Inside Joanna Lumley's Wednesday season 2 role as Jenna Ortega link revealed
WARNING: This article contains spoilers from Wednesday season 2.
The second series of Netflix 's horror comedy-drama Wednesday is set to welcome British icon Joanna Lumley to its cast, sparking intrigue among fans about her role in the show.
Lumley, best known for her outrageous portrayal of Patsy Stone in the 90s sitcom Absolutely Fabulous alongside Jennifer Saunders, has since been involved in a variety of major projects.
The former model, author and activist has featured in a number of successful films such as Paddington 2 and The Wolf of Wall Street, as well as popular UK series like Fool Me Once and Amandaland.
Her next television appearance will be in the Addams Family spin-off, Wednesday, which returns for its second series on Netflix on Wednesday, August 6.
Ahead of the show's return, Netflix has hinted at how the unforgettable 79 year old will make her mark in the series.
Lumley will join the cast as none other than Wednesday Addams' (played by Jenna Ortega) Grandma Hester Frump.
She is described as Morticia Addams' (Catherine Zeta-Jones) "formidable mother and the fabulously wealthy mogul behind Frump Mortuaries", one of the most successful outcast-owned companies in America.
With this teaser in mind, it's speculated that Morticia will be clashing with her mother in the upcoming series.
Netflix further describes Grandma Hester as being "immaculately coiffed, emotionally cold, and armed with a razor-sharp tongue.
"Hester is calculated in everything she does, from running her empire to managing her family's legacy."
A first glimpse of Lumley's Wednesday transformation has been unveiled ahead of the second series launch, and she appears as striking as ever sporting a gothic fitted black gown and theatrical upswept hairstyle.
She won't be the sole new addition when the sophomore season kicks off, as Lumley will be accompanied by Thandiwe Newton portraying psychiatrist Dr Rachael Fairburn, Steve Buscemi as Principal Dort and Billie Piper taking on the role of music instructor Isadora Capri.
What's particularly thrilling is that pop icon Lady Gaga is also expected to feature in Wednesday as an educator named Rosaline Rotwood, though no preview shots of the superstar have emerged as of yet.
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