When the news broke that the House of the Dragon star Milly Alcock was going to portray James Gunn’s Supergirl, a new record was set in the 40 years since the character first came alive in live-action. She became the shortest actress to portray the Woman of Steel in the history of Supergirl. Before her, several talented actresses brought the Woman of Tomorrow to the screen, like Arrowverse's Melissa Benoist, the DCEU's Sasha Calle, Smallville's Laura Vandervoort, and original live-action Supergirl Helen Slater.

But being the shortest means she does not match the physical profiles of the DC superhero, especially height-wise? Let us find out.

Milly Alcock’s height is reported to be 5'5", the shortest of all the actresses who portrayed Supergirl on screen. The tallest among all were Melissa Benoist and Helen Slater, standing at 5'8". But does this mean they were more suited to play Supergirl than Alcock, or is it the other way around?

Actually, most of the comic book descriptions mention Supergirl’s height as being 5'5" (via DC Fandom), which is surprisingly the same height as Milly Alcock. This means that she is the best possible actress for the part. However, some versions of her in the comics stand at 5'7", like the original Earth-One iteration of the character.

Some other guides, like the Comic Vine Supergirl Profile, scale her up to even 6'0", though this is less common in the primary DC Comics databases. Therefore, the 5'5" estimate is the most acceptable height of the character in the DC comics, and Milly Alcock is exactly that. At the time of her announcement as Supergirl, James Gunn mentioned that she was the first who came to his mind for Supergirl while watching the first season of House of the Dragon.

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Anyway, more than height, it is the legacy of the character that needs to be portrayed accurately, and the upcoming Supergirl will soon show if Alcock got that part right or not.

James Gunn’s Supergirl is the first standalone movie for the Woman of Tomorrow since Helen Slater’s 1984 feature film Supergirl. It is also the second movie of the newly established DC Universe helmed by Gunn. Therefore, a lot of expectations are tied to this film and Milly Alcock’s portrayal and Gunn’s narrative of the Maid of Might.

The movie is scheduled to release on June 26 and also stars Eve Ridley as Ruthye Marye Knoll, Matthias Schoenaerts as Krem, Jason Momoa as Lobo, David Krumholtz as Zor-El, Emily Beecham as Alura In-Ze, Ferdinand Kingsley as Elias Knoll, Diarmaid Murtagh as Drom Baxton, Ouzo the dog as Krypto the Superdog, and David Corenswet as Kal-El/Superman. Now, it is just a matter of days, and we will be seeing the most height-appropriate Supergirl on the big screen.

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