Nora Fries

Nora Fries, also known as Mrs. Freeze, is a fictional character appearing in media published by DC Entertainment, commonly in stories featuring the superhero Batman. She is married to Batman villain Mr. Freeze, and was introduced in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU) series Batman: The Animated Series, before being adapted into comics. Across most versions, Nora suffers from a terminal illness and is kept cryogenically frozen until a cure can be found. As such, she usually does not have a major role in most stories beyond serving as Freeze's motivation for turning to crime to cure her by any means necessary. However, the character has also been depicted as a supervillain, under the alias Lazara. Nora Fries made her live-action debut in the 1997 film Batman & Robin, portrayed by Vendela Kirsebom Thomessen. She has also appeared in the second season of Gotham portrayed by Kristen Hager, the 2018 Arrowverse crossover event Elseworlds, portrayed by Cassandra Jean Amell, and Batwoman portrayed by Jennifer Higgin when her aging started to continue rapidly. Fictional character biography DC Animated Universe After marrying Victor Fries, a GothCorp cryogenics researcher, Nora is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Victor uses the company's equipment to cryogenically freeze his wife until a cure can be found. However, GothCorp CEO Ferris Boyle cuts the funding and confronts Victor in the latter's laboratory to personally shut down the project, which subsequently leads to Victor being transformed into Mr. Freeze. In the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Heart of Ice", Nora is stated to be dead following the lab's destruction. However, the episode "Deep Freeze" reveals that Nora is still alive within her cryogenic chamber.