The Handmaid's Tale(2017)
Overview
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. A TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel.
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Top 10 Billed Cast
June Osborne / Offred / Ofjoseph
Serena Joy Waterford
Aunt Lydia / Miss Clements
Janine Lindo / Ofwarren / Ofdaniel / Ofhoward
Nick Blaine
Lucas 'Luke' Bankole
Moira Strand
Rita Blue
Mark Tuello
Commander Joseph Lawrence
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