Doom Patrol Adds Michelle Gomez

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Michelle Gomez — Photo Credit: Netflix

Michelle Gomez will join the upcoming season of Doom Patrol as its big bad!

Gomez will portray supervillain Madame Rouge. In the comics, she’s French woman Laura De Mille, who develops a split good/evil personality after a car accident. Soon, she becomes a master of disguise. Later, a special surgery gives her the ability to become a shapeshifter and stretch her limbs.

It’s unclear how much power Madame Rouge will have in HBO Max’s version of Doom Patrol. However, Gomez will be a series regular! Therefore, she will have plenty of air time.

Gomez has had notable roles in sci-fi and fantasy TV shows American audiences are familiar with. She portrayed Lilith for on Netflix’s The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. During Peter Capaldi’s run as the Twelfth Doctor on Doctor Who she portrayed the female incarnation of The Master.

Doom Patrol is one of the DC Universe transports on HBO Max. The series recently completed its second season in 2020. It was renewed for a third season during DC Fandome in September. stars Diane Guerrero , April Bowlby, Matt Bomer, Brendan Fraser, Timothy Dalton, and Joivan Wade.