Candice Patton: DC's Iris West
Candice
Patton: Known From the TV-Shows
As a DC fan - especially if you’re a fan of DCs series - you might have seen Candice Patton’s face before. Though, there is a big chance you know here underneath another name; Iris West. She is the Co-Leader of Team Flash and (SPOILER ALERT) the wife of Barry Allen!
Acting in The Flash
Patton joined the Flash way back in season 1 which premiered in October 2014, but it started filming in March. Which means that Candice Patton auditioned way before that. Then she came back for season 2, season 3, season 4, and so on all the way until the most recent season: number 9. Which premiered in February of 2023.
Acting in Other DC Projects
Besides being in The Flash - which could kind of be called Patton’s main DC job, in fact. She also appeared as Iris West in multiple other projects. Which will be mentioned in the rest of this paragraph, so you might want to skip over it if you’d prefer not to know! For example, she was a part of the Arrow cast in season 6, but only really for one episode. But she also got mentioned several times in season 2 and one time in season 7. Then there is Supergirl, where she appeared in an episode in season 3, but also got mentioned in season 5 and 6. In DC’s Legends of Tomorrow she also appeared once - in season 3 - and got mentioned in this same season, but also in season 6. And there was also Batwoman, where Candice Patton - or rather, Iris West - didn’t get any mentions, except for appearing once in season 1! What does that conclude? That she is quite a known figure in the DC TV series world. And even in the comics books too - but that’s really only Iris West and not Candice Patton. Who didn’t appear in any DC movies.
Candice Patton’s Future in the DC World
As said before, Candice Patton has been with us in the DC world since 2014, which has been almost ten years. Now we haven’t seen her for some months, what does this mean? Will she appear again, or was that it? Well, there is a big change we will not see her as Iris West again. Patton has already made comments about wanting to leave The Flash cast for a handful of seasons now. That combined with the fact that The Flash show has now (most likely) ended, means that we might not see Iris West return to the big screen - especially not being played by Candice Patton. There is always, however, a small change that we might see her make a cameo appearance in the other shows. But the changes are slim. So instead, it is hoping that she will be taking on another big project where we can see her in shine!
But who is Candice Patton?
Ever since she was young, Patton wanted to be an actress. Thus, she started taking classes and eventually became an actress.
Candice Patton’s Work Life
Because of wanting to become an actress from such a young age, Patton never really took on any other jobs. In fact, she has even been nominated for twelve awards and won one - the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television in 2017. Which is quite impressive, honestly. I mean, have you ever won an award? I haven’t!
Other Acting Jobs
Besides having acted in multiple DC TV-shows (with The Flash being the main one), Patton has acted in several other projects. Including Grey’s Anatomy (most likely the best-known one), The Guest, and Commander And Chief. Have you ever seen her in any of these?