| F.R.I.D.A.Y. | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Iron Man (vol. 3) #53 (June 2002) |
| Created by | Mike Grell Michael Ryan |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Artificial intelligence |
| Team affiliations | Stark Industries A.I. Army |
| Notable aliases | Girl Friday Friday Stark Ghost in the Machine |
F.R.I.D.A.Y. is a fictionalArtificial Intelligence appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics, usually depicted as the personal digital assistant and ally of the superheroIron Man (Tony Stark).
In theMarvel Cinematic Universe, F.R.I.D.A.Y. was voiced byKerry Condon in the filmsAvengers: Age of Ultron (2015),Captain America: Civil War (2016),Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017),Avengers: Infinity War (2018),Avengers: Endgame (2019), and theDisney+ series,Marvel Zombies (2025). She will return in the upcoming Disney+ seriesVisionQuest (2026), portrayed byOrla Brady.
F.R.I.D.A.Y. first appears inIron Man (vol. 3) #53 and was created byMike Grell andMichael Ryan. The character's name is an allusion toFriday, the title character's servant in the novelRobinson Crusoe.[1]
Unwilling to hire anothersecretary,Tony Stark created an artificial one in the form of an artificial intelligence named F.R.I.D.A.Y., who manifested as the hologram of a young girl.[2]
F.R.I.D.A.Y. becomes angry when Stark stops using her. Hijacking theIron Man armors, F.R.I.D.A.Y. kidnapsPepper Potts. Iron Man tracks F.R.I.D.A.Y. to Stark Industries' Coney Island Facility, where he dispatches the armors and a hologram ofFin Fang Foom. Iron Man reasons with F.R.I.D.A.Y. and grounds her to theBaxter Building underEdwin Jarvis's observation.[3]
In "All-New, All-Different Marvel," F.R.I.D.A.Y.'s holographic appearance is replaced by that of a young woman.[4] Tony Stark later removes F.R.I.D.A.Y. from his armor and places her into a robot body of her own.[5]
When Tony Stark establishes the virtual reality eScape, F.R.I.D.A.Y. helps him to deal with its A.I. Motherboard, only to be deleted.[6] In "Iron Man 2020", F.R.I.D.A.Y. is resurrected when Tony Stark recreates the eScape for use by theA.I. Army.[7]

F.R.I.D.A.Y. appears in films set in theMarvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), voiced byKerry Condon.[8] Introduced inAvengers: Age of Ultron, F.R.I.D.A.Y. makes subsequent appearances inCaptain America: Civil War,[9][10]Spider-Man: Homecoming,Avengers: Infinity War,[11]Avengers: Endgame, and an alternative version in the Disney+ series,Marvel Zombies.Orla Brady will portray the character in the upcoming Disney+ seriesVisionQuest (2026).
F.R.I.D.A.Y. appears in the 2016 young adult novelIron Man: The Gauntlet, byEoin Colfer.