Clea Strange (/ˈkliːə/) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, Clea first appeared in the Doctor Strange feature in Strange Tales #126 (November 1964). She is a sorceress, the disciple, lover, and eventual wife of Doctor Stephen Strange, and his third successor as Sorcerer Supreme. Clea is a human-appearing being and maternally related to the other-dimensional Faltine race of energy beings. The daughter of Umar and niece of the demonic tyrant Dormammu, Clea has been, sporadically, ruler of the Dark Dimension, the mystical realm to which Dormammu had been banished and that he subsequently conquered. In 2022, she made her live-action debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, portrayed by Charlize Theron.