Willie Scott is the nightclub singer in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
Willie appears at Club Obi Wan in Shanghai, where Indiana Jones is negotiating with crime boss Lao Che. She becomes involved in the escape that sends Indiana, Willie, and Short Round out of China and toward India. Kate Capshaw played the character in the 1984 film.
Willie is written as a performer accustomed to glamorous nightlife rather than archaeological danger. Her reactions provide comic contrast with Indiana’s confidence and Short Round’s resourcefulness. She also becomes part of the film’s central rescue story after the travelers reach Pankot Palace.
Viewers sometimes confuse Willie with Marion Ravenwood, Indiana’s former partner in Raiders of the Lost Ark, or Elsa Schneider, the archaeologist connected with The Last Crusade. They are separate characters played by different actors. Willie Scott is specifically the singer from the second released Indiana Jones film.