Rachel Dawes is a character created specifically as a love interest for Batman in Christopher Nolan's films series (similarly to the character Chase Meridian in Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever), in the first film of the series (Batman Begins) Rachel is portrayed by Katie Holmes and by Emma Lockhart as a young girl. However, due to other filming commitments Holmes had to be recast and was replaced by Maggie Gyllenhaal in the 2008 sequel The Dark Knight.

Character HistoryEdit

For more about this character read the below articles.

Batman BeginsEdit

See: Rachel Dawes (Katie Holmes)

The Dark KnightEdit

See: Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal)