Valentina Allegra de Fontaine actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus acknowledges the Thunderbolts* antagonist's ambiguous intentions and explains why Val is a more complex character than she seems. Val made her MCU debut in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, where she recruited John Walker into her growing team of anti-heroes. She later returned in Black Widow's post-credits scene, where she hired Yelena Belova for a secret mission. Since then, Val has acquired Avengers Tower and assembled her own team of heroes.