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Widowmaker is a playable character appearing in the 2016 video game Overwatch, developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. The character is of French origin; her real name is Amélie Lacroix (néeGuillard)
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Widowmaker is a fictional playable character developed by Blizzard Entertainment for their Overwatch franchise. She first appeared at the launch of the 2016 first-person hero shooter game Overwatch, and subsequently in the 2022 sequel, Overwatch 2. She has also appeared in related Overwatch media, and Blizzard properties. The character is of French origin; her real name is Amélie Lacroix (néeGuillard). She is voiced by Chloé Hollings in the English, and French-language Overwatch media.
In the story of Overwatch, 'Widowmaker' is the alias of Amélie Lacroix, an assassin created by Talon, a terrorist organization. In game Widowmaker is a damage class character who can snipe enemies from across the map.
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Widowmaker's fictional biography details her real name: Amélie Lacroix (born Amélie Guillard), age: 33, and base of operations: Annecy, France. In Overwatch lore, her former life included her marriage to Gérard Lacroix, an Overwatch agent leading operations against Talon, a terrorist organization, and her former occupation as a ballerina. Talon opted to kidnap Amélie after several failed attempts to kill Gérard. After kidnapping Amélie, Talon subjected her to an intensive neural reconditioning program, breaking her will and reprogramming her as a sleeper agent for Talon. Sometime after this, she was found by Overwatch agents, seemingly unaffected by Talon's methods. Two weeks after returning to her normal life, she killed Gérard in his sleep, and returned to Talon, where she was fully converted into one of their agents. The extensive training she underwent caused her physiology to change, dramatically slowing her heart, lowering the temperature of her skin, and turning her skin a blue color. Now, her character is noted to be numb to human emotion.
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Widowmaker's fictional biography details her real name: Amélie Lacroix (born Amélie Guillard), age: 33, and base of operations: Annecy, France. In Overwatch lore, her former life included her marriage to Gérard Lacroix, an Overwatch agent leading operations against Talon, a terrorist organization, and her former occupation as a ballerina. Talon opted to kidnap Amélie after several failed attempts to kill Gérard. After kidnapping Amélie, Talon subjected her to an intensive neural reconditioning program, breaking her will and reprogramming her as a sleeper agent for Talon. Sometime after this, she was found by Overwatch agents, seemingly unaffected by Talon's methods. Two weeks after returning to her normal life, she killed Gérard in his sleep, and returned to Talon, where she was fully converted into one of their agents. She underwent extensive training by Talon, and agreed to an experimental marksman program lead by Moira O'Deorain. The experiment caused her physiology to change, slowing her heart, which turned her skin blue. The experiment is said to have also numbed her ability to experience human emotion.