Renee Montoya  Renee Maria Montoya is a fictional character appearing in media published by DC Entertainment. The character was created by Bruce Timm, Paul Dini and Mitch Brian for "" and was preemptively introduced into mainstream comics before the airing of her animated debut in 1992. The character has developed significantly. Renee is initially a detective from the Gotham City Police Department, assigned to the Major Crimes Unit, who comes into frequent contact with Batman. She is exposed as a lesbian and resigns from the police force, disgusted by its corruption. She operates as the Question out of a lighthouse that she shares with Aristotle Rodor on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Following a line-wide revision of the fictional world of DC Comics superhero comic books, the revised Montoya character appeared first in "Detective Comics" #41 (August 2015), in which she was established as Harvey Bullock's new partner. The character made her live-action debut on the first season of "Gotham" and was played by Victoria Cartagena. She made her cinematic debut in the DCEU film "Birds of Prey", and was portrayed by Rosie Perez. Renee was created for "" by Bruce Timm, Paul Dini and Mitch Brian, described in the series bible. She first appears as a uniformed officer partnered with Harvey Bullock. In the follow-up series "The New Batman Adventures", Montoya has been promoted from police officer to detective. The comic series "Gotham Central" describes Montoya as the daughter of immigrants from the Dominican Republic. Renee is a recurring character in the Batman-related comics after "Batman" #475 (March 1992). After she is promoted to homicide detective by Commissioner James Gordon, Renee is partnered with Harvey Bullock. After Bullock is promoted to Lieutenant, Crispus Allen becomes Renee's new partner. Gotham City is destroyed by an earthquake in the "" crossover. It is soon closed off from the rest of the United States in the story arc. Montoya and Bullock are two of the many Gotham police officers to stay behind with James Gordon in order to keep the peace among the people who remain. Renee is the focus of an uneasy truce between Gordon's forces and the crime boss Two-Face. She reaches out to Two-Face's Harvey Dent persona in helping with aid and relief efforts, and he falls in love with her. In fact, he keeps her restrained in his headquarters against her will. She becomes involved when Two-Face puts James Gordon on trial for perceived wrongdoing.