes a deal with Ethan: steal the genuine list in exchange for Job's money and identity. Ethan was also provided with $150,000, which he used to finance his new team. After Ethan retrieved the list, He finds Phelps and realizes that he was the mastermind behind the murders of his colleagues. A meeting was then organized in a TGV for Ethan to send the list to Max. Luther prevents Max from downloading the list. After Phelps and Krieger are killed by Ethan, Max was found by Kittridge and the CIA, about to be arrested. She then manages to negotiate an agreement to remain free.

Fallout
Max does not make an appearance in the film, but is mentioned by her daughter Alana (a.k.a White Widow), who helps Ethan capture Solomon Lane in exchange for a plutonium sphere.