Who Is Bella Donna? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Bella Donna is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Bella Donna Boudreaux, with over 169 comic issue appearances. Bella Donna is Gambit's first love and former wife. Heiress to the highest rank in the Assassins Guild and the current leader of the Unified Guild of New Orleans. She is a ruthless mercenary, but still harbors a soft spot for Gambit.

Who is Bella Donna?

History Married to Gambit Bella Donna Boudreaux and Remy LeBeau met when they were still children. Their fathers saw them as a way to stop the warring between the two Guilds of New Orleans , The Assassins Guild and The Thieves Guild of which Bella was a member of the former and Gambit a member of the latter. After the wedding, Bella Donna's brother Julien challenged Remy to a duel, one which Remy won. He was then exiled from New Orleans and forced to abandon Bella Donna. After having her latent mutant powers activated by the Assassin's benefactress, Candra , Bella Donna asked Gambit to return to New Orleans in order to help the Guilds fight off the Brood that had been attacking them. During this time, she used her psychic powers to follow Psylocke into the astral plane and later she expended a large portion of her energy in the fight against the Brood Queen . After she collapsed in Gambit's arms, he believed her to be dead and left her in Rogue's care in order to get revenge against the Brood. Although Bella Donna was merely in a coma, Gambit risked his life in order to bring her Candra's Elixir of Life.

Key facts

Bella Donna is of mutant origin and first appeared in "Tooth and Claw". The character is published by Marvel. With 169 recorded issue appearances, Bella Donna ranks among the most featured characters in comics.