Mystique

Voice actress: Colleen Wheeler
Name: Raven Darkholme
Age: mid 30's maybe...
Power: Shape-Shifting
First Episode: Strategy X
Must See Episodes: Rogue Recruit, Turn of the Rogue, Shadowed Past
Originally from: Germany? Many possibilities...
Known Family: her son Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler)

Mystique (a.k.a. Raven Darkholme) is an adult. She is a shape-shifter who can infiltrate even the most heavily guarded areas. (Note: Although she can assume any shape, she cannot emulate anyone's powers.)
Ever the master manipulator, Mystique will guide the young mutants (good and bad alike) by disguising herself as the principal of Bayville High. She will use this position to insinuate herself into their lives. She also disguised herself as Rogue's trusty and edgy friend Risty. Who knows what she's up to right now.

Mystique seldom works alone. Rather, she surrounds herself with the most powerful thugs she can muster, usually conning them in the process. She always has a hidden agenda. She doesn't exactly care for them though, she keeps a really clean room for herself and leaves the rest of the trashy house for her minions. Not very polite...

Actress - filmography
(2000s) (1990s)
Finder's Fee (2000) .... Female Cop
Kong (2000) (voice) .... Zeelah
Passenger List, The (2000) (TV)
"X-Men: Evolution" (2000) TV Series (voice) .... Mystique/Raven Darkholme
Legs Apart (2000) .... Student
They Nest (2000) (TV) .... Jane
Cabin by the Lake (2000) (TV) .... Lauren
Better Than Chocolate (1999) .... Woman in Real Estate Office
Titanic (1996) (TV) (uncredited)
Two Brothers, a Girl and a Gun (1993) .... Rose
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Filmography as: Actress, Notable TV guest appearances
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"Wolf Lake" (2001) playing "Duty Nurse" in episode: "Changing, The" (episode # 1.2) 9/26/2001
"Cold Squad" (1998) playing "Janice Langstaff" in episode: "All in the Family" (episode # 5.5) 2001
"Outer Limits, The" (1995) playing "Uma" in episode: "Down to Earth" (episode # 6.10) 4/21/2000
"Crow: Stairway to Heaven, The" (1998) playing "Melissa Rampling" in episode: "Souled Out" (episode # 1.2) 10/2/1998
"New Addams Family, The" (1998) playing "Mailwoman" in episode: "Fester Joins the Global Mercenaries" (episode # 1.65)

Whether operating undercover or fronting a band of genetic
terrorists, the metamorphic mutant known as Mystique
possesses an almost pathological capacity for deception. The
sinister shapeshifter has infiltrated the highest levels of the
federal government, trading on her lofty status to further her
terrorist objectives. A sworn enemy of the human race,
Mystique wages a one-woman war against those who hate and
fear mutants!

Real name: Raven Darkholme
Occupation: Terrorist
Group affiliation: Brotherhood of Evil Mutants; formerly
Freedom Force and X-Factor
Base of operations: Secret
First appearance: Ms. Marvel #16 (as Raven Darkholme, 1978),
Ms. Marvel #18 (as Mystique, 1978)
Height: 5''10"
Weight: 125 lbs.
Eye color: Yellow, with no apparent pupils in her true form
Hair color: Red; black as Raven Darkholme

Powers: A mutant metamorph, Mystique can psionically shift
he atoms and molecules of her body and clothing so as to
mimic the appearance of any human, humanoid or semi-humanoid being of either sex. Her control is so precise she can exactly replicate another person's retina, finger, palm and skin-pore patterns; even vocal cords are not beyond her ability to duplicate.
Mystique is limited by her inability to diminish or increase her mass, and she cannot duplicate the powers of other mutants. As yet, she has not demonstrated an ability to imitate non-humanoid beings, animals, plants or inanimate objects. Doing so likely would interfere with the proper functioning of her internal organs and possibly result in her death.

Weapons: Mystique wields various-caliber handguns. Also, her influence as Raven Darkholme has afforded her access to advanced weaponry, military secrets and other assets she has exploited for her own subversive purposes.

History: Mystique's origins are shrouded in mystery. Because she can eliminate the outward signs of aging, it is impossible to determine her true date of birth. Apparently, she learned to use her mutant ability at a very young age, as there is no known evidence that Raven Darkholme ever resembled anything other than a normal human being. As an adult, she put her powers to practical use as a covert operative. Mystique has concealed her mutant ability and criminal intentions by assuming an endless string of cover identities. As Darkholme, she rose rapidly through the U.S. Civil Service. In short order, she ascended to the trusted position of deputy director of the Defense Advanced Research Planning Agency in the U.S. Department of Defense. During this time, Mystique lived with her closest friend, the blind mutant seer called Destiny, and helped raise the power-stealing spitfire known as Rogue. The youngster later defected to the X-Men, the outlaw band of heroic mutant adventurers that has stood most often between Mystique and her extremist ends. Mystique also has impersonated Mallory Brickman, wife of U.S. Senator Ralph Brickman, and Dr. Valerie Cooper, special assistant to the head of the National Security Council.

To facilitate her criminal activities, Mystique established the second incarnation of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants -- a subversive organization founded by the genetic terrorist known as Magneto, self-anointed Master of Magnetism. Mystique's Brotherhood gained notoriety when it attempted to terminate U.S. Senator Robert Kelly, an anti-mutant provocateur investigating the perceived menace posed by superhuman beings. The X-Men thwarted the Brotherhood's assassination agenda, as well as several other acts of terrorism perpetrated by Mystique and her cohorts. As anti-mutant sentiment increased, Mystique feared that the climate had become too dangerous for the Brotherhood to continue its subversive activities. The sinister shapeshifter offered the squad's services to the government, then sealed the deal by bringing Magneto to justice. The newly rechristened Freedom Force officially entered the government's employ shortly thereafter, and Mystique received a full presidential pardon. Later, she fell in with X-Factor, another government-sanctioned squad of mutant operatives. Forced to wear an inhibitor collar to prevent her escape, Mystique nonetheless managed to flee.
Inadvertently, Mystique's most ambitious terrorist initiative led to the eradication of the lethal mutant plague known as the Legacy Virus. The metamorphic mutant reassembled the Brotherhood and released a new, virulent strain on the deadly disease targeting normal humans. The Brotherhood then descended upon the Muir Island research facility of bio-geneticist Moira MacTaggert, seeking to destroy the scientist's work in pursuit of a cure. MacTaggert was able to divine an antidote to the virus based on Mystique's modifications, though she sustained fatal injuries in the attack.

Mini biography
Rebecca Romijn (pronounced "Romaine", like the lettuce) was born on November 6
, 1972, in Berkeley, California. Her father was Dutch-born and worked as a custom
furniture maker; her mother was American-born, of Dutch descent, and was an
English teacher. Rebecca attended Berkeley High School where her nickname was
the "Jolly Blond Giant." Then she attended the University of California at Santa Cruz
where she majored in Music, but left in 1995. Rebecca (in her own words): "I was
a freshman at UC Santa Cruz, really poor and restless to see the world. I used to sit
in my dorm room, thinking, I just know I'm missing out on something. But, of
course, I had no money. And so this friend hooked me up with an agency, and it
happened very quickly. I moved to Paris, got a cover of French Elle, and stayed for
two and a half years." This tall (5' 10") blond-haired, blue-eyed beauty was a
natural for modeling, and has posed for Sports Illustrated, Christian Dior, Victoria's
Secret, to name but a few. Rebecca first met John Stamos in 1994, at a Victoria's
Secret Fashion Show, and had her first date with him in Disneyland. They married
in September 1998, and currently reside in Beverly Hills. Rebecca's favorite foods
are filet mignon, tuna sashimi, and Haagen-Dazs Cappuccino-Commotion. But to
keep her weight at a svelte 130 lbs, she stays fit with a rigorous stretching and s
trengthening routine (her firm body tone is evident when compared to photos of her
earlier modeling, where she was very slim but not toned). Rebecca's most famous
movie role so far was as the shape-shifting "Mystique" in X-Men (2000), based on
the long-running comic book series about teenage mutant superheroes (that Jack
Kirby started way back in 1961). To play Mystique, every day Rebecca had to start
out nude, and then 2 female makeup artists would apply blue body paint, and other
stick-on parts, for 8 hours a day. Rebecca told Jay Leno on the "Tonight Show"
that things like tissue paper would stick to her hips; and one day the long hours of wearing sticky paint makeup made her so upset, that the director told her to "have a glass of white wine" and relax. Notwithstanding those technical difficulties, "X-Men" was a box-office bonanza, and Rebecca's future in films was assured.
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Filmography as: Actress, Notable TV guest appearances
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X2 (2003) .... Mystique (Raven Darkholme)
Femme Fatale (2002) .... Laure/Lily
Simone (2002)
Rollerball (2002) .... Aurora
2000 MTV Movie Awards (2000) (TV) .... Presenter
X-Men (2000) .... Raven Darkholme/Mystique
Intern, The (2000) .... Herself
Hefner: Unauthorized (1999) (TV) .... Kimberly Hefner
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) .... Herself
"WWF Smackdown!" (1999) TV Series .... Herself
"Just Shoot Me" (1997) TV Series .... Adrienne (1999-2000)
Dirty Work (1998) (as Rebecca Romijn) .... Bearded Lady
"House of Style" (1989) TV Series .... Host (1998-2000)
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Filmography as: Actress, Notable TV guest appearances
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"Jack & Jill" (1999) playing "Paris Everett" in episode: "Starstruck" (episode # 1.19) 3/19/2000
"Friends" (1994) playing "Cheryl" in episode: "One with the Dirty Girl, The" (episode # 4.6) 11/6/1997
"Howard Stern Show, The" (1994) playing "Herself" 3/12/1996
"Howard Stern Show, The" (1994) playing "Herself" 3/11/1996

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