Sasha Woodman, aka The Queen Bee, is a supporting antagonist appearing in the WB/CW TV series Smallville.
In season one, she was portrayed by Shonda Farr and in season seven, she was portrayed by Jovanna Huguet, who also portrayed Bloody Mary in Supernatural.
Biography[]
Season One[]
Sasha was obsessed with becoming Freshman Class President, and she repeatedly stated that her parents expected it of her. She was stung more than a thousand times in Shuster's Gorge (the location of the deepest meteor hit) by Africanized bees, which were apparently infected by Kryptonite. Although allergic to bee stings, Sasha somehow survived the attack and later discovered that she had the power to control the bees as if she were the hive queen.
Paul Chan is attacked by a swarm of bees.
She ran as a presidential candidate in her freshman year, but according to Pete Ross, "she was more of a worker than a leader". She first used her ability to get rid of Paul Chan who was attacked by bees that came out of his bathroom sink. When Clark Kent entered the election, Sasha saw them planning and ripped down one of Clark's posters in anger. When she went home, she went into the shed in the back yard. It was decorated with a banner reading "Campaign Headquarters".
Sasha uses her powers to summon bees.
Once inside, she added Clark's campaign poster to her collection of the opposition. The ceiling of the shed was covered with enormous hives and honeycombs. A swarm of bees formed the shape of her face to cheer her up. The next day, Sasha tried to talk Felice into dropping out of the race. But Felice blew her off and Sasha warns that she did ask nicely. Later, Principal Kwan discovered Felice in her car covered in bees.
She used her powers to get rid of her competition, putting two students in the hospital. Clark and Pete realized that this was more than a coincidence. They remember that bees attacked Sasha last year in Shuster's Gorge, the deepest meteor crater in Lowell County. They theorize that she is now controlling them. When Sasha asked Clark to drop out of the race, he confronts her about the bees.
At the Talon, Lana Lang helped Clark with his speech when a swarm of bees attacks them from the air vents. But Clark is able to get Lana to safety and draw the bees away. Clark and Chloe theorize that Sasha has somehow become the hive queen. If she is defeated in the election, her scent will change and the bees will turn on her.
Sasha goes to the Kent Farm to meet Clark. Clark confronts her again about controlling the bees and Sasha calls the bees to attack Martha. Clark uses his super speed to save her and they hide in the storm cellar until the swarm passes. Sasha went back to her hive and finds Clark waiting there. He vows to stop her from hurting anyone else. The bees arrive, but Sasha claims that she didn't tell them to come back. She pleads with Clark to save her as they attack.
The bees turned on her and attacked putting her in a coma. Clark throws a screwdriver at a propane tank and then throws himself over Sasha. The shed explodes and burns up all the bees. Paul Chan ended up winning the election as Felice and Sasha dropped out and Clark didn't win.
Season Seven[]
Six years later, Sasha reappeared in Smallville at the Talon, ordering coffee with honey. Chloe Sullivan recognized her and confronted her in the alley of the shop, where Sasha revealed that she had not escaped from Belle Reve like Chloe thought, but had been "cured" by Dr. Curtis Knox.
Sasha then said that she no longer had her abilities and that she also forgot the past six years. After Chloe went back to the Talon, Knox came up to Sasha's vehicle and knocked her out. He later operated on her again, removing some organs and murdered her. He took her body to a fertilizer plant to bury her in Smallville where he encountered Lex Luthor and had a confrontation.
In the Comics[]
In the comics, several recurring enemies of the Justice League have gone by the name "Queen Bee." While Sasha is never directly referred to by this name, the term is used in both "Drone" and "Cure" to describe her powers.
Powers and Abilities[]
Sasha had the ability to control bees after being stung by a Kryptonite-infected hive. She gave off an enhanced queen mandibular pheromone. Her abilities were later supposedly removed by Dr. Curtis Knox.
