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{{Character
|image = Vanessa DP2.jpg
|real name = Vanessa Geraldine Carlysle
|alias = A Hot Chick<br>Ness
|species = [[Human]]
|citizenship = American
|gender = Female
|DOD = [[Timeline#2018|2018]] <small>(Revised Timeline Initially; resurrected by [[Deadpool]])</small>
|status = Alive 
|movie = ''[[Deadpool (film)|Deadpool]]''<br>''[[Deadpool 2]]''<br>''[[Deadpool & Wolverine]]''
|actor = [[Morena Baccarin]]|DOB=Unknown}}
{{Quote|We can fight this. Besides, I just realized something. You win. Your life is officially ''way'' more fucked up than mine.|Vanessa Carlysle to [[Wade Wilson]]|Deadpool (film)}}
'''Vanessa Carlysle''' is the ex-fiancée of [[Deadpool|Wade Wilson/Deadpool]].

==Biography==
===Original Timeline===
====William Stryker's Database====
Her name appeared on [[Stryker's Computer]] and was among those discovered by [[Mystique]].<ref>{{Cite film|X2: X-Men United}}</ref>

===Revised Timeline===
====Early Life====
{{Quote|Rough childhood?"<br>"Rougher than yours.|Wade and Vanessa|Deadpool (film)}}Born in New Jersey, Vanessa Carlysle had a tough upbringing before becoming a prostitute in New York City.

====Bonding with Wade Wilson====
{{Quote|What do we do with the remaining two minutes thirty-seven seconds?"<br>"Cuddle?|Wade and Vanessa|Deadpool (film)}}[[File:Deadpool and Copycat.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Vanessa on a date with Wade]]
One day, while visiting a bar and working as an escort there, she met [[Deadpool|Wade Wilson]] and the two eventually began a relationship. They bond over their weird, messed up lives and try to one-up each other in crazy stories about their past. Vanessa tells him that for two hundred seventy-five dollars, he can afford a dessert and forty-eight minutes of whatever he wants to do to her. To her surprise, he is more interested in bonding with her on a romantic level and takes her to an arcade on an actual date.
[[File:Wade and Vanessa.png|thumb|250px|Vanessa with Wade in their apartment.]]
Their relationship becomes more sexual after she initially has the misinterpretation that he likes arcades more than sex. However, they continue to bond because of how much they have in common, and their peculiar relationship evolves into an intimate and romantic one. They also have sex several more times, particularly on holidays, including Thanksgiving and Christmas.

====Captured by Ajax====
{{Quote|I've been trying to tell you assholes, you got the wrong girl! My old boyfriend, he's dead."<br>"See, I thought that, too. But he keeps on coming back. Like a cockroach, but uglier. Now, I may not feel, but he does. Let's see how he fights with your head on the block.|Vanessa and Ajax|Deadpool (film)}}
A year later, Wade would propose to Vanessa but eventually ended up getting diagnosed with cancer. Desperately trying to save her lover, Vanessa found multiple treatments for Wade. Despite this, he abandoned her one night and she spent the next few years mourning his loss. Keeping his jacket and even wearing it on occasion, Vanessa continued living in their apartment. Rather than returning to prostitution, however, she became a waitress at a strip club.

Unknown to her, Wade had actually undergone a procedure that cured his cancer and gave him superpowers, including a regenerative healing factors. However, the process had severely disfigured him, causing him to have a fear of revealing himself to Vanessa. Eventually, the people responsible for Wade's procedure, [[Ajax]] and [[Angel Dust]], now mortal enemies with the mercenary, learned of Vanessa's existence and went to find her.

After being told by Weasel that Ajax and Angel are going after Vanessa, Wade and Weasel go to the strip club where she works. But Wade is still scared to face her and loses the courage to do so. Vanessa's co-worker tells her that an ex-boyfriend is out back looking for her. She goes outside and thinks it's Wade, but it's Ajax and Angel Dust, the latter of whom knocks her out. Wade goes out back to look for her but only finds her handbag, letting him know that she's been taken. The two then took Vanessa to a decommissioned Helicarrier in a scrapyard to kill her in an oxygen deprivation chamber.

====Reunion and Reconciliation====
{{Quote|After a brief adjustment period, and a bunch of drinks, it's a face... I'd be happy to sit on.|Vanessa Carlysle|Deadpool (film)}}[[File:Copycat Deadpool unmasked.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Vanessa unmasking Deadpool.]]
Determined to rescue her, Deadpool, alongside [[X-Men]] members [[Colossus]] and [[Negasonic Teenage Warhead]], confronted Ajax and his subordinates. After defeating his enemies and saving her, Deadpool revealed his new face to Vanessa, who, despite being angry for getting abandoned, accepts him. The two then reconcile and share a kiss, while Wade plays "Careless Whisper" by [[Wikipedia:Wham!|Wham!]].

====Death====
{{Quote|Kiss me like you miss me red.|Vanessa |Deadpool 2}}Vanessa and Wade continued their relationship while Wade continued to work as a contract killer across the world. While trying to kill [[Sergei Valishnikov]], a drug lord, Wade was late for their anniversary. Vanessa waited for him to arrive and when he did, Wade told her several stories about why he was late. Vanessa eventually accepted his apology for being late and told him that she wanted them to have a child. After having sex, Wade and Vanessa sat watching a movie while discussing child names. At that point, Valishnikov and his men invaded his home, wanting revenge against Wade. During the fight, Valishnikov shot and killed Vanessa. Although Wade caught up with the drug dealer and killed him, he descended into despair because of losing Vanessa.

====Legacy====
Eventually, Wade met with Vanessa several times after her death in near-death experiences. Each time she cryptically encouraged him towards the right path which led him to save [[Firefist|Russell Collins]] from turning into a killer.

====Resurrection====
Sometime after Vanessa's death, Wade stole [[Cable]]'s [[Time Slider]] and was able to use it to successfully save her life.

===Party===
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==Personality==
{{Quote|I've played a lot of roles. Damsel in distress ain't one of them.|Vanessa Carlysle|Deadpool (film)}}
Despite having a tough upbringing, Vanessa grew up to be a kind, feisty, and seductive woman who always strove to see the good in people. Because of her previous interactions with other men, she was genuinely surprised when Wade wanted to bond with her on a social level and found she enjoyed it. This event led to their sexual and romantic relationship, at which point she also demonstrates a kinky side to her personality. She clearly cares much for her fiancé, Wade, and was devastated when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Although it was obvious that Wade was going to die, she did everything she could to help him.

After he left for a year, she eventually found a job as a waitress at a strip club. Despite trying to move on, she was clearly hurt, punching Wade multiple times for leaving and calling him "asshole" more than once. However, she is not beyond forgiveness and forgave Wade almost instantly after he revealed the real reason why he never came back to her. Though beautiful, she is not a vain person, as she did not care what Wade looked like with his disfigurement.

Vanessa is also a tough woman who is almost impossible to intimidate, not afraid of stabbing [[Ajax]], a man who could clearly kill her if he wanted to. She refused to display fear when he captured her, calling him "dickless" and "insane" and insisting that her lover was dead and she could offer him nothing, before learning the truth.

==Abilities==

*'''Peak Human Strength''': Vanessa is physically fit and notably strong enough to sexually keep up with Wade and catch Ajax off-guard with a punch and later a sword strike.

==Relationships==
===Family===
*Ivan - Uncle
*[[Deadpool|Wade Wilson/Deadpool]] - Ex-Fiancé and Savior

===Allies/Friends===
*[[X-Men/Revised Timeline|X-Men]]
**[[Colossus|Piotr Rasputin/Colossus]] - Savior, and Ally
**[[Negasonic Teenage Warhead|Ellie Phimister/Negasonic Teenage Warhead]] - Savior and Ally
*[[Buck]] - Former Enemy

===Enemies===
*[[Ajax]] † - Former Captor, Enemy, and Attempted Killer
*[[Sergei Valishnikov]] †  - Attempted Killer
*[[Angel Dust]] - Former Captor and Enemy

==Trivia==
*In the Marvel comic books, Vanessa is a shapeshifting mutant that goes by the alias of '''Copycat'''. She homages her comic book version when she mentions that she has "played a lot of roles."
*The role of Vanessa Carlysle was initially offered to [[Olivia Munn]], but she was disinterested in playing the role of the girlfriend. Olivia Munn later got the role of [[Psylocke]] in ''[[X-Men: Apocalypse]]''.

==Behind the Scenes==
*[[Janene Carleton]] and [[Atlin Mitchell]] were stunt doubles for [[Morena Baccarin]] in the role of Vanessa Carlysle.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Marvel}}
*{{WP|Copycat (Marvel Comics)|Copycat}}
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