Emma Frost

Emma Grace Frost is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, the character first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #129 (January 1980). She belongs to a subspecies of humans called mutants who are born with superhuman abilities. Her mutation grants her high-level telepathic abilities and the power to turn into organic diamond. Emma Frost has evolved from a supervillain and foe of the X-Men to becoming a superhero and one of the team's most central members and leaders. The character has also been known as the White Queen of the Hellfire Club.

Although originally depicted as a supervillain, Emma Frost has been described as one of Marvel's most notable and powerful female heroes, being labeled as a femme fatale.

Since her original introduction in comics, Frost has been featured in various other Marvel-licensed products, including films, video games, animated television series, and merchandise such as trading cards. She has been portrayed by Finola Hughes in the television pilotGeneration X (1996), and by Tahyna Tozzi and January Jones in the films X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and X-Men: First Class (2011), respectively. Samara Weaving will portray the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, starting with the untitled X-Men film (2028).