Though Kara will need to find a way to manage her newfound empowerment with her very human relationships, her heart soars as she takes to the skies as Supergirl to fight crime. However, Kara’s days of keeping her talents a secret are over when Hank Henshaw, head of a super-secret agency where her sister also works, enlists her to help them protect the citizens of National City from sinister threats. Protected and raised on Earth by her foster family, the Danvers, Kara grew up in the shadow of her foster sister, Alex, and learned to conceal the phenomenal powers she shares with her famous cousin in order to keep her identity a secret. Twelve-year-old Kara Zor-El escaped the doomed planet Krypton with her parents’ help at the same time as her cousin. Supergirl is about Superman’s cousin who, after 12 years of keeping her powers a secret on Earth, decides to finally embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be. Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, cousin of Superman, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 12 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until she has to reveal them during an unexpected disaster, setting her on her journey of heroism. StarGirl 1x11 Season 1 Episode 11 StarGirl 1x12 StarGirl S01E11 Preview Shining Knight Courtney's life gets turned upside down when someone from her past arr. Also, Cat pressures James to use his connection to Superman to get her an interview with Supergirl. Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. When Kara’s attempts to help National City don’t go according to plan, she must put aside the doubts that she and the city’s media has about her abilities in order to capture an escapee from the Kryptonian prison, Fort Rozz.