New Batwoman Javicia Leslie always wanted to be a superhero David Betancourt, The Washington Post Jan. 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail With Kate Kane gone, Ryan Wilder (Javicia Leslie) is the new Batwoman.CW Last year, Javicia Leslie was asked on a podcast what she wanted her next acting role to be. "I said I wanted to be a superhero," Leslie recalled recently toThe Washington Post. In July, just two months after stating her desire, the star of "God Friended Me" and "The Family Business"answered the call to a bat-signal put up in the sky just for her - finding out she was the new star of the CW's "Batwoman." The announcement instantly made her the new face of the network's successful tradition of televised superheroes.