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Come Jan. 17, the CW will introduce a new Batwoman: Javicia Leslie, who stepped in to fill the role after Ruby Rose announced her exit from the show in 2020.

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“I'm really into action, and I do martial arts already,” Leslie tells Bustle of taking on the part. “To be able to do all the things that I love on a show is literally a dream job for me.”

Born in Germany to a U.S. military family, Leslie worked for the government (helping the families of deceased "stop-loss" soldiers receive payment for their service) before pivoting to acting and landing roles on The Family Business and God Friended Me.

She immediately felt a kinship with her Batwoman character Ryan Wilder, who's new to the DC Comics universe and finds Batwoman's suit by chance.

“[Ryan and I] are very similar in a certain way," the 33-year-old actor says.

Though Ryan is "goofy and flawed," she also grew up in a world that "isn't used to having a superhero represented by [someone like] her.” In contrast to Rose’s Kate K