Selina Kyle

E135917

DC Comics character antihero comic book character fictional character supervillain

Selina Kyle is a cunning and morally ambiguous cat burglar in the Batman universe, best known by her alter ego Catwoman.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Catwoman	24
Selina Kyle canonical	12
Selina Kyle / Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises	2
Zoë Kravitz as Selina Kyle	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1198483 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Selina Kyle
Context triple: [The Dark Knight Rises, character, Selina Kyle]

A. Amanda Reed
Amanda Reed was the benefactor whose bequest and vision led to the establishment of Reed College in Portland, Oregon.
B. Rachel Dawes
Rachel Dawes is a fictional Gotham City assistant district attorney and Bruce Wayne’s childhood friend and love interest in Christopher Nolan’s Batman film trilogy.
C. Sharon Maguire
Sharon Maguire is a British film director best known for helming the hit romantic comedy "Bridget Jones’s Diary."
D. Miss Quill
Miss Quill is a sharp-tongued, battle-hardened alien freedom fighter and teacher from the Doctor Who spin-off series "Class."
E. Gwen Cooper
Gwen Cooper is a compassionate yet tough Welsh police officer who becomes a key member of the secret alien-hunting team in the British sci-fi series Torchwood.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Selina Kyle
Target entity description: Selina Kyle is a cunning and morally ambiguous cat burglar in the Batman universe, best known by her alter ego Catwoman.

A. Amanda Reed
Amanda Reed was the benefactor whose bequest and vision led to the establishment of Reed College in Portland, Oregon.
B. Rachel Dawes
Rachel Dawes is a fictional Gotham City assistant district attorney and Bruce Wayne’s childhood friend and love interest in Christopher Nolan’s Batman film trilogy.
C. Sharon Maguire
Sharon Maguire is a British film director best known for helming the hit romantic comedy "Bridget Jones’s Diary."
D. Miss Quill
Miss Quill is a sharp-tongued, battle-hardened alien freedom fighter and teacher from the Doctor Who spin-off series "Class."
E. Gwen Cooper
Gwen Cooper is a compassionate yet tough Welsh police officer who becomes a key member of the secret alien-hunting team in the British sci-fi series Torchwood.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	DC Comics character ⓘ antihero ⓘ comic book character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ supervillain ⓘ
allyOf	Batman ⓘ
alterEgoOf	Selina Kyle self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Catwoman
appearsInFranchise	Batman ⓘ
appearsInMedium	animated television series ⓘ comic books ⓘ live-action films ⓘ video games ⓘ
appearsInUniverse	DC Universe ⓘ
associatedLocation	Gotham City rooftops ⓘ
basedIn	Gotham City ⓘ
costumeColor	black ⓘ
costumeFeature	cat ears ⓘ whip ⓘ
createdBy	Bill Finger ⓘ Bob Kane ⓘ
enemyOf	Batman ⓘ
firstAppearance	Batman #1 ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear	1940 ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
hasPet	cat ⓘ
moralAlignment	morally ambiguous ⓘ
notableAlias	Selina Kyle ⓘ surface form: Catwoman
notableCharacteristic	cat motif ⓘ expert burglar ⓘ master thief ⓘ skilled acrobat ⓘ stealth expert ⓘ
notablePower	expert hand-to-hand combatant ⓘ peak human agility ⓘ peak human reflexes ⓘ
occupation	cat burglar ⓘ thief ⓘ vigilante ⓘ
primaryWeapon	bullwhip ⓘ
publisher	DC Comics ⓘ
realIdentity	Selina Kyle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
romanticRelationshipWith	Batman ⓘ Bruce Wayne ⓘ
species	human ⓘ
teamAffiliation	Birds of Prey ⓘ Gotham City Sirens ⓘ
usesEquipment	clawed gloves ⓘ goggles ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Dark Knight Rises → character → Selina Kyle ⓘ

Anne Hathaway → role → Selina Kyle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Selina Kyle / Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises

Batman Returns → mainCharacter → Selina Kyle ⓘ