Leela (Futurama)

Turanga Leela
Futurama character
First appearance	"Space Pilot 3000" (1999)
Created by	Matt Groening David X. Cohen
Designed by	Matt Groening
Voiced by	Katey Sagal
In-universe information
Full name	Turanga Leela
Alias	Leeman Cloberella One Eye The Cyclopes
Nickname	Leela
Species	Mutant
Gender	Female
Occupation	Captain of the Planet Express Ship Cryogenics councilor (formerly) Superhero (formerly)
Family	Turanga Morris (father) Turanga Munda (mother)
Significant other	Philip J. Fry (fiancé)
Relatives	Munda's mother (grandmother)
Pets	Nibbler
Born	July 29, 2975 New New York City, New New York, Earth

Turanga Leela is a fictional character from the animated television series Futurama. Leela is spaceship captain, pilot, and head of all aviation services on board the Planet Express Ship. Throughout the series, she has an on-again, off-again relationship with and got engaged to Philip J. Fry, the central character in the series. The character, voiced by Katey Sagal, is named after the Turangalîla-Symphonie by Olivier Messiaen. She is one of the few characters in the cast to routinely display competence and the ability to command, and routinely saves the rest of the cast from disaster. However, she suffers extreme self-doubt because she has only one eye and grew up as a bullied orphan. She first believes herself an alien, but later finds out she is the least-mutated sewer mutant in the history of 31st-century Earth. Her family (particularly her parents' accent and "outcast" status) parodies aspects of pollution and undesirability associated with industrial New Jersey when compared with New York City.