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Dinah "Laurel" Lance (born 1984) is the attractive ex-girlfriend of Oliver Queen, the daughter of Detective Quentin Lance and the sister of the late Sara Lance. Laurel is part of a group known as the City Necessary Resources Initiative, or CNRI, that helps people in need. Laurel is a lawyer and works for a legal aid office. She appears to be close friends with Tommy Merlyn, Oliver's best-friend. Five years prior to the pilot, her sister Sara dies in a violent shipwreck which, also strands Oliver on a remote island. It is also shown that she has been involved with Tommy in past. In Lone Gunman, they agree to give their relationship a try. In Damaged, Laurel and Oliver kiss. She admits that she still has feelings for him but makes it clear that nothing can ever happen between them. Abilities Expert hand-to-hand combatant: Laurel received extensive hand-to-hand combat, which appears to be on par with Oliver's abilities. She claims that her father made her take self-defence classes.