A character from the popular Marvel comic book series and films X-Men. Mystique has the ability to change her appearence and voice to match that of any other person.
She works for Magneto, leader of the Brotherhood of Mutants, the main antagonists of the series. When not in the forms of other people she is a naked blue-skinned woman with red hair.
Born as Raven Darkholme,
she shed her "
slave name" and now calls herself Mystique
She was portrayed by Rebecca
Romijn in the movies.
Her mutant power is the ability of
shapeshifting, being able to turn into anyone. Mystique assumes all physical attributes of those she is mimicing including finger prints, retinal patterns and she can shift her vocal cords to match their voice. She cannot replicate powers of people she copies. Her mutation also slows her aging process. Mystique is an extremely skilled hand to hand
combatant and also highly proficient with a wide variety of weaponry. She is also a brilliant
tactician and stratagist.
