The New Avengers (Thunderbolts)
Yelena Belova
AliveDoomsdayPlayed by Florence Pugh
Who they arebeyond the guide
A Widow of the same programme as Natasha, freed from its chemical conditioning and unenhanced beyond her training. Recruited afterwards by Valentina and pointed at Hawkeye on a lie.
Alive — leads the New Avengers from the Watchtower. D
- Appearances
- 4
Along the chronological spine
A life, in order
Every appearance in chronological order. Tap an entry to read what happens there.
- 2016She recruits Yelena here and John Walker in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. The post-credits scene takes place after Natasha's death, years later — Yelena at her grave, being pointed at Clint Barton by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.Open Black Widow →
- Christmas 2024Yelena Belova arrives to assassinate Barton, having been told by Valentina that he killed Natasha; Barton tells her the truth, and she lets him go.Open Hawkeye →
- 2025Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, CIA director facing impeachment, sends four of her expendable operatives — Yelena Belova, John Walker, Ghost (Ava Starr), and Taskmaster — to a facility to unknowingly kill each other and erase evidence of Project Sentry. Self-preservation forces cooperation; what keeps them together afterwards is Yelena and Bob. Alexei Shostakov rescues them and names them the Thunderbolts, after Yelena's childhood football team that never won a game.Open Thunderbolts* →
- July 2026Yelena Belova appears twice, as leader of the New Avengers, dismissing Peter's problems as "small potatoes."Open Spider-Man: Brand New Day →