'Batwoman': Javicia Leslie Replaces Ruby Rose in Title Role for Season 2
exited the series after one season in May.Leslie, who most recently starred in CBS' , is the first Black actress to play Batwoman in a live-action TV or film production. voiced Batwoman in a 2003 DC animated film, Leslie will play a new character, Ryan Wilder, who will step into Batwoman's shoes after Rose's Kate Kane disappears from Gotham.According to the character description, Ryan is likable, messy, a little goofy and untamed, and the complete opposite of Kate. With no one in her life to keep her on track, Ryan spent years as a drug runner, dodging the Gotham City Police Department and masking her pain with bad habits.