Marvel's 2nd in Command

Maria Hill is introduced is The Avengers directed by Joss Whedon and Maria is played by Cobie Smulders. Here she is introduced as one of Nick Fury's top agents along side Coulson, Romanoff and Barton. She is his second in command and is in charge of the other agents. We don't know that much about her in this installment, but she will continue to show up in the movies as assistant to Nick and a great ally to the Avengers. 

I wish my uniform was that cool

Maria has more air time in Captain America: Winter Soldier directed by the Russo brothers. She has some small scenes where she is at the staged death of Nick Fury and where she helps Nat, Steve and Sam Wilson aka Falcon. She is the one that hid Fury after he was attacked to keep him safe. The fact that she was the one entrusted to do so shows just how loyal she is to Fury and how much trust he has for her. We finally get to see her in action when she fights off HYDRA (the main bad guys in the Captain America movies) agents while monitoring the teams progress in the assault on S.H.E.I.L.D.S. headquarters. At the end of the movie Fury sends her to get a job at Stark Industries to keep an eye on that part of the team. 

Loyalist team member

The next movie we see Maria in is Avengers: Age of Ultron directed by Joss Whedon. We see her at a party with the other Avengers talking with James Rhodes aka War Machine, Tony and Thor. She also helps to evacuate citizens from Sokovia while the Avengers fight Ultron. And that's all we see of her in the movie. 

Fashion agent

It's unclear whether Maria will appear in the next set of movies, but I hope she does and that we are able to explore her character a little more. Until then, have a great week everyone!