- "We don't need to go outside the law ... to find justice."
- — Laurel Lance[src]
Dinah "Laurel" Lance (born 1984) is the ex-girlfriend of Oliver Queen, the daughter of Detective Quentin Lance and the sister of the late Sarah Lance. Laurel is part of a group called CNRI that helps people in need.
History
Laurel is a lawyer and works for a legal aid office. She appears to be close friends with Tommy Merlyn, Oliver's best-friend. Five years prior to the pilot, her sister Sarah dies in a violent shipwreck which, also strands Oliver on a remote island. It is also shown that she has been involved with Tommy in past. In Lone Gunman, they agree to give their relationship a try.
Oliver and Laurel kiss.
In Damaged, Laurel and Oliver kiss. She admits that she still has feelings for him but makes it clear that nothing can ever happen between them. She argues with her father when she chooses to defend Oliver. Laurel tells him he can't blame Oliver fully for Sarah's death or the fact that her mother left them afterwards.
Abilities
Expert Hand-To-Hand Combatant: Laurel received extensive hand-to-hand combat, which appears to be on par with Oliver's abilities.
Trivia
- With the insistence of her father, Laurel received extensive hand-to-hand combat training allowing her to defend herself very effectively.
- Dinah Lance is Black Canary in the original comic. She possesses the ability of "Canary Cry", a sonic scream in which she can deploy to shatter objects and incapacitate her opponents.
- In "Damaged", when they go alone to talk, Laurel mentions to Oliver that she wore fishnets to a Halloween party they attended together in 2005. This is a reference to Laurel's comic book, alter ego costume, Black Canary.