Gwen Stacy

Gwen Stacy, also known by her alias Spider-Woman, is a fictional character appearing in the Spider-Verse film franchise. She has her origins rooted in the original Gwen Stacy (Earth-616) comic book character, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Later, Jason Latour and Robbi Rodriguez created an alternate universe version of Gwen Stacy (Earth-65), who undertakes the Spider-Woman superhero moniker and is colloquially known as Spider-Gwen. A film adaptation of that alternate Gwen Stacy (Earth-65), the Spider-Verse film character is voiced by Hailee Steinfeld and first appears in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). Steinfeld reprised her role in the sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), and is scheduled to further portray the character in the upcoming Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse and Spider-Woman (both ). The character has been generally received positively by audiences and critics alike, who consider her as helping transform the Gwen Stacy character into having a more prominent role in Spider-Man lore. Her expanded role in Across was particularly commended, with much discussion about her arc in the film being a queer coded allegory for the transgender experience. Those who asserted this interpretation praised Gwen as a positive media portrayal of a trans allegory, even if the character is not depicted as trans. Appearances