Ivy Pepper

"I was alone. Abandoned. Then something happened. I changed. Grew. I'm different now, inside and out."

- Ivy Pepper to Nick

Ivy Pepper, also known as Pamela, is a character on Fox's Gotham. She first appears in the first episode of the first season. She is portrayed by guest star Clare Foley and starring cast member Maggie Geha.

Living on the Streets
Six months later, Ivy questions Selina about the type of people she was being involved with. Selina told her that they were scary people and won't let her come along for her own good. Selina orders Ivy to look after the pigeon coop while she is gone, and departs leaving Ivy on her own. Just thereafter. Ivy is approached by what appears to be Bruce Wayne. However, he acts weird and questions Ivy about Selina. Believing this boy is Bruce, she asks him what has happened to him, due to his unkempt appearance and long hair. When the confused boy asks that if she knows him, she says she knows Bruce Wayne, leading to the boy to forcefully grab her demanding who he is. Terrified, Ivy shakes him off and makes a run for it. She arrives at a location where Selina is hanging out, and discovers she is afflicted with a resurrected Fish Mooney who has gathered the escapees from the research facility Indian Hill to create a new incarnation of her gang. Nancy brings Ivy to Fish who wants to know who else Ivy has told about them. Selina tries to defuse the situation by saying Ivy is with her and doesn't know anything or has told anyone, but Ivy causes more harm than good by threatening to tell on Fish. Fish orders one of her underlings Marv to use his ability of aging people to death to kill Ivy. Ivy manages to shake Nancy off and runs off where she is pursued. She comes across a hole in the ground leading to a water drain. Selina tries to help her, but is held back. Marv sneaks up on Ivy and briefly grabs her causing her to age a couple of years, then, she falls down the hole and is swept away by the water's current, much to the distress of Selina.

Reincarnation
Ivy wakes up on river side outside of Gotham. She gets up from the floor and makes her way to a black truck. She approaches the wing mirror and observes her older body, confused to of what has happened to her. Just then, a man named Nick walks around the corner and asks if she is alright. She tells him that she is thirsty which Nick then informs her that he lives up the road. Nick asks for her name which she tells him is Ivy. Nick takes her to his house. When they get inside, he asks her if she wants anything. Ivy tells him that she just wants some water. She makes her way up to the plants near the window. She touches the leaves and mutters under her breath "so sad, poor things." Nick walks back in with her water that she asked for. He offers her some clothes that belonged to someone he knew. He asks her where shes from which she tells him that shes from Gotham. Ivy takes a sip of her water and waters one of the plants with the remaining water. Nick asks if she wants to use the phone to call someone. Ivy is confused to who she would want to call anyone. He is also confused to how she has no one to call as she is so beautiful. Ivy looks at Nick and asks him if he thinks she's beautiful. Nick moves off topic and asks her again who she is. She tells her about her parents and how they left her alone, and then how she has changed now, that she if different. Ivy comforts the dead plants. Nick walks over and takes the one that she was touching and throws it in the trash. Ivy, angry asks what he is doing. He tells her to relax and that he is going to get her something to change into. Once he returns, Ivy smashes his head with the plant that he threw out. She then goes and picks something to wear upstairs. Once she found a green dress, she returns to the mirror and looks at herself. She tells his unconscious body that next time he should remember to water. She then walks out of the house.

Some time later, Ivy attended the Sirens nightclub party to celebrate Oswald Cobblepot winning the election for mayor. After witnessing Selina stealing money from some stranger, she grabbed her by the arm. Ivy mocked how she didn't notice how short that Selina really was. Selina angrily asks who she is and laughed at the fact that Selina did not recognize her. As Ivy didn't want to reveal her identity yet, she told Selina to continue taking wallets. Selina did get suspicious about her. As Selina walked away, Ivy grabbed a glass from what looks to be her date. Ivy later witnessed the fight at the club between Butch and Cobblepot and began smiling when things became violent.

Powers

 * Nature Communication: Once Ivy reincarnated, Ivy gained the ability to sense the feelings of plants and nature and also she can communicate with them.

Weaknesses

 * Emotion: As Ivy can feel what plants feel, she can act rashly is something or someone harms nature. Mike threw a dead or dying plant in the trash. Ivy was hurt by this and as a result, she smashed his head with the pot, knocking him out.