Who is Lady Loki and why she is so important Marvel Cinematic Universe

With the release of the second
episode of Loki, we finally have confirmation: Sophia Di Martino plays Lady
Loki, a female version of the God of Deception.

Lady Loki had never appeared on
screen before (apart from an enigmatic cameo at the end of the first episode),
but comic fans will already be familiar with this particular incarnation of
Thor’s brother.

Using his shapeshifting skills,
Loki has taken on many identities over the years, including female ones. In
2008, in particular, he took on a female form for a long time.

After reporting on the events of
Ragnarok between 2006 and 2009 between the Civil War and Avengers Publications:
Initiative (specifically Nos. 20 and 21) Thor has launched a search aimed at
finding other Asgardians. After searching for Hemdall and the Three Warriors,
he stepped up his search and with the help of Hemdall found dozens of people
who had been imprisoned by Destroyer. Loki had rounded up all his former
Escardine allies, and Thor had entered the fray and returned all authority to
him.

Loki himself was born with female
features, claiming he had no plans now that Ragnarok was finished.

Having told Balder that he would
never lie again, Loki went on to win the trust of the Asgardians by revealing
that he, like Thor, was a son of Odin. Balder didn’t believe it, but once he
was told he was true by Thor himself, he came to think of Loki as a trustworthy
confidant. During the Skrull invasion, he managed to trick a crowd of
Asgardians into thinking that Beta Ray Bill was a Skrull imposter (as told in
Thor: Secret Invasion # 1)

Lady Loki in the Marvel Cinematic
Universe

However, it seems that the Disney
+ series has changed the origins of the character, introducing Lady Loki as a
completely different version of the God of Deception.