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Overview. Main characters. June Osborne. Commander Fred Waterford. Serena Joy Waterford. Emily Malek. Janine Lindo. Aunt Lydia. Luke Bankole. Nick Blaine. Moira Strand. Rita Blue. Commander Joseph Lawrence. Mark Tuello. Recurring characters. Introduced in season 1. Introduced in season 2. Introduced in season 3. Introduced in season 4.
- June Osborne
- Serena Joy Waterford
- Commander Fred Waterford
- Aunt Lydia
- Janine Lindo
- Nick Blaine
- Moira Strand
- Luke Bankole
- Rita Blue
- Commander Joseph Lawrence
After taking viewers by storm as Peggy Olson in AMC's Mad Men, Moss was cast as the lead inThe Handmaid's Tale. Formerly an editor at a publishing company, June is separated from her husband and daughter trying to cross the border into Canada, and sent to the Red Center to be trained as a Handmaid. When we catch up with her, she's in her second pos...
While in the book Serena was a former televangelist, in the show she is one of the main ideologues behind the movement that would give birth to Gilead. With such an important past, it's no wonder that Mrs. Waterford feels sometimes trapped in the country she helped build, subjected to laws that forbid her from having any political involvement or ev...
Previously known for his roles in Elizabethan period pieces like Shakespeare in Love and Elizabeth, Fiennes is responsible for bringing to life the most hateful of Handmaid's Tale's characters. A member of Gilead's high chain of command, Fred Waterford is the head of the household in which we first meet June. Apart from the ritual rape he subjects ...
Responsible for training future Handmaids, the Aunts are the most feared women of Gilead. The most important one in the show is definitely Aunt Lydia. A former elementary school teacher, Lydia is a devout, strict, and easy to anger woman who believes in Gilead's mission with her whole heart. Though she can sometimes be kind, at least as far as Aunt...
Aunt Lydia's pet, Janine is regarded as frail by the other Handmaids. Though she is aware of the violence they are all being subjected to, repeated instances of torture made her lose some of her touch with reality. Initially rebellious, Janine is punished with having her right eye removed at the Red Center. Subsequently, she's shamed for having bee...
The Waterfords' guardian is tasked by Serena with having sex with June. It was supposed to be a one-time thing, but the two fall in love and end up having a complicated relationship, since Nichole's biological father is secretly an Eye. Things only get more confusing after Nick is promoted to Commander. At first, Nick presents himself as a faithful...
Fresh off Orange is the New Black, Wiley landed the role of June's college friend who escapes from the Red Center and ends up being enslaved in a different manner at Jezebel's. In the brothel, she is reunited with June, and, after killing a Commander, she steals a car and escapes to Canada. Moira is found at a refugee camp by Luke, June's husband, ...
June's husband is the only member of the family that manages to get out of Gilead on his first try, leaving behind his wife and daughter. Once in Canada, he strives to rescue them through legal means, or at least to get information on their whereabouts. Luke was married to another woman when he first started going out with June, and the affair and ...
When we first meet Rita, she's working as a Martha, Gilead's caste of housekeepers, in the Waterfords' home. Though her position isn't as degrading as that of a Handmaid, she is also regarded as property by Gilead's laws. Little is known about her previous life apart from the fact that she had a son that died during the civil war that lead to the r...
Lawrence's first appearance is in Season 2, as Emily's new Commander. He's a strange man, who is difficult to understand and accumulates forbidden works of art in his household and seems to be less than pleased with the regime he helped create. His wife, Eleanor (Julie Dretzin), is a former art professor that suffers from untreated mental health is...
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Jul 24, 2022 · Published Jul 24, 2022. There's a lot to unpack about the main characters of The Handmaid's Tale, from protagonists to antagonists. Here's a guide to help understand them. MGM Television. The...
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Aug 22, 2022 · Before Gilead, the main characters in 'The Handmaid's Tale' all led very different lives. What are June, Serena, and the others' backstories?
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Apr 29, 2017 · Below is a breakdown of the main characters in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, and the purpose they serve. Offred (Elisabeth Moss) Literally meaning ‘Of Fred,’ Offred is handmaid to the Commander, Fred, and the main protagonist of the series.
The Handmaid's Tale is an American dystopian television series created by Bruce Miller, based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. The series was ordered by the streaming service Hulu as a straight-to-series order of 10 episodes, for which production began in late 2016.
Apr 28, 2023 · From Elisabeth Moss to Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid's Tale boasts a talented ensemble. But who else is in the cast and what character do they play?
