Full name: Ginevra Winona Benci
Nickname: Ginny
Age: 14
Species: Human (formally), mutant turtle
Nationality: American
Personality: athletic, hardworking, strong-willed, caring, Independent, Leaderly, Stubborn, Strict, mature, honest, loyal, stern, dependable, helpful, kindhearted, determined, supportive trustful and judgement
Like: her family, being helpful, Leo and his brothers, cooking, making the right choices, taking action, looking after her team, her siblings, Leo keeping his promise, bacon pizza, acting like her own age, having fun, playing sports, coffee, being a good leader, teasing Leo, sci-fi movies, learning ninjutsu, beef and broccoli and supporting others
Dislike: feeling helpless, Leo showing off, being away from her family, bullies, The Foot, Judi eating unhealthy, making wrong choices, treated unfairly, giving up easily, Kairi getting Leo's attention, Leo getting pushed around, Vaccine shot, hornet, being homeless, laziness, peppers, horror movies and blood
Weapon: Single Blade Katana
Love Internet: Leonardo
Sexuality: Demisexual
Family: Camila Benci (mother, deceased), Thomas Benci (father, deceased), Sofia Benci (grandmother), Ethan Benci (older brother), Owen Benci (older brother), Grace Benci (younger sister) and Jacob Benci (younger brother)
Allies: Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, Michelangelo, Master Splinter, April O'Neil, Casey Jones, The Mighty Mutanimals, Primavera, Menina, Judith, Julian, Mona Lisa, Mondo Gecko, Baron Draxum, Sunita
Enemies: The Shredder and his Foot Clan, The Kraang, Karai (formally), The Purple Dragons, Eric Sack, Bebop and Rocksteady, Tiger Claw, Trierantons, Baxter Stockman, Hypno-Potamus, Meatsweat, Repo Mantis, Big Mama (briefly)
Backstories
2012
Her family was always struggling on money. She worked jobs in chemistry to support her family while both her and her old brother takes care of their young siblings. Her father died of a heart attack and her mother died from the pressure of not able to take care of all her children, putting them in care by their senile grandmother.
With their grandmother not capable to take care of them, Ginevra have to work hard for her family in the chemists. One day when she was working on her job, she was testing on the mutagen her co-worker found. Then her work exploded, causing a fire.
She was covered with the mutagen when the turtles arrived to rescued everyone from the fire and took Ginevra to their home for treatment of the mutagen. She discovered that she turned into a turtle and has began the new life she is given.
2018
Ginevra used to be in a very poor family, due to the health issues her father, Thomas is having. her mother have to work more than one job to support her, his father and her other four siblings. till one day, Thomas have died from a serious heart attack. without her husband to help her, she have killed herself to escape the pressure of not able to take care of them. Then Ginerva and her siblings are placed under the care of their grandmother who is senile.
When she turn ten, Ginevra along with her two older brother, Ethan and Owen, started taking part time jobs at a young age. but none would pay them enough as they hoped. Soon they took multiple jobs from fast food to taking full time, it wasn't enough, but it was enough to give them food and shelter. She would even do the cleaning, the cooking and looking after her other two younger siblings, Grave and Jacob, taking them to their school.
By time she turn thirteen and reach high school, she never have time to be with other students, having to go to her jobs after classes. so she never have the time to be a normal teenager and have friends. And she have lost severely jobs due to her young age, but she refuse to admit defend, wanting to give the life her family deserve.
Luckily, when she was fourteen, she landed a job on the new TCRI as the new chemist worker. But she was often treated unfair by her co-worker cause of her young age, even her own boss, Eric Sack. Yet she never let that made her quit, even after the harsh complains from them.
During the chemistry class field trip, she was telling the student how TCRI work by showing them a demonstration, using a small red belied side neck turtle as a test subject. After the demonstration was finished, she was heading to her next assignment when she have found two students alone and lost. she lead them back, just when they found another student alone and guide her back. but then the student have open the very door that have the mutagen in and a flood of mutagen hit them, turning them into turtles, even her to a red belied side neck. She and the others have been found by the turtles and taken to their new lair.
At first, she was horrified by the fact she is now a turtle and she might never go back to her family ever again in fear they will be scared of her new form. She been very depressed for weeks, refusing to leave her room for anything. Suddenly, Leonardo made her a promise that he will be sure her family know that she is fine, even when he sometimes get on her nerves and flirts with her. But she is relief that he will keep his promise to her. With a new motivation, she begin her training in becoming a kunoichi and taking the role of the girl's new leader.
Voice Actress:
Rebecca Shoichet (2012)
Zendaya (2018)
