Indira Varma has joined the cast of the HBO Max and Legendary Television Dune prequel series focusing on the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood.

According to Deadline, she will play Empress Natalya, described to the site as “a formidable royal who united thousands of worlds in her marriage to Emperor Corrino”. Emily Watson and Shirley Henderson are also in the series set 10,000 years before the time of Paul Atreides (i.e. the movies). Diane Ademu-John is creator, writer, co-showrunner and executive producer with Alison Schapker as co-showrunner and executive producer.

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