Biography for Baroness (Character) from "G.I. Joe" (1985)

***ANASTASIA DeCOBRAY***
Specialty: Intelligence Officer
Preferred M.A.R.S. Industries
Weapon: D57-A Extreme Environment Tactical Rifle
Dangerous, Beautiful, A Deadly Spy!

Is she the baroness of anywhere or in particular? Maybe, or maybe she just thought it sounded cool. Her arrogant attitude and expensive tastes suggest an aristocratic background, but the Baroness has a very fluid identity, befitting her role as Cobra Commander’s leading intelligence operative.

She oversees Cobra’s network of spies around the world, and often goes into the field on her own – among other organizations, she’s personally infiltrated the ranks of GI Joe on various occasions. (She once spent a long stretch with the squad masquerading as Juanita Hoover, supposedly a budgeting auditor.) When not working incognito somewhere, she’s very near the top of the Cobra hierarchy, on an equal footing with Destro and answering directly to the Commander.

Her relationship with those two is often rocky. Cobra Commander is sometimes a bit too crazy for her tastes, while she and Destro seem to alternate between romance and rivalry, depending how the wind happens to be blowing at any given time. Ultimately, though, her only loyalty is to her own interests – she’s calm, calculating, and never fails to look out for number one. Sentimentality is not among her long suits.

In the 2009 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Movie, Sienna Miller plays the Baroness, who as usual fills the role of undercover spy and femme fatale for the Cobra organization.