Rachel Dawes

Rachel Dawes (b. 1972) is the wife of Harvey Dent and a childhood friend of Bruce Wayne. A Gothamite from a wealthy family, she and Harvey fell out of touch with Bruce for a number of reasons after they graduated from St. Philomena's Preparatory Academy together. When she and Harvey returned to Gotham in 2003, however, the three began to resume their friendship once more.
Unfortunately, both Rachel and her husband were caught up in the Joker's plot against Batman, who they discovered to be Bruce, and were kidnapped. They were kidnapped and taken to two separate locations: Rachel to the warehouse where the Joker died, and Harvey to 250 52nd Street. They were each held suspended over a vat of chemicals of similar composition to the ones that the Joker fell into. While Harvey was killed, Rachel survived, albeit the left half of her body was submerged into the chemicals. Her left side subsequently became scarred and the chemicals had a similar reaction in her that they did the Joker, causing enhancements and permanent brain damage. When the Joker woke her up from a medically-induced coma due to these reasons, she took out her "revenge" against those who she believed to be responsible for Harvey's death, including Jim Gordon. Abducting his family and taking his son specifically, James Gordon, hostage, she was only able to be stopped by Batman. Shortly afterwards, Rachel jumped into one of the canals in the city. Her living status at this time is currently unknown.
Rachel was also the owner of a tuxedo female cat, Alfred, which is named after Alfred Pennyworth. During the Joker's reign over Gotham in 2003, the Stark-Wayne Family took in Alfie for her. After her disappearance, Alfie has since remained with them.