After years of dark speculation surrounding her fate, the character of Ophelia Frump finally has a face: French actor Eva Green (known for Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children and Dark Shadows) has officially joined the upcoming third season of the hit series Wednesday. Green will play the allegedly missing sister of Morticia Addams (played by Catherine Zeta-Jones), whom Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) and Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez) have always referred to as Aunt Ophelia. This casting also reunites Green with her longtime collaborator, director Tim Burton.
Creators, showrunners, and writers Al Gough and Miles Millar spoke exclusively to Tudum about the major casting choice. “Eva Green has always brought an exhilarating, singular presence to the screen — elegant, haunting, and beautifully unpredictable,” they stated. “Those qualities make her the perfect choice for Aunt Ophelia. We’re excited to see how she transforms the role and expands Wednesday’s world.”
Eva Green expressed her excitement in her own statement to Tudum, confirming her anticipation for the new role: “I’m thrilled to join the woefully twisted world of Wednesday as Aunt Ophelia. This show is such a deliciously dark and witty world, I can’t wait to bring my own touch of cuckoo-ness to the Addams family.”
The presence of Aunt Ophelia has long loomed over the series. Though she was only seen from behind in the final episode of Season 2 — wearing a flower crown and scribbling “Wednesday must die” on a wall — her story was a driving force. Throughout the second season, Morticia described her sister as missing after she tragically lost control of her powers as a Raven. This dark history served as a disturbing parallel to Wednesday’s own struggles with the loss of her psychic abilities, which famously resulted in black tears streaming from her eyeballs.
The mystery deepened in the Season 2 finale when Morticia hands Wednesday Ophelia’s old journal. This act instantly reignites Wednesday’s dormant powers, leading to a dreadful vision: Ophelia is seen locked away in a dungeon-like room in Grandmama Hester’s (Joanna Lumley) mansion. This cliff-hanger raises a host of new, pressing questions for Season 3.
Discussing the season-ending twist, co-creator Miles Millar told Tudum: “Ophelia has been gone a long time. It’s left a hole in Morticia’s life and a lot of unanswered questions. The reemergence of Ophelia is going to hit this family like a bomb.” Al Gough elaborated on the creative choice, explaining, “It was always the plan to give viewers a glimpse of her at the end of the season in a way that they weren’t expecting, and then that’s a driver into Season 3.”
The show heads into its third season with massive momentum. Wednesday Season 2, which debuted earlier in 2025, quickly became the No. 4 most-watched English-language series of all time on Netflix, building on the success of Season 1, which still holds the record as the No. 1 most-watched series.
The confirmed returning cast members include Jenna Ortega (Wednesday Addams), Emma Myers (Enid Sinclair), Hunter Doohan (Tyler Galpin), Joy Sunday (Bianca Barclay), Moosa Mostafa (Eugene Ottinger), Georgie Farmer (Ajax Petropolus), Isaac Ordonez (Pugsley Addams), Billie Piper (Isadora Capri), Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo (Sheriff Ritchie Santiago), Victor Dorobantu (Thing), Evie Templeton (Agnes DeMille), Luis Guzmán (Gomez Addams), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Morticia Addams), Joanna Lumley (Grandmama Hester Frump), and Fred Armisen (Uncle Fester).
This portentous tease will have to haunt fans’ thoughts until more details about the production and additional cast for Wednesday Season 3 are released.
