'The Handmaid's Tale': A look at the evolution of Alexis Bledel as Emily
'The Handmaid's Tale' season 3 has us pumped for an all-new season that will mark the beginning of a revolution. We can expect a lot more scheming from the Waterfords, who Offred (Elisabeth Moss) serves. There is also a lot more action that we will see as the Handmaids unite under Offred's leadership. As she said in the trailer, they (Gilead) cannot expect to give the Handmaids a uniform and not become an army wearing it. While we wait for the season to premiere on June 5, here's a look at one of the most interesting Handmaids to serve on the show - Emily aka Ofglen, Ofsteven, Ofjoseph. That's right! She has served three masters before she made an escape in the last episode of season 2.
Emily, portrayed by Alexis Bledel, in the free world was married to another woman and the two even had a child together. She was also a professor of cellular biology at a university before Gilead took over. Her life changes overnight, and in Gilead, homosexuality is a punishable offense that would lead to death. Emily, however, is retained and becomes a handmaid because of her fertility. She is also one of the few handmaids to have rebelled since the beginning, unlike many others who put up with the new world and its rules including Offred. She is the one to even introduce Offred to the resistance movement 'MayDay' against the government which Offred initially refuses to join.