Ada Wong

Ada Wong (Japanese: エイダ・ウォン, Hepburn: Eida Won) is a character in Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by the Japanese company Capcom. Ada was introduced as a supporting character in Resident Evil 2 (1998) and became a playable character in Resident Evil 4 (2005). She is a mysterious, ambiguous spy who works for villains but frequently rescues the series' protagonist Leon S. Kennedy from dire situations.

The character was originally created as a researcher named Linda and was further developed at Hideki Kamiya's suggestion. Writer Noboru Sugimura transformed her into a spy named Ada, who works to infiltrate the Umbrella Corporation and is caught up in a zombie outbreak in Raccoon City.

Ada appears in several Resident Evil games, novelizations and films, and also appears in other game franchises, including Project X Zone, Teppen and Dead by Daylight. Several actresses have portrayed Ada. In her initial video game appearance, she is voiced by English actress Sally Cahill, whose features were also later used for the character. In the live-action Resident Evil films, Ada has been portrayed by Li Bingbing and Lily Gao. Video game publications have well-received the character for fulfilling the femme fatale archetype but she has been criticized as a product of the male gaze.