Pulled from the pages of Marvel's comic books, the young inventor possesses genius-level intelligence and found Tony Stark an inspiration. Riri's gift for robotics led her to make

Two-and-a-half years after she was introduced, underwhelmingly, in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Dominique Thorne’s Riri Williams finally gets the front-and-center treatment with Ironheart, a Disney+ series about a brilliant MIT student who’s created her very own Iron Man suit.

Now at the center of her own 6-episode Disney+ series, we'll get to know Riri even better as she embarks on an adventure that also includes characters like The Hood (played by Anthony Ramos). One of Ironheart's strongest assets is that it counts Wakanda Forever director Ryan Coogler as an executive producer.