The Testaments Cast in Full: From The Handmaid's Tale Icons to Ginny & Georgia Star
The bleak, dystopian drama will return for a new chapter in Gilead, featuring many new and some familiar faces. The Testaments has a brand-new cast, and here's where you may have seen them before.
Premiere Details and Series Overview
Dystopian drama The Testaments will be hitting screens tomorrow, April 8, on Disney+ in the UK and Hulu in the USA. Audiences will receive the first three episodes from the 10-part season in one go, with the remaining instalments airing weekly on Wednesdays. The series takes place a mere four years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale series finale and the uprising in Massachusetts, following the young women of Gilead as they prepare to fulfil their duties as wives.
Meet the Cast of The Testaments
Aunt Lydia - Ann Dowd
Returning to her Emmy-winning role is Ann Dowd as Aunt Lydia in The Testaments after garnering critical acclaim in The Handmaid's Tale. Dowd has also appeared in HBO's hit series The Leftovers, Compliance, Philadelphia, Mass, Hereditary, and Garden State, among other roles.
Agnes - Chase Infiniti
Golden Globe and Bafta Rising Star nominee and star of One Battle After Another, Chase Infiniti leads and narrates as Agnes MacKenzie. Infiniti has been propelled into the spotlight thanks to the movie and previously featured in Presumed Innocent and is set to star in The Julia Set.
Daisy - Lucy Halliday
Scottish star Lucy Halliday is Canadian teenager and Pearl Girl Daisy, who forms a bond with Agnes. Halliday won acclaim for her turn in Blue Jean and is also starring in James MacAvoy's directorial debut Californian Schemin'.
Aunt Vidala - Mabel Li
Australian star Mabel Li is the strict Aunt Vidala and has appeared in New Gold Mountain, which won her critical acclaim.
Paula - Amy Seimetz
Taking on the role of Agnes' stepmother Paula is actress and director Amy Seimetz, who is known for AMC's The Killing and Family Tree.
Garth - Brad Alexander
Brad Alexander plays Garth and has appeared in Netflix's You and Lynley.
Shunamite - Rowan Blanchard
Rowan Blanchard stars as Gilead princess Shunamite after starring in Snowpiercer and Girl Meets World.
Becka - Mattea Conforti
Mattea Conforti is Agnes' best friend Becka and counts credits in The Sopranos spin-off The Many Saints of Newark, NOS4A2, Power, and The Calling.
Aunt Gabbana - Zarrin Darnell-Martin
Zarrin Darnell-Martin is strict disciplinary Aunt Gabbana and has featured in Netflix's Ginny & Georgia, Spotlight, Snowbound for Christmas, and Memory of a Killer.
Aunt Estee - Eva Foote
Eva Foote stars as the sympathetic Aunt Estee after appearing in Murdoch Mysteries, Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy, Nikia, Sally. She will next be starring in The Miniature Wife with Matthew Macfadyen.
Huldah - Isolde Ardies
Isolde Ardies is Huldah, a Plum and a friend to Agnes at the academy. She has appeared in Netflix's Wayward, Murdoch Mysteries, and Ruby and the Wall.
Jehosheba - Shechinah Mpumlwana
Shechinah Mpumlwana is Plum girl Jehosheba and one of Agnes' classmates. The rising star has appeared in Rookie Blue, Blue's Clues & You, Creeped Out, Lyla in the Loop, and Dino Ranch.
Miriam - Birva Pandya
Canadian star Birva Pandya plays Agnes' fellow Plum Miriam after parts in Netflix's The Umbrella Academy, The Love Club, Transplant, and The Institute.
Rosa - Kira Guloien
Rosa is Agnes' kindly Martha, who works in her house, and is played by Canadian actress and musician Kira Guloien after starring in Lullaby, Robyn Hood, and Women Talking, among smaller roles in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, The Good Doctor, and Gen V.
The Testaments premieres on Hulu and Disney+ tomorrow, promising a gripping continuation of the dystopian saga with a talented ensemble cast.
