Elena de la Vega
Elena is the feisty daughter of the original Zorro (Don Diego de la Vega) and lover to his student Alejandro Murrieta.
Name:
Elena de la Vega
Publisher:
Real name:
Elena de la Vega
Aliases:
- Elena Montero
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Female
Powers:
- Adaptive
- Agility
- Insanely Rich
- Stamina
- Stealth
- Swordsmanship
- Weapon Master
First issue:
The Mask of Zorro (1998) #1 The Mask of Zorro
History
When the evil Rafael invades Don Diego's home, one of his men kills her mother by accident. Rafael kills the soldier, has Don Diego imprisoned and takes the infant Elena as his own daughter.
As a beautiful, 21-year-old adult with no knowledge of her true family, Elena first encounters the second Zorro (Alejandro Murrieta) when he steals some horses on his first night out and again, without realizing it, when he is hiding as a confessional priest and again when he is posing as an aristocrat and shares a passionate dance with him.
Films
Elena was played by actress Catherine Zeta-Jones in the films The Mask of Zorro (1998) and The Legend of Zorro (2005).
