01-05-2025
The Testaments: Everything We Know About The Handmaid's Tale Sequel Series
You didn't think something as insignificant as a series finale could stop Aunt Lydia, did you?
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That's right: The Handmaid's Tale character best known for her liberal use of an electric cattle prod will live on in the Hulu drama's spinoff series, The Testaments. Now in production, The Testaments is set several years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale — which will stream its series finale this spring — and follows Ann Dowd's Lydia, as well as two young women with complicated, intertwining stories.
Read on for everything we know so far about what to expect from the upcoming series, then hit the comments: Are you planning to watch
Based on Margaret Atwood's 2019 novel, The Testaments is set in Gilead 15 years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale. Aunt Lydia is a central character, as are two young women named Daisy and Agnes.
Per the official synopsis: 'For these young women, growing up in Gilead is all they have ever known, having no tangible memories of the outside world prior to their indoctrination into this life… Facing the prospect of being married off and living a life of servitude, they will be forced to search for allies, both new and old, to help in their fight for freedom and the life they deserve.'
As of now, the only Handmaid's Tale cast member in the Testaments cast is Ann Dowd, who will reprise her Handmaid's role of Aunt Lydia in the spinoff. We'll make sure to update this post with any others as they are announced.
Dowd will be joined by Chase Infiniti (Presumed Innocent), who will play Agnes; newcomer Lucy Halliday, who will play Daisy; Rowan Blanchard (Girl Meets World), who will play Shunammite; and Mattea Conforti (Power), who will play Becka.
Additional cast members include: Mabel Li as Aunt Vidala, a stern disciplinarian and the heir-apparent to the women's sphere of Gilead; Amy Seimetz as Paula, whose recent marriage to a high-ranking Commander has raised her social status but given her a stepdaughter who complicates things; Brad Alexander as Garth, a young Commander, who becomes involved in the personal lives of the girls he's sworn to protect; Zarrin Darnell-Martin as Aunt Gabbana, a firm proponent of Gilead values and right hand to Aunt Vidala who is a strict and uncompromising educator; Eva Foote as Aunt Estee, the youngest Aunt, whose energy and kindness earn her 'cool Aunt' status amongst her students; Isolde Ardies as Hulda, a guileless girl, full of excitement at the prospect of womanhood, whose optimism earns her loyal friends; Shechinah Mpumlwana as Jehosheba, a competitive classmate from a respected family who is relentless in her pursuit of a high-status marriage; Birva Pandya as Miriam, a girl on the cusp of womanhood; and Kira Guloien as Rosa, a caring and dedicated Martha who is a maternal figure to Agnes and a much-needed source of love in an otherwise cold household.
We're betting that The Testaments will be crafted in such a way that you won't have to have watched all six seasons of The Handmaid's Tale in order to understand what's going on. (That said, it couldn't hurt?)
The Testaments' premiere date has not yet been announced. We'll update this post as soon as it is. The series started production in April 2025.
We don't know yet how many episodes The Testaments' first season will have. We'll update this post as soon as there's news.
The Testaments will stream on Hulu.
There is not yet a trailer for The Testaments. We'll update this post as soon as one is released.
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