'Batwoman' Season 2: Why Ruby Rose Was Replaced By Javicia Leslie On 1/17/21 at 1:00 PM EST Batwoman returns to The CW for its second season on Sunday, January 17, but the DC show will look a little different for its sophomore set of episodes. Ruby Rose led the cast of the first season, but taking her place for Season 2 is Javicia Leslie. Leslie will not be playing Kate Kane, the character played by Rose in the first season, but a new role called Ryan Wilder described in a leaked casting notice as, "A girl who would steal milk for an alley cat could also kill you with her bare hands, Ryan is the most dangerous type of fighter: highly skilled and wildly undisciplined. An out lesbian. Athletic. Raw. Passionate. Fallible. And very much not your stereotypical All-American hero."