Natalia Romanoff

Natalia Romanoff, also known as Natasha was born in Volgograd, Russia in the former Soviet Union and went on to become a world-class spy.

Natasha reportedly began training to be an assassin when she was quite young. She was recruited by Russia's covert espionage facility, where she endured both an education and indoctrination into the world of secret services. Natasha excelled in this strict training environment and soon became regarded as a master spy and one of the world´s greatest assassins. Due to both her expertise and her growing threat to global security, Romanoff quickly appeared on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s radar, prompting Director Fury to send Agent Barton to eliminate her. Agent Barton disobeyed this order, recognizing her skill and recommending she be recruited for S.H.I.E.L.D. At the behest of Nick Fury, Romanoff later defected from Russia and joined the ranks of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Agent Romanoff is a master in all the elements of espionage including hand-to-hand combat, interrogation, disguise, hacking encrypted computer systems and infiltrating secure locations. As part of Strike Team Delta, Romanoff now has a functioning partnership with Clint Barton. She is a Level 7 S.H.I.E.L.D Agent

Like Hawkeye and Captain America, Natasha is a frequent benchmark for S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who aspire to be among the very best. She is the point of reference, for example, for Agent Grant Ward's espionage assessment by Maria Hill.

Fury put her on his team The Avengers, which resulted in Romanoff being one of the first line of defense against a alien invading race the Loki Odinson summoned to earth.