Maria Latore: Difference between revisions

|games = [[Grand Theft Auto III]]<br>[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]<br>[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]

|aka = Maria<br>Maria La Torra<br>Maria Leone

|pob = [[San Andreas]]

|dod = Possibly [[2001]]

|home = [[Las Venturas]], [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]]<br>[[Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club]], [[Saint Mark's]], [[Portland]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]<br>[[Maria Latore's Apartment|Maria's Apartment]], Saint Mark's, Portland, Liberty City

|nationality = [[United States|American]]

|family = [[Salvatore Leone]] <small>(husband)</small><br>[[Joey Leone]] <small>(step son)</small><br> [[Claude]] <small>(boyfriend)</small>

|affiliations = [[Salvatore Leone]]<br>[[Joey Leone]]<br>[[Leone Family]]<br>[[Toni Cipriani]]<br>[[Cedric Fotheringay]]<br>[[Asuka Kasen]]<br>[[Yakuza]]<br>[[Chico]]<br>[[Claude]]

|businesses = Robbery

|voice = [[Debi Mazar]] <small>(GTA III & GTA San Andreas)</small><br>[[Fiona Gallagher]] <small>(GTA Liberty City Stories)</small>

'''Maria Latore''' (also credited as '''Maria La Torra''') is a character in the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series who appears as a character in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] (set in [[2001]]), [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] (set in [[1992]]) and [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] (set in [[1998]]). She is the wife of [[Leone Family]] [[Gang Leaders|Don]] [[Salvatore Leone]] and step mother to his son, [[Joey Leone|Joey]]. She is voiced in GTA III and GTA San Andreas by [[Debi Mazar]], who has also appeared in shows such as ''Entourage'' and ''Civil Wars'', whilst in GTA Liberty City Stories she was voiced by [[Fiona Gallagher]].

[[File:MariaLaTorra-GTASA.jpg|left|thumb|160px|Maria as a waitress at [[Caligula's Palace]], [[Las Venturas]].]]

Maria Latore was born in an unknown location, quite possibly in [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]], and later moved to [[Las Venturas]] and became a waitress at the [[Sindacco Family]] run [[Caligula's Palace]] casino. Later, after the [[Leone Family|Leone]] and [[Forelli Family|Forelli]] families invest money into the casino, she meets and begins a relationship with Leone [[Gang Leaders|Don]] [[Salvatore Leone]]. At some point between [[1992]] and [[1998]] she marries Salvatore and moves into his [[Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club|home]] in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]], before moving out into her own [[Maria Latore's Apartment|apartment]] in the same [[Saint Mark's|district]].

In 1998, Maria and Salvatore's marriage is at rock bottom with the two not getting along and living separately, whilst Maria has become addicted to drugs. She has also begun to cheat on Salvatore, including with [[Liberty City Bikers|Biker]] leader [[Cedric Fotheringay|Cedric "Wayne" Fotheringay]], something that Salvatore is well aware of and often uses in arguments. She attempts to sell Leone Family secrets to [[Ned Burner]] through e-mails, although the two never reach an agreement on a price. [[Toni Cipriani]] is assigned to chaperone her, often [[Taken For A Ride|resulting in Toni rescuing her from trouble]], including: helping her after she [[Shop 'Til You Strop|robs some stores]], 'winning' her in a [[Booby Prize|street race]], [[Biker Heat|killing Fortheringay]] after he attacks her, and saving her life after she [[Overdose of Trouble|overdoses]]. She shows romantic feelings toward Toni, who constantly declines her requests, although it takes a realization that Toni has no money before she decides to stay with Salvatore: "I'm Salvatore's girl! He's loaded!"

In [[2001]] she remains married to Salvatore Leone and has seemingly moved back in with him, although their relationship is still at rock bottom, with Maria only remaining with Salvatore for his money. She is introduced to [[Claude]], who she calls "Fido", by Salvatore who asks him to [[Chaperone|chaperone her for an evening.]] Maria, who is still addicted to drugs, has Claude take her to drug dealer [[Chico]], who informs her of an illegal party at a warehouse in [[Atlantic Quays]]. Claude takes her to the party and successfully manages to return her to Salvatore's home after being chased by the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|Liberty City Police Department]]. Maria later tells Salvatore that she and Claude have entered into a relationship, resulting in Salvatore attempting to [[Last Requests|kill]] Claude with a bomb-laden [[Cheetah]]. Maria, however, pages Claude and has him meet her at a small dock in [[Callahan Point]]. She introduces Claude to her old friend [[Asuka Kasen]] and the three flee to [[Staunton Island]].

Asuka later hires Claude to [[Sayonara Salvatore|kill Salvatore, resulting in Maria becoming a widow]]. Maria and Asuka engage in various activities such as going on a holiday to avoid a [[Paparazzi Purge|paparazzi]] and [[Two-Faced Tanner|shopping]]. Maria and Asuka eventually torture [[Miguel]] together to extract information about the [[Colombian Cartel|Colombian Cartels]] operations. [[Catalina]], however, kills Asuka and Miguel, kidnapping Maria and taking her to [[Shoreside Vale]], demanding Claude pay a [[Money|$]]500,000 [[Ransom (GTA III)|ransom]]. Claude pays the ransom at the [[Cartel Mansion|Cartels headquarters]] but is ambushed by the Cartel. Claude kills the Cartel members and follows Catalina to [[Cochrane Dam]], destroying her [[Helicopter (GTA III)|helicopter]] with a [[Rocket Launcher|rocket launcher]] and rescuing Maria. The two begin to walk away from the scene with Maria talking continuously as the screen fades to black, at which point a gunshot is heard.