Maria Hill

Maria Hill
Marvel Cinematic Universe character
First appearance	The Avengers (2012)
Last appearance	"Resurrection" (2023) (Secret Invasion episode 1)
Based on	Maria Hill by Brian Michael Bendis David Finch
Adapted by	Joss Whedon Zak Penn
Portrayed by	Cobie Smulders
Information
Full name	Maria Hill
Title	Commander Deputy Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Occupation	Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. (What If...?) Assistant to the Avengers Partner to Nick Fury
Affiliation	Avengers S.H.I.E.L.D. Stark Industries United States Armed Forces
Nationality	American

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Maria Hill is a fictional character portrayed by Cobie Smulders in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film franchise, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.

As of January 2022, Hill has appeared in six of twenty-five MCU films in supporting roles, beginning with The Avengers, in 2012, and most recently appearing in Spider-Man: Far From Home, in 2019. She has also appeared in three television series including the Marvel Television series, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Phase Four series, What If...?. She is set to reappear in the Phase Five series, Secret Invasion.

Casting and characterization

Maria Hill first appeared in The New Avengers #4 (March 2005), and was created by Brian Michael Bendis and David Finch. Cobie Smulders, whom Joss Whedon once considered for his unproduced live-action Wonder Woman film, was selected from a short list of potential actresses including Morena Baccarin. Smulders' deal would integrate her into nine films. In February 2011, Cobie Smulders was cast in the role of Maria Hill, after participating in screen tests conducted by Marvel for the role of a key S.H.I.E.L.D. member, who Samuel L. Jackson described as Nick Fury's sidekick.

Regarding her preparation for the film The Avengers, Smulders said, "I hired this amazing black-ops trainer to teach me how to hold a gun, take me to a shooting range, how to hit, how to hold myself, how to walk and basically how to look. I don't do a ton of fighting in the movie, which is why I wasn't offered a trainer, but I wanted to look like I had the ability to." On relating to the character, Smulders said, "I can relate to her being a mom and being a businesswoman and trying to work full-time and raising a family and having a career. We're asked to do a lot of things these days. I feel she is just all about her job and keeping things going."

Smulders said she performed some of her own stunts in the film Captain America: The Winter Soldier, explaining, "I try to do my own stunts whenever I can. You're only allowed to do certain stunts. There is an amazing team of stunt people that do most of the work in this film. But, I studied a lot of tae kwon do. I also did a lot of training just with weapons because I'm not very comfortable around guns. I had to get comfortable because that's my character's thing... I like to get really physical so I feel empowered when I am on set and even though you don't see it on screen, maybe I am taking people out that you don't see off camera."

Describing Hill's situation in the film Avengers: Age of Ultron, Smulders said that after The Winter Soldier, Hill does not "really know who's a good guy and who's a bad guy and she's trying to figure out that throughout this film." She added, "She's not getting any sleep. She's doing all the work. She doesn't have the kind of manpower that she had in S.H.I.E.L.D.," instead working for Tony Stark at the Avenger's headquarters "trying to keep everything running as smoothly as possible [...] it's an entirely different vibe for her."

Cobie Smulders

Appearances

Further information: The Avengers (2012 film), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far From Home, What If...? (TV series), and Secret Invasion (miniseries)

• Maria Hill's first appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is in The Avengers (2012).
• Hill appears in the first season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., where she appears working with Nick Fury in the episodes "Pilot" and "Nothing Personal". She reprises the role in the season two episode "The Dirty Half Dozen".
• In Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Hill helps Nick Fury fake his death and rescued Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff and Sam Wilson from being executed by Hydra agents. She later helps the trio stop Hydra's "Project Insight" and resigns from S.H.I.E.L.D.
• In Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Hill now works alongside the Avengers as an assistant through Stark Industries. She later leaves the team and begins to work with Fury again after the Battle of Sokovia.
• In Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Hill only appears in the post-credits scene, where she is revealed to be among those who fall victim to the Blip.
• In Avengers: Endgame (2019), Hill is brought back to life by Bruce Banner / Hulk using the Stark Gauntlet to undo the Blip. She is later seen along with Fury at Tony Stark's funeral.
• In Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), Hill and Fury tries to persuade Spider-Man to help Mysterio to help with the Elemental threat, though it is revealed to be Soren masquerading as Hill.
• In What If...?, a variant of Hill in an alternate timeline appears as the newly acting Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. after Fury is accidentally knocked out by Korg.
• Hill will appear in the upcoming Disney+ series, Secret Invasion with Smulders reprising her role.

Fictional character biography

Background

Maria Hill was born on April 4, 1982. In adulthood, she joined the United States Armed Forces and was appointed Commander. Hill later S.H.I.E.L.D., rising through its ranks and becoming one of the organization's best agents. Hill had caught the eye of Director Nick Fury and was appointed S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Deputy Director, working closely with him.

In 2008, Hill approved the transfer of Melinda May from being an active field agent to working in the administration department due to the traumatic incident she experienced that had killed several active terrorists while May had rescued her team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.

Deputy Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Further information: The Avengers (2012 film), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Assisting the Avengers

Further information: Avengers: Age of Ultron

Hill left the Avengers and joined Fury as they realized yet another alien invasion was beginning.

Fury's Partner, The Blip and Impersonation

Further information: Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Spider-Man: Far From Home

Shortly after Thanos' invasion of Wakanda, Fury and Hill are on their way to a meeting with Cameron Klein with still no clear idea of what was happening. The duo are trying to find updates on Stark's location, after he had disappeared during his recent fight in New York City against the Children of Thanos. Hill then informed Fury that they had just spotted several more unidentified objects which had been detected over in Wakanda, suddenly she and Fury witness people around them began to disappear, as Thanos had completed the Infinity Gauntlet and used it to kill half of all life in the universe. Suddenly Hill and Fury became one of the trillions killed in the Blip.

Five years later in 2023, Hill was resurrected as Bruce Banner had successfully used the Nano Gauntlet to bring back everyone who died in the Blip. In the wake of her resurrection, she was present at Tony Stark's funeral, as he sacrificed himself during the Battle of Earth to defeat Thanos. Hill stood by Fury to pay her respects to the fallen Avenger. Sometime later, Fury got in contact with the Skrulls, he asked Talos and Soren to impersonate and replace them both on the Earth for a brief period of time. Soren impersonating Hill along with Talos would try to persuade Spider-Man to help them and Mysterio to defeat the Elementals.

Alternate version

See also: What If...? (TV series)

An alternate version of Hill appears in the animated series What If...?, with Smulders reprising her role.

Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Further information: What If... Thor Were an Only Child?

In an alternate 2011, Hill is an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and became the acting director after Nick Fury was rendered unconscious when he tried to stop Prince Thor of Asgard's intergalactic party in Las Vegas. Hill summons Jane Foster and Darcy Lewis to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier to have them help eliminate the potential threat. Foster objects to any sort of S.H.I.E.L.D. intervention, Hill then summons Captain Marvel with Fury's pager. During Thor and Danvers' fight, Hill drops a nuclear bomb on both beings. Later Thor retrieves Mjolnir, ends the intergalactic party and sends all the aliens on Earth back to their realms.

See also

• Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

References

The plot description and characterization were adapted from Maria Hill at Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki, which are available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license.

External links

• Maria Hill at the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
• Maria Hill on Marvel Database, a Marvel Comics wiki

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