Nakia

Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita Nyong'o
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Cinematic and Comics

2025, Cinematic: Returns to Haiti and introduces Shuri to T'Challa's son.

Cinematic

A Wakandan spy of the River Tribe and former War Dog who works undercover abroad and believes Wakanda should help the world. She helps T'Challa chase Klaue, flees Killmonger's rule, and helps restore T'Challa and take back the throne. She later raises their son in Haiti, and in 2025 rescues Shuri from Talokan and helps end the war with Namor.

Comics

A Wakandan Dora Milaje guard who becomes obsessed with King T'Challa and is dismissed in disgrace after attacking his girlfriend. Left for dead, she is restored by Killmonger and reborn as the vengeful Malice, using the herb Jufeiro to enslave men. Later she resurfaces in New York hunting a stolen weapon, aging badly from the herb.

Timeline 13 events

  1. Modern · Comics: Nakia and Okoye accompany the exiled T'Challa to America to investigate a corrupt Tomorrow Fund.
  2. Modern · Comics: Nakia ejects Monica Lynne from a plane and lies about it, and T'Challa dismisses her from the Dora Milaje in disgrace.
  3. Modern · Comics: Achebe tortures her and leaves her for dead, and Killmonger finds her.
  4. Modern · Comics: Restored by Killmonger and renamed Malice, she kills Brother Voodoo and hunts T'Challa and his loved ones.
  5. Modern · Comics: Malice is stopped by T'Challa after he pretends to be under her control, and she vanishes.
  6. Fresh Start · Comics: She resurfaces in New York hunting a lost climate device, then seeks a stolen living-vibranium weapon in Brooklyn.
  7. 2018 · Cinematic: Pregnant and kept away from the battle with the aliens, she survives the Snap and moves in secret to Haiti.
  8. 2023 · Cinematic: Contacted and visited by the restored T'Challa while raising their son in Haiti.
  9. 2024 · Cinematic: T'Challa tells her of his illness and prepares her and their son for his death.
  10. 2025 · Cinematic: Recruited by Ramonda, she rescues Shuri from a Talokan cave, which sparks the Talokanil-Wakandan War.
  11. 2025 · Cinematic: Helps Okoye rescue civilians in the attack on Birnin Zana, and Ramonda is found dead.
  12. 2025 · Cinematic: Helps Shuri recreate the Heart-Shaped Herb and fights alongside the Wakandans on the Sea Leopard until the truce.
  13. 2025 · Cinematic: Returns to Haiti and introduces Shuri to T'Challa's son.

allied with

T'Challa, Shuri, Okoye, Ramonda, Everett Ross, Erik Killmonger, Ironheart

enemy of

Erik Killmonger, Ulysses Klaue, Talokan, Spider-Man (Peter Parker)

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Last checked 22 Oct 2026