Katara | |
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Avatar: The Last Airbender / The Legend of Korra character | |
First appearance | "The Boy in the Iceberg" |
Created by |
Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko |
Portrayed by | Nicola Peltz (The Last Airbender) |
Voiced by |
Mae Whitman (Avatar: The Last Airbender) Eva Marie Saint (The Legend of Korra) |
Information | |
Full name | Katara |
Nickname(s) | Madame Fussy Britches Sweetness Sugar Queen (nicknamed by Toph Beifong) |
Aliases | Kat The Painted Lady Sapphire Fire |
Gender | Female |
Family |
Hakoda (father) Kya (mother) Sokka (older brother) |
Spouse(s) | Aang |
Children |
Bumi (firstborn son) Kya (daughter) Tenzin (second son) |
Relatives |
Affinity: Pema (daughter-in-law) Grandfamily: Kanna (paternal grandmother) Pakku (step-grandfather) Jinora (granddaughter) Ikki (granddaughter) Meelo (grandson) Rohan (grandson) |
Nationality | Southern Water Tribe |
Bending element |
Primary:
Sub-styles:
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Age | 14 (Avatar: The Last Airbender) 15 (The Promise) 16 (The Search & The Rift) 85-86, 89 (The Legend of Korra) |
Hair color | Brown White (as an old woman) |
Eye color | Blue |
Katara (卡塔拉 Kǎ Tǎlā?) is a fictional character in Nickelodeon's animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. The character, created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, is voiced by Mae Whitman in the original series and Eva Marie Saint in the sequel series.
Katara is a fourteen-year-old waterbender (i.e., she has the ability to telekinetically control water and ice); at the beginning of the story she is the only waterbender in the Southern Water Tribe, one of two known communities (along with the Northern Water Tribe at the opposite pole) in which waterbending is practiced. She and her older brother, Sokka, discover an Airbender named Aang, the long-lost Avatar, frozen in an iceberg, and accompany him on his quest to defeat the imperialistic Fire Nation and bring peace to the war-torn world. She later earns the title of Master Waterbender from Master Pakku of the Northern Water Tribe at the age of fourteen.
Katara has appeared in other media, such as trading cards, T-shirts, video games and web comics.
According to the un-aired pilot episode, Katara’s name was originally 'Kya', which was later used for her deceased mother instead. In "Tales of Ba Sing Se", Katara’s name was written as 卡 塔 拉. Kǎ (卡) means to check, block, or card; Tǎ (塔) means pagoda; and Lā (拉) means to pull. The character 'Lā' appears in the first season's finale, while the character 'Kǎ' also appears in Sokka's name.