Gamora

***This article is about Gamora's self from the original timeline. For her alternate counterpart, see Gamora (2014).***

## Biographical Information

### Cause of death:

Thrown off a cliff by Thanos to sacrifice herself for the Soul Stone.

### Home:

Third Quadrant
The *Milano* *(formerly)*
Ego's Planet *(briefly)*
*Black Aester* *(formerly)*
Zen-Whoberi *(formerly)*

### Occupation:

Guardian of the Galaxy
Assassin *(formerly)*

### Relatives:

* Thanos *(adoptive father)*
* Nebula *(adoptive sister)*

## Show Information

### Portrayed by:

Zoe Saldana *(Adult)*
Ariana Greenblatt *(Young)*

## Relevant Pages

**Gamora**, also known as the Most Dangerous Woman in the Galaxy, is a character and the main deuteragonist of Disney-Marvel's *Guardians of the Galaxy*. She is portrayed by main cast member Zoe Saldana.

Gamora is based on the character of the same name from the *Guardians of the Galaxy* comics. She also alludes to the girl the son loves from the song, "Father and Son" by Cat Stevens

## History

Gamora is born on the planet, Zen-Whoberi to unknown parents, whom she loved very much. When she was a child, the mad-titan, Thanos slain her parents in front of Gamora and took her away from her home planet, and raised her as his daughter, alongside Nebula and several other children.

## Abilities

* Enhanced Abilities
	+ **Enhanced Vision -** Gamora is able to see far away distances, when she was able to spot Nebula Distances away when Nebula flew towards her in an Mining pod in Guardians 2, The exact same pod that She used in Guardians 1 to go after Gamora who was in the other Mining pod.
	+ **Enhanced Durability** - Gamora Can recover from any infection, wound, cut and even bruises faster in a short period of time.
* **Expert Marksman** - Gamora is a very Skilled assassin which means she has to have perfect aim. She was able to Precisely hit Star-lord's hand to make him drop the orb.
* **Expert swordswomen**: She is very skilled with her sword, she was able to amputate both of Groot's arms and use it against Nebula during the battle of xander.
* **Expert Pilot**:Gamora was able to fly a Mining Pod with ease while escaping Nebula.

## Relationships

### Family

* Mother
* Father
* Thanos - Adoptive Father and master turned Enemy
* Nebula - Adoptive Sister and Former Rival turned Former Teammate
* Black Order - Adoptive Siblings
	+ Corvus Glaive- Adoptive Brother
	+ Proxima Midnight- Adoptive Sister
	+ Cull Obsidian- Adoptive Brother
	+ Ebony Maw- Adoptive Sister

### Allies

* Guardians of the Galaxy - Allies and Friends
	+ Peter Quill - Love Interest
	+ Groot - Enemy turned Friend and Ally
	+ Rocket Raccoon - Enemy turned Friend and Ally
	+ Mantis-Enemy turned Friend and Ally
	+ Drax the Destroyer Former attempted killer, Enemy Turned Friend and Ally
	+ Yondu Udonta -Enemy turned Friend and Ally

## Trivia

### Character notes

* Gamora had the highest count of murder and largest criminal record of all the Guardians.
* Is the last of her kind
* Loved the story Peter told her about when he was a child
* Nebula hated Gamora the least out of all their other siblings.
* Gamora owns a sword called "Godslayer" and the blade is quite retracable.
* Gamora is the only guardian who calls Peter by his first name, and is also one of four characters to call Peter by his first name: others included Meredith Quill, Ego, Peter's grandfather and Kraglin Obfonteri.
* Before Mantis joined the Guardians of the Galaxy, Gamora was the only female in the group.
* Gamora is approximately twenty-five years old in Zehoberei years and appears to be close to Peter's age in human years.

### Cultural References

* Peter compares his and Gamora's relationship to that of Sam Malone and Diane Chambers. *(Cheers, 1982-1993)*
* Gamora calls David Hasselhoff "Zardu Hasselfrau."

### Peter's Musi

* The song Gamora and Peter listen to is "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" by Elvis Bishop.

### Production Notes

* In the original comics, Gamora's love interest was Adam Warlock while Peter's was Kitty Pryde.
* According to Zoe Saldana, Gamora's not entirely in love with Peter yet and is unsure of her feelings for him.
* Olivia Wilde turned down the role of Gamora.
	+ Rosario Dawson, Kristanna Loken, Moon Bloodgood, Gina Carano, Rachel Nichols and Adrianne Palicki all auditioned to get the role of Gamora before it went to Zoe Saldana.
* Amanda Seyfried hinted that she too, may have also turned down the role of Gamora