April Dancer is an agent with U.N.C.L.E.
April Dancer is a medium height saucy brunette with the appealing figure of 34-22-34. She is 24 years of age at the start of her time with U.N.C.L.E. having just graduated from Radcliffe. Whether she entertained the thought of a life as a field agent for a clandestine organization is not known but her aptitude in the myriad skills such an operative would need lends credibility to the idea that if she had not aimed for it, she still fit in perfectly.
The child of parents who "served in the government" (exact meaning unknown), Dancer went with them on their many and varied postings around the world. She literally grew up a child of international scene. Her intimate knowledge of a large number of varied languages vouches for this and shows that she learned to quickly absorb the dialects of any area she and her family landed. This lack of any sheltered life works greatly to her advantage as she feels comfortable in virtually any region she lands be it the fancy shops of London and Paris or the back street bazaars of the Middle East.
Dancer is a gifted athlete as well. She owns a black belt in judo and is close to earning one in karate. Her skills with a gun are almost legendary in the U.N.C.L.E. Academy where her marks put her near the top. She can field strip a hand gun or a rifle in the dark and put it back together without hesitation and she has shown on more than one occasion that if pressed, she can shot to kill. Despite the skills, though, she retains a distaste for taking a life and does so only when forced. In addition to the standard weaponry fare, Dancer is 'armed' with trick apparel, including a bra which unravels into a thin but strong climbing wire.
A love of racing is also in her blood and she has competed, unofficially, against some of the best drivers in the world. This is useful when she has to contend with traffic in places where the rules are only suggestions. She also is qualified to pilot a variety of aircraft and does so for relaxation.
When Dancer was first out from the Academy, she was paired with a retired agent brought back to teach her the real world ropes. After a short time, he gave his nod of approval and withdrew, being replaced by a much younger agent named Mark Slate, a dashing, hip British agent imported to the New York office from London just to be paired with Dancer. The two hit it off perfectly from the beginning and though many thought the two might become romantically attached, they instead became like a family.
Dancer is most interesting because she is a talented and dedicated agent who has nothing to prove to anyone, an agent who knows she is good and still getting better.
Note: April Dancer's adventures did not exactly make it to France. When her televised missions were screened there in 1969, it was titled Annie, agent très spécial, which translates loosely as 'Special Agent Annie'. Her name then became Annie Dancer.