Turanga Leela

Species: Human (Mutant)

Planet of Origin: Earth Age: 25 Voiced By: Katey Sagal First Appearance: Space Pilot 3000 (1ACV01)

Biography
A cyclops who once believed herself to be an alien, but later discovered that she was a mutant and that her parents were Turanga Morris and Munda. Leela being the least mutated mutant ever born, they decided to give her as normal a life as possible by giving her up to an orphanarium.

After a rough childhood, she found herself plodding through a boring dead-end job at Applied Cryogenics as a Fate Assignment Officer. Then one day a defrostee named Philip J. Fry comes along (Space Pilot 3000) and inspires her to quit her job. Ultimately she ends up hired by Fry's many-times-great-nephew Hubert Farnsworth as the new captain for his interstellar delivery service, Planet Express.

She is skilled in Arcturan Kung Fu, which she learned as a girl from a sexist insectoid alien named Fnog, and she isn't shy about kicking a little ass. She has gone through a number of short-lived relationships, but can't seem to find the right man. Fry regularly asks her out, but she usually rejects him. In spite of this, they have managed to have a few romantic nights.

Family

 * Turanga Morris, Father
 * Turanga Munda, Mother
 * Leela 1, Alternate self from the Parabox universe.

Trivia

 * The designers kept trying to make Leela's nose smaller, because it was larger than they thought appropriate for a female character, but Matt Groening insisted it stay the larger size.

Two-Eyed Leela
Leela has been seen with two eyes several times:


 * When Aliens Attack &mdash; To portray the role of Jenny MacNeil, a plastic eye is taped to the side of her face (which Zoidberg later eats).
 * Amazon Women in the Mood &mdash; When the Amazonians are approaching, a puddle ripples, causing Leela's reflection to distort, showing her briefly with two eyes.
 * The Cyber House Rules &mdash; A second eye is grafted onto Leela's face. She later realizes she's better off being different, and has it removed.