Maria Hill (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

:NOTE: This article is about the incarnation of Maria Hill from the Marvel Cinematic film series. The mainstream version can be found here: Maria Hill (Marvel).
 
Maria Hill is a supporting character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Hill was a high-ranking agent in S.H.I.E.L.D. before its destruction, and later began work at Stark Industries and remained Nick Fury's closest ally. She assisted Fury in helping the Avengers stop the Norse god Loki, and later the artificial intelligence Ultron, and also helped him stop the HYDRA uprising. Hill was among the casualties of Thanos' mass genocide against the universe before being revived five years later, and attended Tony Stark's funeral to honor his sacrifice. Hill would go to assist Fury in trying to bring normalcy after the blip, and would have the Skrull agent Soren impersonate her on field missions.
Hill is portrayed by , who also portrayed Robin Scherbatsky in How I Met Your Mother, and Soren impersonating Hill in Spider-Man: Far From Home.
==History==
===Background===
Maria Hill was born on April 4th, 1982 to Elizabeth Hill and an unnamed father, and much her past and early years are unknown. When she reached an appropriate age, Maria joined the United States Armed Forces, and later joined the secret organization S.H.I.E.L.D. Hill rose through the ranks of the agency, and was chosen to be the deputy director by Nick Fury.
===The Avengers===
She was present at S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Project: P.E.G.A.S.U.S. research facility when power spikes from the Tesseract, deep within the facility, prompted an evacuation, but became puzzled by Agent Barton emerging from the site with a stranger she didn't know. Radioed warnings to stop Barton had her diving for cover when he overheard and opened fire. This prompted a gun fight and a chase, but she proved unable to stop Barton from making his escape.
Following the Project Pegasus incident, Hill took up her post on the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, carrying out executive officer duties on the bridge. It was here that she was thrown into combat once again when Agent Barton, under hypnotic control, lead a daring commando assault on the carrier. She narrowly escaped serious injury when a live grenade detonating near her heralded the attackers reaching the bridge, and opened fire on the attackers in reply. After surviving the bridge attack, Hill proceeded to help coordinate further operations on the carrier, but there was little more that she could do with a crippled ship.
Following the Battle of New York, Agent Hill was present when Agent Coulson took charge of his new team as he himself was assigned to the new mobile S.H.I.E.L.D unit "The Bus". She also seemed aware of how Agent Coulson was revived after his apparent death at the hand of Loki. She however forbade Doctor Streiten from telling Coulson how he was revived and his recovery.
===Captain America: The Winter Soldier===
After Nick Fury was attacked by the Winter Soldier, Maria Hill encountered agents Steve Rogers and Natasha Romanoff at the hospital where the medics failed to revive Fury. After Natasha mourned her boss' death, Maria carried away the body.
When Steve, Natasha and their ally Sam Wilson were captured by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who were working for Hydra, Maria disguised herself as one of the guards of the van which transported them, and rescued the three heroes.
Maria then took Rogers, Romanoff and Wilson to a secret location where the survival of Nick Fury was revealed to them. After being critically injured by the Winter Soldier following the discovery that S.H.I.E.L.D. had been infiltrated by Hydra, Nick Fury had successfully faked his death by using a drug which greatly reduced his pulse, as it was easier for him to operate under the radar, as he could no longer be targeted if he was allegedly dead. Fury and Maria revealed Steve a way to thwart Hydra's plan to use S.H.I.E.L.D.'s three new heavily-armored helicarriers to impose their new world order, which involved replacing one chip in each one of the helicarriers to allow their systems to be overridden.
Captain America and Falcon then infiltrated the Triskelion in order to access the helicarriers. Following the replacement of the chips, Maria Hill was allowed to override the helicarriers' systems and reprogram them to destroy each other.
In the end, S.H.I.E.L.D. was left in ruins. The Triskelion had been wrecked and the secrets of both Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. were unleashed to the world by Black Widow. With the disbandment of the organization, Maria applied for a job at Stark Industries. Despite being protected by Stark's army of lawyers, keeping her from prison, Maria was swamped by U.S. government committees and agencies wanting answers about many of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s secrets.
===Agents of SHIELD===
One day, Maria was approached by Agent Melinda May, who informed her that Coulson and his team had taken refuge at Providence base before asking about the truth behind Project T.A.H.I.T.I., the program that revived Coulson from the dead, and who was behind it, suspecting it to be Alexander Pierce. Maria explained to her that Nick Fury covered up the identity of the project director when he decided not to bury Coulson. May then fled as Maria was apprehended by the FBI.
Maria later led Colonel Glenn Talbot to Providence, where she attempted to convince Coulson to try to make a deal with the government. But upon being informed that his team member Grant Ward was a Hydra double agent and was holding Skye captive, she helped Coulson and his team escape Talbot. They tracked down Ward on the stolen Bus, keeping Ward distracted while Coulson infiltrated the plane to rescue Skye. After safely hiding at a motel, Maria reminded Coulson that once he was done with Garrett, was done being an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and his team must go their separate ways. 
However, Coulson didn't believe it to be fair for his team to either cut a deal with the government or work in the corporate sector. Before leaving, she reminded Coulson that he could always get a job at Stark Industries. Coulson was about to ask that she pass along his regards to Stark, but a glance from Hill reminded him that Stark still thought he was dead.
===Avengers: Infinity War===
She is one of the victims of the Thanos Snap alongside Fury and half of the universe. However, before Fury turned to dust, he managed to page in Captain Marvel, whom was pivotal in saving Stark and Nebula's lives.
===Avengers: Endgame===
In 2023, Maria is resurrected by the Hulk in possession of the Infinity Gems after time-traveling for each one. She later attends Tony Stark's funeral with Nick Fury, honoring his sacrifice to stop Thanos and his army.
===Secret Invasion===
==Relationships==
===Allies===
*S.H.I.E.L.D. (First Incarnation) - Former Subordinates
**Victoria Hand †
**Sharon Carter
**Felix Blake
**Nicholas Cooper †
**Tim Maguire †
*Avengers
**Steve Rogers/Captain America - Former Subordinate
**Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow † - Friend and Former Subordinate
**Clint Barton/Hawkeye - Friend, Former Subordinate and Former Temporary Enemy
**Tony Stark/Iron Man † - Former Boss
**Thor
**Bruce Banner/Hulk - Resurrector
**Sam Wilson/Falcon
**James Rhodes/War Machine
**Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch †
**Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver †
**Vision †
**Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel
*Erik Selvig
*Helen Cho
*Stark Industries
**Pepper Potts - Former Employer
**Happy Hogan
*S.H.I.E.L.D. (Second Incarnation)
**Phil Coulson † - Friend
**Melinda May
**Skye/Quake
**Jemma Simmons
**Leo Fitz
**Antoine Triplett †
**Bobbi Morse
**Robert Gonzales †
**Alphonso Mackenzie
**Anne Weaver
*Thaddeus Ross
*Nick Fury's Crew
**Nick Fury - Leader and Friend
**Cameron Klein
**Dimitri Smerdyakov
*Talos †
*Soren † - Impersonator
*Everett Ross
===Enemies=== 
*Loki †
*Chitauri
**Leviathans
*HYDRA
**Alexander Pierce † - Former Superior
**Jasper Sitwell † - Former Subordinate
**STRIKE
***Brock Rumlow/Crossbones † - Former Subordinate
***Jack Rollins - Former Subordinate
**Russo - Former Subordinate
**John Garrett † - Former Subordinate
**Grant Ward † - Former Subordinate
**Agent 33 † - Former Subordinate
**Gideon Malick
*U.S. Air Force - Situational Enemies
**Glenn Talbot/Graviton †
*Ultron †
**Ultron Sentries †
*Thanos † - Killer
*Skrull Resistance
**Gravik † - Final Killer
**G'iah
**Everett Ross Skrull †
==Misellaneous Information==
Height: 173 cm (5'8")
Build: Athletic
Hair: Dark Brown / Black
Age: 24 (Avengers)
Date of Birth: April 4, 1982
Date of Death: 2018 (revived)
Weight: 64 kg (141 lb)
Measurements: 33B - 25 - 34
Eyes: Blue
Date of Birth: —
Date of Resurrection : 2023
==Appearances==
*The Avengers (2012)
*Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013-2015)
**Pilot
**The Magical Place (mentioned)
**Providence (mentioned)
**The Only Light in the Darkness (mentioned)
**Nothing Personal
**A Fractured House (file)
**Who You Really Are (mentioned)
**The Dirty Half Dozen
*Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
*Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
*Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
*Avengers: Endgame (2019)
*Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019, mentioned, impersonated)
*Secret Invasion (2023) 
==Quotes==
==Trivia==
*Morena Baccarin, Jessica Lucas and Mary Elizabeth Winstead screen tested for the part for the character before Cobie Smulders.
==See Also==
*The comic book version can be found here: Maria Hill.
==External Links==
*Maria Hill on the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
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