Irene Adler, known simply as "the woman", is the only woman ever to have bested who, in a battle of wits?
Irene Adler Moriarty's prisoner in a dilapidated house. After rescuing Irene, Holmes is confronted with a final plot twist in "The Woman" and "Heroine": Irene Adler is his nemesis, Jamie Moriarty (gender-swapped from her literary counterpart). Moriarty created the Irene identity to seduce Holmes, and subsequently faked her own death to distract him from possibly uncovering her criminal activities. Natalie Dormer played Adler/Moriarty in the final three episodes of the season. In the 2013 Russian drama "Sherlock Holmes", Irene Adler takes a major role in the series and is portrayed by Lyanka Gryu. In the 2014 Japanese puppetry television show, "Sherlock Holmes",
Have You Ever Loved a Woman Have You Ever Loved a Woman "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" is a blues song written by Billy Myles and first recorded by American blues artist Freddie King in 1961. The song is performed as a slow blues with King's vocal and guitar accompanied by a small combo of pianist Sonny Thompson, bassist Bill Willis, and drummer Phillip Paul. When it was released by Federal Records in 1961, only the B-side to King's single, "You've Got to Love Her with a Feeling" reached the "Billboard" Hot 100 pop chart. The song was included on King's first album, "Freddy King