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| “ | As most of you know, I am merely a broker. I connect a buyer and a seller; sometimes for money, sometimes for information but mostly...for friendship. I just want everyone to get along - with me, especially. But, the world is changing. Truth is vanishing. War is coming. And the key to world domination is, of all things, a key. One that any government in the world will pay a king's ransom to take possession of. And some of my dearest friends, in this case every major nuclear power, and a handful of minor ones, have asked me to deliver this key. | „ |
| ~ White Widow |
Alanna Mitsopolis, also known as the White Widow, is the secondary antagonist of the 2018 blockbuster action-thriller film Mission: Impossible – Fallout and a major antagonist in its 2023 sequel Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning.
She is the daughter of the philanthropist Max Mitsopolis, and a powerful arms dealer.
She is portrayed by Vanessa Kirby in her first villainous role.
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Biography[]
Early life[]
Alanna is the daughter of the philanthropic businesswoman Max Mitsopolis who appeared in the first film, and she also has an overprotective brother named Zola. After her death, Alanna and Zola inherited Max's business, and also created a mercenary network, with the hitmen following them everywhere they go. The two also agreed with their mother's philanthropic thoughts, and decided to continue that.
Fallout[]
During a concert where Alanna would supposedly have a meeting with the terrorist John Lark, the Lark decoy is killed by Ilsa Faust, forcing Hunt to pretend to be Lark himself in order to get information about the deal. When Hunt first confronts her, she says that he doesn't look like she imagined Lark to look like. Hunt explains to her that people in the concert are out to kill them. He kills a few of the assassins, with Alanna stabbing and killing two as well. Taking Hunt to her and Zola's home to deal, she shows him her hit squad and finishes the deal, Hunt gets to talk with Lane, in exchange for the plutonium cores. To prove that he truly is Lark, Hunt has to kill a bunch of innocent police officers for them, although he eventually finds a way to avoid it. Later in the film, it is revealed that both Alanna and Zola were secretly working for the CIA and hand Lane over to MI6.
Dead Reckoning[]
Alanna is revealed to be the contact of jewel thief Grace and meets with her at a party in Venice. "John Lark", Isla and Gabriel arrive shortly after. Gabriel strongarms her into agreeing to sell the key to him and they make preparations to exchange the keys on the Orient Express.
On the Orient Express, Grace shoots Alanna with a tranquilliser gun and leaves her unconscious in her cabin. After Grace impersonates her during a meeting with Eugene Kittridge, Alanna comes to and storms out before collapsing unconscious into Kittridge's arms.
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Trivia[]
- She and Zola are the only Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One villains to return from a previous movie.
- Alanna never learned Ethan's real name as she stills calls him "John Lark" during their encounter at the party in Dead Reckoning Part One.
- It's also likely she does indeed know but simply just continues to refer to him as such as a form of teasing Ethan considering how vast her intel and connections are.
- It is possible Alanna and Ethan have slept together, as it was revealed in Dead Reckoning Part One that she agreed to have Ethan released and cleared, though it is “unclear” how she agreed to do that.
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