Goldie

The blond, dark-eyed femme fatale whose death ignites Marv's war on Old Town.

Goldie is a fictional character in Frank Miller's Sin City graphic novel series, depicted as one half of an identical twin pair alongside her sister Wendy. Both are described as blond, dark-eyed femmes fatale who operate out of Old Town. In the 2005 film adaptation and its 2014 sequel, both sisters are portrayed by actress Jaime King. Goldie first appears in the story arc The Hard Goodbye, where she offers sexual services to Marv before her murder sets off a chain of violent events. She also features in A Dame to Kill For as the catalyst for that storyline and appears briefly in the short story And Behind Door Number Three? alongside Wendy.

Quick Facts

Series: Sin City
First: The Hard Goodbye (April 1991–May 1992).
Creator: Frank Miller
Portrayed by: Jaime King
Full name: Goldie and Wendy
Gender: Female (both)
Occupation: Prostitute (both)
Affiliation: Gail; Marv

Lore & Background

Goldie first appeared in The Hard Goodbye, where she offers sexual services to Marv. They spend the night together, but by morning, Marv wakes to find her murdered in his bed. With police closing in, Marv escapes after killing many officers. He is later captured and tortured by Wendy and Gail, who believe he killed Goldie. After realizing Marv's innocence, they discover Cardinal Roark used Kevin, a cannibalistic serial killer, to murder Goldie and frame Marv. In A Dame to Kill For, it is revealed that Goldie offering services to Marv marks the beginning of The Hard Goodbye. She also appears in And Behind Door Number Three?, where Wendy, now wearing Marv's necklace, helps Gail trap a man suspected of 'carving up' girls.

Reader's Guide

Goldie appears in three distinct Sin City works: The Hard Goodbye, A Dame to Kill For, and And Behind Door Number Three?. In the 2005 film adaptation, she is portrayed by Jaime King as a blonde twin alongside Wendy. In the 2014 sequel, Goldie is shown in full color wearing a white dress, while Wendy appears in black-and-white with a pistol in an Old West gunbelt. The visual difference signifies that Goldie was Marv's love interest; during a prison visit scene, Wendy is briefly colored (hair and lips) when mistaken for Goldie before fading back to black-and-white upon realizing the error. Katherine Farrimond notes Goldie's corpse 'resembles an idealised object' that haunts Marv, while Véronique Sina observes Marv cannot easily distinguish the two doppelgangers, repeatedly calling Wendy Goldie throughout the film.