Whiterose

Whiterose, also known as Minister Zhi Zhang, is the primary antagonist of the USA Network drama series Mr. Robot, and is both the leader of the Chinese hacker group the Dark Army and the Chinese Minister of State Security. Zhang is a transgender woman who is shown in the series as a woman under her Whiterose persona and a man as Minister Zhang.

She is portrayed by American actor B. D. Wong who, himself, is of Chinese/Hong Kong descent.

Zhang's true motivations are currently unknown. However, she appears to act in the interest of the Chinese state, coordinating a series of terrorist attacks to destroy American conglomerate E-Corp and to ensure a United Nations proposition that allows for a Chinese-led annexation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is approved.

Series 1
In early 2015, the Dark Army is prepared to participate in fsociety's attack on E Corp by destroying the redundant backup data housed in China. Their contact Cisco is in talks with Darlene. On the night of March 31st, the Dark Army bans her from IRC and cuts off all contact. She learns that they have pulled out of the operation.

In May, Darlene has stolen Cisco's handle and is trying to convince the DA to rejoin the attack. Cisco informs her of a meeting between Whiterose and Elliot Alderson. On May 7th, Cisco forces Ollie Parker to send Elliot on a menial task to Blank's Disk Recovery at 36th and 5th at 2:00, assuring him not to be late. There, Elliot is led by a man in a hazmat suit downstairs into a Faraday Cage, which prevents electromagnetic interference. Elliot meets Whiterose smoking a cigarette as she fixes the drives he gives her.

In their 3 minute conversation, Elliot is flustered trying to convince the Dark Army to join the attack. Whiterose eventually tells him that electing to frame Colby caused Gideon Goddard to install a honeypot on the security server. The Dark Army hacked Allsafe using Ollie and Angela to be safe and discovered the trap. She chastises him for wasting time and gives him 50 hours and 23 minutes to remove the honeypot. At the end, she says she will never see Elliot again, according to her schedule.

On the night of 5/9, Elliot contacts the Dark Army to initiate the hack. They do so. Whiterose is next seen appearing at a gathering of rich, international men as Zhang in a mansion. She brings up business about coltan mines in Congo with the distressed CEO of E Corp, Phillip Price. Whiterose was told they know who was responsible for the attack, to which Price assures they will handle that person as they usually do. Whiterose notes a woman playing a harp and muses, as her watch beeps, about the legend of Emperor Nero merrily playing the lyre as Rome burned.