Rachel Dawes

Character Overview
Rachel Dawes is the Assistant District Attorney. Rachel has two love interests throughout the films, Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent. Rachel is a childhood friend of Bruce and will stop at nothing to make sure that there is justice.

Batman Begins
Rachel's main role in the film is to investigate the role of Jonathan Crane in sending criminals to Arkham Asylum rather than prison. She investigates how so many inmates could be classified as insane. She discovers with the help of Batman that Crane is using the fear toxin to make the inmates so afraid that they could not be seen as sane.

Rachel is also shown as Bruce's love interest. However, her love for Bruce is shown to weaken throughout the film, as he begins to live the playboy lifestyle to hide the fact that he is Batman.

The Dark Knight
Rachel's character lacks the importance to the plot she carried in the first film. Rachel serves mainly as a motivation for both Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent. Rachel struggles to choose who she wants to be with, but ultimately picks Harvey.

Rachel is killed by one of the Joker's schemes. Her death creates change in both Bruce and Harvey's characters.