Hope van Dyne

Hope van Dyne
Hope van Dyne
Marvel Cinematic Universe character
	Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne / Wasp in Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
First appearance	Ant-Man (2015)
Based on	Hope Pym; by Tom DeFalco; Ron Frenz;
Adapted by	Edgar Wright; Joe Cornish; Adam McKay; Paul Rudd;
Portrayed by	Evangeline Lilly; Madeleine McGraw (young);
In-universe information
Full name	Hope van Dyne (née Pym)
Alias	Wasp
Affiliation	Pym Technologies (former); Pym van Dyne Foundation; Avengers;
Weapon	Wasp suit
Family	Hank Pym (father); Janet van Dyne (mother);
Significant other	Scott Lang
Origin	San Francisco, California, United States
Nationality	American

Hope van Dyne (née Pym) is a fictional character portrayed primarily by Evangeline Lilly in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film franchise, loosely based on the Marvel Comics character Hope Pym. Portrayed as the daughter of Hank Pym and Janet van Dyne, she was a senior board member of her father's company, Pym Technologies, and later inherits the alias Wasp from her mother, using a suit containing her father's technology to shrink and fly with insect-themed wings. Her appearances have been praised for her authentic, relatable portrayal as superheroine.

After rekindling her relationship with her father, Van Dyne works with him to rescue her mother who was previously lost to the Quantum Realm, and defeat various supervillains including Yellowjacket and Ghost. Van Dyne later falls victim to the Blip, but is later restored to life and joins the Avengers in a battle against Thanos. Afterwards, she buys back her father's company renaming it the Pym van Dyne Foundation and continues her relationship with Scott Lang becoming a mother figure to his daughter, Cassie Lang. She is later trapped in the Quantum Realm alongside her family and assists them in defeating Kang the Conqueror.

She first appeared in the 2015 film Ant-Man and later in Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). Madeleine McGraw portrays a younger version of Van Dyne. Alternate versions of Van Dyne appear in the Disney+ animated series What If...? (2021–2024), also voiced by Lilly and McGraw. Van Dyne is noted for being the first titular superheroine in a MCU film, preceding Captain Marvel, Black Widow, and Black Panther, and for inspiring the creation of comic superheroine Nadia van Dyne.