Amanda Waller (DC Extended Universe)

Amanda Belle Waller (née Blake) is a fictional character in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) and later the DC Universe (DCU) media franchise. She is portrayed by Viola Davis and is based on the DC Comics character of the same name. A morally ambiguous "ends justify the means" character as portrayed in the comics, Waller is a ruthless, calculating government official and the director of the agency A.R.G.U.S. In the DCEU, Waller initially oversees the operations of the black ops unit "Task Force X", selecting an ensemble of incarcerated inmates at the Belle Reve Correctional Facility to partake in covert operations that were to be performed discreetly, to preserve government interests and avoid interference from other active metahumans. She notably supervised the original incarnation of Task Force X that was dispatched to stop the Enchantress from taking over Earth alongside her brother, as well as a second iteration of the team that infiltrated the remote island of Corto Maltese in order to destroy the fortified base Jotunheim and neutralize an extraterrestrial being known as "Starro".