Princess Wensicia Corrino, portrayed by Susan Sarandon in the Children of Dune miniseries

Princess Wensicia Corrino is a fictional character from the Dune universe of Frank Herbert. She is portrayed by Susan Sarandon in the Sci-Fi Channel's Children of Dune. Sarandon in The Banger Sisters Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Children of Dune was the sequel to the 2000 Dune miniseries produced by the United States Sci Fi channel. ... The fictional Dune universe, or Duniverse is the political, scientific, and social setting of author Frank Herberts six-book Dune series of science-fiction novels. ... Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986) Frank Patrick Herbert (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American science fiction author. ... Sarandon in The Banger Sisters Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Children of Dune was the sequel to the 2000 Dune miniseries produced by the United States Sci Fi channel. ...

She is the third daughter of the Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV and Lady Anirul Sadow-Tonkin Corrino, and the second younger sister of Princess Irulan (her other sisters are Chalice, Josifa, and Rugi.) Unlike Irulan and their mother, Wensicia was not trained in the Bene Gesserit ways. She followed her father into exile on the planet Salusa Secundus when her family was stripped of its imperial powers. Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV, portrayed by José Ferrer in Dune (1984) The Padishah Emperor was the title of the hereditary rulers of the Padishah Empire in Frank Herberts fictional Dune universe. ... Shaddam Corrino IV, portrayed by Giancarlo Giannini in the Dune miniseries Shaddam Corrino IV is a fictional character in the science fiction novel Dune. ... In Frank Herberts Dune novels, Lady Anirul Sadow-Tonkin Corrino was a Bene Gesserit of hidden rank who was married to the 81st Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV. Lady Anirul is mostly remembered as the mother of Princess Irulan Corrino (Saint Irulan-The-Virgin) and the grandmother of Harq al... Princess Irulan Corrino, portrayed by Julie Cox in the Dune miniseries Princess Irulan Corrino is a character in Frank Herberts fictional Dune universe. ... The Bene Gesserit (as seen in the prologue of Dune) The Bene Gesserit (from Latin or Arabic: see the origin of the name) are a key social, religious and political force in Frank Herberts science fiction universe of Dune. ... Salusa Secundus is a fictional planet appearing in Frank Herberts Dune universe. ...

Her late husband, Count Dalak Kenola, is the father of their firstborn son, Crown Prince Farad'n Kenola-Corrino, who was born on Salusa Secundus in the year 10,200 B.G. or A.G. Unfortunately for Wensicia, her husband was killed suspiciously in an ornithopter accident in 10,204 A.G., and their son’s last name Kenola was changed to Corrino. Faradn Corrino is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ... Edward Frost of Cambridgeshire, England, constructed an ornithopter of willow, silk, and feathers in 1902 An ornithopter (from Greek ornithos bird and pteron wing) is an aircraft that flies by wing-flapping. ...

In the TV miniseries Children of Dune, Wensicia appears older than her eldest sister, Irulan. A miniseries (sometimes mini-series), in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ...

In the novel Children of Dune, Wensicia plots to restore House Corrino to its former glory and wrest control of the empire for her son. She attempts to assassinate Leto II and Ghanima by sending mechanically-controlled Laza tigers to hunt them in the desert, but her plan is foiled by Leto's growing prescience. Her son Farad'n has her exiled after forcing her to pass over the powers of House Corrino to him. Children of Dune Children of Dune is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, third in a series of six novels set in the Dune universe. ... Shaddam IV on the Golden Lion Throne Imperial House Corrino is a Great House and ruling family in the fictional Dune universe of Frank Herbert. ... Leto Atreides II, portrayed by James McAvoy in the Children of Dune miniseries Leto Atreides II is a fictional character in the Dune universe, created by Frank Herbert. ... Ghanima (meaning spoil of war in the Fremen language) is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ... Prescience is the ability to predict the future through vision. ... Shaddam IV on the Golden Lion Throne Imperial House Corrino is a Great House and ruling family in the fictional Dune universe of Frank Herbert. ...

In the Children of Dune miniseries, Wensicia is given a much larger role than in the novel. In addition to attempting to kill Paul's children, she attempts to kill Paul himself by conspiring with the Tleilaxu to create a ghola of Duncan Idaho programmed to assassinate Paul under the right circumstances (these events actually occurred in Dune Messiah) Wensicia also conspires with the Spacing Guild to capture a worm from Arrakis and transport it to Salusa Secundus in an attempt to break the House Atreides' monopoly on the spice melange. She agrees to give Lady Jessica and Duncan Idaho sanctuary from her daughter Alia on Salusa Secundus in exchange for Bene Gesserit training for Farad'n and a marriage alliance between him and Ghanima. A Ghola is a creature in the fictional Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ... Duncan Idaho is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ... Dune Messiah Dune Messiah is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, the second in a series of six novels. ... The Spacing Guild is a fictional organization in Frank Herberts Dune universe created in a series of science fiction novels starting in Dune and ending with Chapterhouse Dune. ... Arrakis, (derived from the Arabic name ar-rāqiṣ, the dancer, originally a star-name for Mu Draconis) later Rakis (known colloquially as Dune) is a fictional desert planet featured in the Dune novels by Frank Herbert, where it is the home of the Fremen (Zensunni wanderers) and later, the... House Atreides is a fictional noble family from Frank Herberts Dune novels. ... Look up Melange in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Lady Jessica Atreides, portrayed by Saskia Reeves in the Dune miniseries Jessica Atreides is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ... Alia Atreides, portayed by Daniela Amavia in the Children of Dune miniseries. ... Ghanima (meaning spoil of war in the Fremen language) is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ...