Anne Weying

*"Yeah, I can fight ugly."*
―Anne Weying[src]
**Anne Weying** is a lawyer who was engaged to Eddie Brock, only to lose her job from an incident with his interview with Carlton Drake. When Brock came back to her life after six months following their breakup, Weying gained a relationship with Dan Lewis, leading to them to grow apart from each other.

Once Brock became bonded with a Symbiote named Venom, Weying became involved with the side effects it inflicted on him, leading to her finding out he was transforming into a monster, and she tried to separate Brock from Venom once it was revealed that the symbiote was killing him on the inside. Weying bonded with the symbiote and became **She-Venom** in order to save Brock once he was kidnapped by the Life Foundation, she also tried to stop the fight between Brock and Drake.

Once the Life Foundation was exposed for their crimes, Weying decided to reconcile with Brock after their previous relationship went sour, agreeing to remain friends while she dated Lewis. When Lewis proposed to her, Weying broke the news to Brock, who did not take it very well. Weying and Lewis then helped Brock escape from Patrick Mulligan's custody with the help of Venom, though Weying ended up being captured by Cletus Kasady and Frances Barrison. Weying was saved by Brock and Venom, who killed Kasady before bidding Weying and Lewis their goodbyes to evade the police.

## Biography

### Early Life

Anne and her fiancée Eddie Brock moved to San Francisco after Eddie was fired from the Daily Globe due to an incident that happened in his job, resulting into him moving to Anne's home. In San Francisco, Eddie would go on to establish his own career again. Anne was working as a lawyer for Micheline and McFarland, a law firm that represented the Life Foundation.

She arranged for her boyfriend, investigative reporter Eddie Brock, to interview the Life Foundation's CEO Carlton Drake. However, Eddie broke into Anne's e-mails and used information from confidential messages to confront Drake over his unethical business practices. The incident causes Anne to be fired from her job, and she ends the relationship with Eddie, citing all the flaws that she's so far overlooked because she loved him.

### Encounter with Venom

#### Reencountering Eddie Brock

*"You did this Eddie. Not Carlton Drake, not the network. You."*
―Anne Weying to Eddie Brock[src]

Six months later, Anne was one day walking back to her home with her new boyfriend, Dan Lewis, when she encountered Eddie Brock again. Once Dan left them to talk, Eddie explained to her what he was doing there and told her that he missed her, however Anne left the conversation ending on how it was too late to fix their relationship and she wants him to move on.

When Eddie became bonded with the Venom symbiote, he went to meet up with Anne at a restaurant where she was having dinner with Dan, he told her that he broke into the Life Foundation and may have been infected. After sending Eddie to the hospital, Anne called him and told him that he could have a parasite.

#### Separating Venom and Eddie

*"You're sick. Eddie, you're really sick."*
―Anne Weying to Eddie Brock[src]

Anne was later told by Dan that she needed to bring Eddie back to the hospital as his condition was worse than what he thought, she called Eddie but he told her to stay away from him. Anne saw Eddie as Venom attack a S.W.A.T team and took him to the hospital in order to separate him from the symbiote, not knowing that a drone was spying on her while she was driving.

Confronted by Anne in her car, Eddie tried to explain what had happened to him and he apologized to her for everything he had done. Once in the hospital, Anne and Dan found that the "parasite" was slowly killing Eddie, which resulted into Venom attacking Dan but Anne used the ultrasound to force Venom off from Eddie. Eddie felt excruciating pain while hearing hyperactive sound, resulting in the symbiote being separated from Eddie.

#### Bonded with Venom

*"Hi, Eddie."*
―She-Venom to Eddie Brock[src]

After Eddie furiously tries to leave the hospital after this reveal, Anne and Dan talk about the situation while the Symbiote escapes through the ventilation and bonds itself with a dog. When Eddie gets captured by Roland Treece and his men, Anne finds the Venom symbiote and bonds with it in order to rescue Eddie.

Anne as Venom goes to the woods where Eddie was going to be executed, while Treece prepared to execute Eddie, Anne stealthily grabbed and took down the two thugs behind him with her tentacles. Anne attacked Roland from behind and bit his head off, she then greeted Eddie, grabbed him and kissed him while transferring the Venom Symbiote back to him. She was later left in the woods by Eddie and Venom as it was too dangerous for her.

#### Battle at the Life Foundation Headquarters

*"Told you I could fight ugly."*
―Anne Weying[src]

Anne then goes to the Life Foundation while Venom faces Riot, watching the fight in the cameras in the space shuttle launch facility. After Eddie and Venom fused with Drake and the Riot Symbiote, Anne assisted in the battle by using the symbiote's aversion to sound to disorientate Riot and separate it from his host with the loudspeakers of the space shuttle station.

After the battle, Anne believed that the Venom Symbiote was dead, and rekindled her friendship with Eddie, unaware that Venom survived and the pair were fighting crime in the city.

### Case of Cletus Kasady

#### Getting engaged

*"Hey, Venom. Take care of him, all right? Don’t let him keep messing everything up."*
―Anne Weying to Venom[src]
About a year and a half after the battle at the Life Foundation, Anne decided to get engaged to Dan and later contacted Eddie to tell him the news. She unknowingly called Eddie while he was out fighting crime with Venom, and mistakenly made the symbiote believe that she had broken up with Dr. Lewis. After the two met up at a restaurant, Anne showed Eddie her ring and informed him about the engagement, Eddie congratulated her but Anne quickly noticed that something was bothering him, which lead her to realize that Venom was alive and still lived with Eddie.

Anne asked Eddie if Venom was alive, but he lied, which lead to heated argument as Eddie was not okay with Anne getting married as he still had feelings for her. Anne then told Venom to keep Eddie safe before saying goodbye to the two.

#### Rescuing Eddie Brock

*"Oh, God, I’m never doing that again. God, well, maybe never. I don’t know. Honestly, it’s really fun."*
―Anne Weying[src]

Following the escape of a serial killer named Cletus Kasady, Eddie Brock was arrested due to his connection with him. Eddie used his one phone call to contact Anne and request her help. Anne arrived at the police station and discovered that not only had Eddie separated from Venom, but that Kasady had a symbiote of his own. After being asked by Eddie to find Venom, she and Dan went to Mrs. Chen's Store, where they found Venom bonded to Mrs. Chen. Anne then managed to convince Venom to return to Eddie by appealing to his ego.

Anne bonded with Venom again and the two broke Eddie out of the police station. As Venom still refused to leave Anne and rebond with Eddie, Anne told Eddie that he needed to apologize to Venom, after a few failed attempts, Venom finally accepts his apology and rebonds with Eddie. Anne and Dan then decided to leave town while Eddie and Venom dealt with Cletus and Carnage.

#### Duel at Grace Cathedral

*"I just incapacitated your boyfriend. Now, he’ll be okay… with an answer about where Eddie Brock is."
"Well, I’m sure as shit not gonna tell you that."*
―Shriek and Anne Weying[src]
While packing stuff from their house in order to leave, Anne was kidnapped by Shriek, Kasady's lover, as a hostange in order to make sure that Eddie went to their Red Wedding. Anne was taken to Grace Cathedral, where Eddie and Venom soon arrived asking where she was. As the two symbiotes and their hosts fought across the cathedral, Carnage grabbed Anne to kill her as punishment for Brock. After Eddie and Venom recovered, the two climbed at the top of the cathedral and successfully landed Anne to safety while killing Shriek.

As Eddie started falling off the top of the cathedral after being temporarily separated from Venom, the symbiote briefly bonded to Dan and Anne's bodies in order to save Brock from the fall at the last minute. After Venom killed both Carnage and Kasady, the authorities started to search for Eddie and Venom due to their involvement in Carnage's rampage, the two decided to go on the run and become fugitives after biding their farewells to Anne and Dan.

## Personality

Anne Weying is very patient but is also a very focused woman, she was in a relationship with Eddie Brock and she loved him very much, but Anne knew when to break up with him once she realized he hadn't grown up yet and didn't take their relationship seriously. Anne likes to take a stand on her personal life over her other desires, she's a professional woman, she is ambitious, very sharp and not willing to settle.

Despite this, Anne is willing to help the people who were once close to her in spite of the strange circumstances, as shown when she was helping Eddie get rid of the "parasite" and later she even bonded with the Venom symbiote if that meant have a way to rescue Eddie. After defeating Carlton Drake, Anne made amends and forgave Eddie, even admitting that it felt great both times she bonded with Venom.

## Powers and Abilities

### Former Powers

* **Symbiotic Enhancement/Symbiotic Black Suit**: Anne shares some similar superhuman attributes with Eddie as a result of his association with the Venom symbiote, which covers her body in black biomass. Despite looking slimmer compared to Eddie, the symbiote also increases Anne's abilities.
	+ **Superhuman Strength**: Being temporarily bonded with Venom, Anne can effortlessly pick up and throw adult humans with considerable distances, when she is under her symbiotic transformation. She was able to easily bite Roland Treece's head off with one bite.
	+ **Tentacle Extension**: While bonded with Venom, Anne uses the symbiote substance at will, forming them into tendril and tentacle-like appendages allowing her to knock down enemies by grappling toward them.
	+ **Superhuman Durability**: With Venom, Anne can withstand numerous impacts, as seen when she jumped through a solid wall of the police station while rescuing Eddie, showing no signs of damage.
	+ **Superhuman Speed**: With Venom, Anne can move faster than the average human.
	+ **Superhuman Agility**: With Venom, Anne has levels of agility far greater than regular humans. As She-Venom, she was able to leap from various roofs without difficulty.

### Abilities

* **Expert Lawyer**: Anne is an amazing lawyer, being regarded as one of the best by the likes of Carlton Drake himself.

## Relationships

* Mr. Belvedere - Pet

Allies* Eddie Brock - Ex-Fiancée, Close Friend, and Savior
* Venom - Former Symbiote and Savior
* Dan Lewis - Fiancée
* Mrs. Chen
	+ Carlton Drake/Riot † - Former Boss
	+ Roland Treece † - Victim
* Cletus Kasady/Carnage † - Attempted Killer
* Frances Barrision/Shriek † - Attempted Killer

## Trivia

* In the comics, Anne Weying is the ex-wife of Eddie Brock and the mother of their son Dylan Brock. She bonded with the Venom symbiote becoming **She-Venom**. This causes her to commit suicide.
* While Anne doesn't use the She-Venom alias on screen, her symbiote-augmented form is called "**She Venom**" in a special features reveal video released by Sony.

## Behind the Scenes

* Sara Holden and Nikita Mitchell were stunt doubles for Michelle Williams in the role of Anne Weying.

## Appearances

* *Venom*
* *Venom*
* *Venom: Let There Be Carnage*

## References

The Sony's Spider-Man Universe Wiki has a collection of images and media related to **Anne Weying**.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 *Venom*
2. ↑ *Venom 2* Is Set About A Year & A Half After First Movie
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *Venom: Let There Be Carnage*
4. ↑ *VENOM* Clip - "She Venom" Special Features Reveal

## External Links

* Anne Weying on Marvel Database
* Anne Weying on Wikipedia