X-23 (X-Men Movies)

:NOTE: This article is about the incarnation of X-23 from the X-Men film series. The mainstream version can be found here: X-23.
 
 
Laura, also known as X-23, is the deuteragonist of the 2017 superhero film and the tritagonists of the 2024 film . She is the daughter of Logan, inheriting similar powers from him.
She is portrayed by , who also played Lyra Belacqua "Silvertongue" in His Dark Materials and Jecki Lon in Star Wars: The Acolyte.
==Biography==
===Logan===
X-23 is a young mutant girl born in the alternate future where mutants have all but died off. Said by Charles Xavier to be "very much like" Logan, she's the first new mutant either have encountered in at least twenty years. Pursued by Pierce and his Reavers, Laura may help provide the key to the survival of the vanishing mutant race.
In order to save her friends, she leads an attack against the Reavers; after bonding with her, Logan likewise fights, although takes a drug to restore his healing factor, though has a severe withdrawal that could be lethal.
When Logan is wounded badly by X-24 - an adult clone of him - Laura saved him by shooting it with an adamantium bullets. However, Logan's wounds were too fatal, and the fading medication stopped his healing factor. Logan died peacefully, encouraging Laura to live a safe and fulfilling life, and avoid being the monster the scientists wanted her to become.
===Deadpool & Wolverine ===
In a realm called the Void in which the TVA discarded individuals and worlds that failed to adhere to their standards in the Sacred Timeline, two rival surviving groups are in conflict. Cassandra Nova leads the supervillains who strive to ensuring their own lives by finding others to feed Alioth, the extradimensional monster once used by He Who Remains to win the Multiversal War; while another group of Legacy Heroes try to resist her rule. Among the group is a now teenage X-23, who preferred to be called Laura, who had a past identical to one in Logan, and may be the same mutant.
Deadpool and a variant of Wolverine fought each other into unconsciousness, so were collected by Laura, who drove them to the safety of the resistance hideout. Deadpool was enthusiastic about the Legacies aiding them defeating Nova to force her to allow their escape from the Void, however, Wolverine was pessimistic, leaving to drink alone outside by a fire. Wolverine relayed his greatest regret and trauma, which Laura said she already can guess what happened, but he plead with her to allow him to confide, thus she agreed. Wolverine mentioned how he wears his superhero suit because he never wore it when his X-Men were alive; on another day of leaving to drink, he returned to find them all dead. He now wore the suit as it was all he had to remember his team, and he wanted to punish himself by remembering his failure. Wolverine expressed that he was the wrong man for the job of saving people, but Laura retorted so was her Logan, yet he could do it anyway.
In the attack against Nova's army, Laura killed the Juggernaut to take his helmet, as they needed it to stifle Nova's immense psychic powers. She throws the helmet to Deadpool and Wolverine , who successfully disable Nova's powers by putting it on her head. The duo demand that Nova help them escape the Void, but she mocked them by saying that they needed to remove the helmet for her to do it, but if they do, she will kill them. However, wanting to honour Professor Charles Xavier's legacy, Wolverine expressed a desire to show mercy; he also proclaimed that had Charles known about his sister, he would have tirelessly worked to save her.
Nova appeared convinced, so agreed to return them to their desired universe. With the helmet removed, Nova revealed a trinket in her pocket that she salvaged from a variant of Dr. Strange that she murdered, with the trinket being a sling ring. Nova used it to create a portal for Deadpool and Wolverine; although, she pointed out that they had only five seconds before Alioth arrived to devour; Laura witnessed as the two anti-heroes made it through the portal, as Alioth enclosed upon Nova's Giant Man skeleton fortress. 
Laura survives Alioth's attack and after Deadpool and Wolverine managed to stop the destruction of Earth-10005, as well as saving the multiverse itself, leading to the death of Nova and the return to life of their world, Deadpool managed to convince the TVA's higher ranks to free Laura and her companions from the Void. Laura is last seen at the party thrown by Deadpool and Wolverine for their victory, also allowing Laura to live a new life with new friends and a new father figure, and she also pets Dogpool.
==Personality==
Laura has no knowledge of the outside world, or how it works. This is because she was isolated by Transigen for her whole life. As a result of this, Laura doesn't know much about how the world works and how to act around people she doesn't know.
Laura has many of the behavioural traits that her father had. She's quite easy to anger, and resorts to violence whenever she doesn't get her way - as seen when she flips the store clerk on to the ground and nearly stabs him just because he took away her snacks; as well as the time she decked Logan in the face when he told her that he couldn't get her to North Dakota and told her that Eden didn't exist. Though it isn't her fault, since she was engineered and taught to fight and to be a soldier.
Even though she does have some anger issues, Laura exhibits kindness and selflessness. Some examples of this, is when she shielded Charles from being shot while escaping the Reavers for the first time. She also silently tried to comfort Logan after Charles's death, by putting a comforting hand on his wrist.
As she aged, she had matured greatly, holding a far more stable temperament and a greater ability to engage in conversations. She was also grateful for the aid, bond, and sacrifice that was eventually provided by her genetic father. Despite her banishment into the Void, she was still appreciative of the life she was allowed to have through Logan's sacrifice. She was able to see in the alternative Logan a lot of her father, including his best qualities buried under so much bitterness and managed to reach his wounded heart by convincing him that he was still a good person.
When in combat, an older Laura could still enter a savage state like when she was still a child, however, she had developed a stronger discipline that allowed better focus, as well as greater tactical talent; she could also calm herself more smoothly, to regain composure after a violent fight.
==Powers and Abilities==
As the daughter of Wolverine, Laura possesses most of his mutant abilities. Most notably, she possesses an accelerated healing factor that repairs damage almost instantaneously. Her healing factor has enabled her to survive point blank explosions strong enough to blow up large buildings, being dropped in vats of acid, attacks from superhumanly strong foes such as beatings from the Blob, or the Sentinels. She's shrugged off being shot, even through the head at times and has shown to regenerate entire limbs and organs.
=== Weaknesses===
* Limited Durability: Although X-23 has adamantium infused into her claws, it does not extend to her skeleton, making her more vulnerable for broken bones and severed limbs, although neither of these have been seen. However, X-23's accelerated healing factor, superhuman durability, endurance and stamina makes up for the lack of an adamantium skeleton.
==Non-Canon Appearances==
===X-Men: The Official Game===
X-23 was at Alkali Lake to find out about her past. She was looking for Colonel William Stryker when the X-Men came. She thought they were bad people and she attacked them. There she fought Wolverine, Colossus, Nightcrawler and Iceman. She was defeated and said she was going to try and find answers.
== Quotes ==
==Gallery==
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Logan(Film)Still39.jpg|Laura and Logan mourning Charles Xavier.
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Logan-trailer-breakdown-8.jpg|Laura is disappointed that Logan plans not to come with her and her friends to cross the border.
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Laura Shoots X-24.jpg|Laura after shooting X-24 with an Adamantium bullet to his skull.
Laura Mourns Logan.jpg|Laura sobbing, mourning Logan's death after calling him daddy for the first and last time.
LauraDeadpoolandWolverine.png|Laura in Deadpool & Wolverine.
==Trivia==
* Laura is initially considered a clone of Wolverine due to the way she was created, but biologically, she is indeed Wolverine's daughter.
* Due to being born in Mexico and having a slight Spanish accent in her youth, Laura is technically of Mexican nationality. In Deadpool & Wolverine, Laura, now older, speaks with a neutral accent; while primarily speaking in English, she also still occasionally used Spanish.
*During the battle against Cassandra Nova's gathered villains, Laura wore sunglasses like the pair she took from the gas station on the road trip with Logan.
*In Deadpool & Wolverine, Laura wears a belt with the X-Men symbol.
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