
Gwen Cooper
Gwen Cooper is a fictional character from the BBC science-fiction television series Torchwood. She is a police officer who discovers the mysterious Torchwood Institute and is recruited by Jack Harkness to investigate the extraterrestrial. Gwen's work begins to take a toll on her personal life, but her marriage to Rhys keeps her grounded. In the later series, after Torchwood is destroyed, Gwen operates under her own mandate as the world undergoes crises linked with unprecedented alien threats. She evolves into a more militant action heroine and finds herself willing to make tough decisions to protect those closest to her.