Magpie is played by actress Marié Botha, who is a relative newcomer to film and television, in The Penguin. Botha's primary credits to this point are in short films, but she did also guest star in an episode of Apple TV+'s Dickinson alongside Hailee Steinfeld and play a leading role in the 2022 feature film Highway One.

Matt Reeves is keen to ensure that the Batman universe has exciting DC villains before the second film comes out.

The Penguin gave a small role to an obscure Batman villain from the pages of DC Comics, the crazed jewel thief known as Magpie.

The Penguin Episode 4 explores how Sofia Falcone ended up in Arkham, where she met an inmate with a familiar name for Batman fans: Magpie.

The Penguin episode 4 takes us to Arkham with a full flashback episode dedicated to Sofia Falcone, and includes some familiar comic book characters along the way. One of the fellow inmates who Sofia meets behind bars is the chirpy Magpie, who ends up being her next door cell neighbor.

Magpie is a lower-level Batman villain who first showed up in The Man of Steel #3. She really hasn’t been prominently featured in much of the comics or in the on-screen DC unive

The Penguin Episode 4 introduces us to Magpie, a DC comic character and in this article learn more about this Batman Villain.

It feels counterintuitive, but it’s quite a joy knowing that you don’t have to hunt through the Batman spin-off looking for Easter eggs. Here’s a great example: Episode 4 took viewers to Arkham Asylum and didn’t show us the Joker.

The Penguin is packed with Easter eggs that hint at some potential villains who could show up in Matt Reeves' The Batman Part II, including Clayface, Poison Ivy and Doctor Strange.