| Katara | |
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| Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra character | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Katara.png) Katara in Avatar: The Last Airbender. | |
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| Created by | Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko |
| Voiced by | Mae Whitman (Avatar: The Last Airbender, Nicktoons MLB) Eva Marie Saint (The Legend of Korra) Sabrina Fest (Quest for Balance)[1] Jessica Matten (upcoming Avatar: The Last Airbender film)[2] |
| Portrayed by | Nicola Peltz (2010 film) Kiawentiio (2024 television series) |
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| Gender | Female |
| Affiliation | Team Avatar White Lotus |
| Family | |
| Spouse | Aang |
| Children | |
| Nationality | Southern Water Tribe |
| Bending element | Waterbending healing bloodbending |
Katara is a fictional character in the Nickelodeon animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender and its sequel series The Legend of Korra. The character, created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, is voiced by Mae Whitman in the original series and Eva Marie Saint in the sequel series, The Legend of Korra. She is Chief Hakoda and Kya's daughter and Sokka's younger sister. In the 2010 live action film adaptation, she was played by Nicola Peltz, while in the live-action television series adaptation, she is portrayed by Kiawentiio.
Katara is first introduced as a 14-year-old "waterbender", meaning that she has the ability to control water, ice and blood (also known as bloodbending). At the beginning of the story, she is the only person with such abilities in the Southern Water Tribe, one of two known communities in which waterbending is practiced. She and her older brother, Sokka, discover an "airbender" (one who can manipulate air) named Aang frozen in an iceberg. They free him and accompany him on his quest to defeat the imperialistic Fire Nation and bring peace to the war-torn world.[3] Katara is married to Aang and they have three children: Tenzin, Kya, and Bumi.
Katara's history is marked by loss and the temptation of vengeance; she once stood before the man who killed her mother, with the power to end his life, yet she chose mercy, a choice speaks volumes of strength of her character. She is recognized as the greatest waterbender of her generation, earning the title of Master Waterbender from Master Pakku of the Northern Water Tribe; .[4] In The Legend of Korra, Katara becomes a high-ranking member of the White Lotus and one of the last surviving members of Team Avatar; being personally chosen by Korra as her waterbending teacher.
Katara has appeared in other media, such as trading cards,[5] T-shirts, video games[6] and web comics.[7]
- ^ "Sabrina Fest (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved January 2, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
- ^ "who we are | 7forward". 7 Forward Entertainment. Archived from the original on November 30, 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
[Jessica Matten] is currently the female lead of George RR Martin and Robert Reford's [sic] executive produced new TV series "Dark Winds" for the AMC Network, the star of Lebron James' "Rez Ball" for Netflix in 2024, [and] the voice of Katara in "Avatar the Last Airbender"'s new feature film for Paramount Studios in 2025.
- ^ Director: Dave Filoni; Writers: Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko (February 21, 2005). "The Avatar Returns". Avatar: The Last Airbender. Season 1. Episode 2. Nickelodeon. Avatar: The Last Airbender. Episode Transcript.
- ^ Pittarese, Frank (Winter 2006). "Nation Exploration". Nickelodeon Magazine: 2.
- ^ "Avatar Trading Card Game". Nickelodeon. Archived from the original on 2008-03-02. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ^ "The Nickelodeon Shop — Avatar". Nickelodeon. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
- ^ created by Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko. (2006). Avatar: The Last Airbender Cine-Manga Volume 1. Tokyopop. ISBN 1-59532-891-2. Archived from the original on 16 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-14.