Dinah "Laurel" Lance (born 1985) is one of the main characters of the TV series, Arrow. Formerly a legal aid attorney as well as one of two assistant district attorneys working under District Attorney Kate Spencer; until she was fired for her drug addiction, Laurel is the daughter of Dinah and Quentin Lance, the older sister of Sara Lance, the ex-girlfriend and former love interest of Oliver Queen, the ex-girlfriend of the late Tommy Merlyn, and the best friend of fellow lawyer Joanna De La Vega. Laurel had a romantic relationship with Oliver for quite sometime, up until he cheated on her with her sister.
Previously, Laurel was a part of a group called the City Necessary Resources Initiative, or CNRI, that helped people in need. She took on many high profile cases, some of which were also investigated by the Vigilante and they worked together from time to time. Often this would be initiated when one or the other asked for help though their first few cases together were worked separately.
Previously, Laurel was a part of a group called the City Necessary Resources Initiative, or CNRI, that helped people in need. She took on many high profile cases, some of which were also investigated by the Vigilante and they worked together from time to time. Often this would be initiated when one or the other asked for help though their first few cases together were worked separately.
BIOGRAPHY
Laurel is a lawyer and worked for CNRI, a legal aid office, until she became an assistant district attorney. In 2007, her younger sister, Sara, is assumed to have died in the same shipwreck that strands her boyfriend Oliver on a remote island. After he returns, she forgives him and they become friends again. She became involved with Oliver's best friend Tommy Merlyn while Oliver was assumed dead, and they became a couple for sometime after Oliver returned. Tommy broke up with her when he find out that she and Oliver still had feelings for each other. In "Crucible" her sister is revealed to be alive, but it takes until "Tremors" before Laurel finds out.
PERSONALITY
Her anger towards Oliver for supposedly getting her sister killed made her harsh towards him at first.
Laurel is hard working, and fights hard to get what she wants. She is a great lawyer and lives to stand up for the innocent and what is right, despite the corruption in Starling City. She can be feisty and doesn't like to be told what to do. Laurel is attracted to troublemakers, as shown when she dated both Oliver and Tommy. She gets annoyed when her father tries to get in the way, always forming his opinion of her boyfriends, even though it almost never changes her mind. Laurel is tough and knows how to take care of herself. She takes risks, like contacting Arrow, and can't resist saving people from tough situations, from when Tommy and Oliver were going to get beat up in the night club Poison, to innocent people on trial.
However, she has a big heart and tends to see the best in the people around her. This is shown in "Damaged" where Oliver states that she should hate him for what he did to her and her sister, but she did not. She even wants to get along with her father again, after he used her as bait for The Arrow, even though stating that it will take some time. She is also one of the few people seeing the good person Oliver is inside, even through the snob-front he presents on the outside, the other one being Raisa, his housemaid.
Due to the events of "The Undertaking" as well as her kidnapping and emotional dilemmas which are enough to break her. She starts using drugs and alcohol, like her father, to cope with her pain. She is reluctant to admit that she has a problem, and spirals deeper and deeper into her addiction.
Although she eventually seeks help for her addiction and reconciles with her friends and family, it seems that her experiences have left their mark and brought out a darker, harder side of her character, as demonstrated when she blackmails DA Kate Spencer into giving her her old job back. This aspect of her personality was also hinted at when it was revealed that she got Sara grounded when the latter started showing interest in Oliver, so that she could date Oliver herself.
Laurel is hard working, and fights hard to get what she wants. She is a great lawyer and lives to stand up for the innocent and what is right, despite the corruption in Starling City. She can be feisty and doesn't like to be told what to do. Laurel is attracted to troublemakers, as shown when she dated both Oliver and Tommy. She gets annoyed when her father tries to get in the way, always forming his opinion of her boyfriends, even though it almost never changes her mind. Laurel is tough and knows how to take care of herself. She takes risks, like contacting Arrow, and can't resist saving people from tough situations, from when Tommy and Oliver were going to get beat up in the night club Poison, to innocent people on trial.
However, she has a big heart and tends to see the best in the people around her. This is shown in "Damaged" where Oliver states that she should hate him for what he did to her and her sister, but she did not. She even wants to get along with her father again, after he used her as bait for The Arrow, even though stating that it will take some time. She is also one of the few people seeing the good person Oliver is inside, even through the snob-front he presents on the outside, the other one being Raisa, his housemaid.
Due to the events of "The Undertaking" as well as her kidnapping and emotional dilemmas which are enough to break her. She starts using drugs and alcohol, like her father, to cope with her pain. She is reluctant to admit that she has a problem, and spirals deeper and deeper into her addiction.
Although she eventually seeks help for her addiction and reconciles with her friends and family, it seems that her experiences have left their mark and brought out a darker, harder side of her character, as demonstrated when she blackmails DA Kate Spencer into giving her her old job back. This aspect of her personality was also hinted at when it was revealed that she got Sara grounded when the latter started showing interest in Oliver, so that she could date Oliver herself.
ABILITIES
- Skilled hand-to-hand combatant: Laurel received extensive hand-to-hand combat training. This is because Quentin made her take self-defense classes. Still, she is nowhere near the level of Oliver and all the other felons he goes up against as The Arrow.
- Expert lawyer/Detective: These help Laurel to use the system of the court to her knowledge. It also makes her look at every aspect before making up her mind, and to see the bright side of everyone. They also help her in her quest to find the truth about Sebastian Blood.
- Comfortable with firearms: Laurel's father taught her how to use guns and Laurel is shown to possess several firearms. She uses the shotgun on Mr. Blank possibly to slow him down long enough for the Vigilante to rescue them. She later kills Officer Daily with a pistol.