<P> Sara Lance first appears in the pilot episode of Arrow as the younger sister of Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy), the future Black Canary . It's shown that five years prior to the beginning of the series, she was having an affair behind her sister's back with Oliver (Stephen Amell) and was with him on his family yacht when it shipwrecked and was presumed dead . Flashbacks in season two would reveal that she actually survived the experience and was rescued by a research boat, the Amazo . When Oliver was captured by the Amazo's crew, Sara helped him escape . Eventually, along with Oliver's friend Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett), they attacked the ship . When Slade betrayed them and took over both the ship and Oliver as his prisoner, Oliver and Sara confronted him on the freighter; Sara was swept away, with Oliver believed her dead once more . In fact, Sara was found by Nyssa al Ghul (Katrina Law) who took her to Nanda Parbat . She and Nyssa became lovers, and Sara became a deadly fighter with the League of Assassins under the name Ta - er al - Sahfer, which means "Yellow Bird" or "Canary". </P> <P> In season two, Sara returns to Starling City after six years' absence as "The Canary". After having saved Oliver twice, Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) realizes that the female vigilante was actually protecting Laurel and not him . Setting a trap, he manages to capture and unmask her, and Sara reveals that she's alive to her father, SCPD Detective Quentin Lance . Some time later, Sara joins Team Arrow and revisits a brief relationship with Oliver . She aids him and his colleagues Diggle (David Ramsey) and Roy Harper (Colton Haynes) in taking down a drug - enhanced Slade Wilson, with help from the League of Assassins, which requires Sara to return to Nanda Parbat . In Arrow's third season, Sara is killed while on a rooftop by being shot three times with arrows on the chest . Some time later, it was revealed that Thea (Willa Holland) killed Sara after being drugged by her father Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman) as part of a plot to pit Oliver against Ra's al Ghul (Matt Nable). Meanwhile, Laurel takes up Sara's mantle to fight crime as the Black Canary . In season four, Laurel and Thea decide to resurrect her using League's mystical Lazarus Pit . The process is successful, but Sara is brought back to life without a soul, making her feral and dangerous . Oliver calls his old friend John Constantine (Matt Ryan) to assist them in restoring Sara's soul . Days later, Sara aids in rescuing Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh) from the hands of Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough), before leaving town to find herself . </P> <P> Sara's appearances in Arrow season four lead into the pilot of the spin - off series DC's Legends of Tomorrow, in which Sara is recruited by Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) to a time travelling assault team to take down the immortal villain Vandal Savage (Casper Crump). Before she departs, Laurel gives Sara the White Canary outfit to signify her new start . Over the course of Legends season one, Sara sets in motion the events that will lead to her own rescue by Nyssa; romances many women throughout history; and develops a flirtatious relationship with Leonard Snart (Wentworth Miller). When she returns to her home time, she is devastated to learn that Laurel has died . In season two of Legends, Sara becomes captain of the Waverider following Rip's disappearance and leader of the Legends . She mercilessly hunts her sister's killer, Damien Darhk, throughout history, before accepting she cannot bring Laurel back . In the Invasion! crossover event, Sara returns to 2016 to support Oliver and the Flash (Grant Gustin) in repelling the Dominators' alien invasion, and meets the Kryptonian hero Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) from the parallel universe of Earth - 38, who Sara develops a crush on . In the Legends season finale, Sara is forced to use the godlike Spear of Destiny to save reality from the Legion of Doom . While tempted to rewrite her own tragic history, the Spear briefly reunites Sara with Laurel in the afterlife, who encourages her to do what's right and makes peace with her death; she chooses to render the Spear itself inert, foiling the evil plans of Eobard Thawne (Matt Letscher) and allowing him to be killed by the Black Flash, who has been hunting him all season . </P> <P> Jacqueline MacInnes Wood was cast as Sara Lance in March 2012 . Caity Lotz was announced to be playing Arrow's version of Black Canary during July 2013 . During the same month it was revealed that her character is Sara, who had survived the Queen's Gambit shipwreck . </P>

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