# List of Wednesday characters
**Wednesday** is a Netflix television series based on characters created by cartoonist [Charles Addams](https://www.edgepedia.org/charles-addams), developed by showrunners [Alfred Gough](https://www.edgepedia.org/alfred-gough) and Miles Millar, with [Tim Burton](https://www.edgepedia.org/tim-burton) directing the first four of Season 1's eight episodes[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/news/features/wednesdays-dark-matters). It places Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) at the center of a teen coming-of-age murder mystery set at Nevermore Academy in Jericho, Vermont[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/news/features/wednesdays-dark-matters). This list covers the principal characters of the first two seasons and the newcomers announced for the third, with the actors who play them.
| Character | Actor | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday Addams | Jenna Ortega | The titular student of Nevermore Academy, a psychic with a talent for investigation[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/news/features/wednesdays-dark-matters) |
| Morticia Addams | Catherine Zeta-Jones | Wednesday's mother[2](https://au.variety.com/2026/tv/global/wednesday-season-3-jenna-ortega-netflix-production-wrap-40864/) |
| Gomez Addams | Luis Guzmán | Wednesday's father[2](https://au.variety.com/2026/tv/global/wednesday-season-3-jenna-ortega-netflix-production-wrap-40864/) |
| Enid Sinclair | Emma Myers | Wednesday's werewolf roommate and best friend, trapped in alpha werewolf form at the end of Season 2[2](https://au.variety.com/2026/tv/global/wednesday-season-3-jenna-ortega-netflix-production-wrap-40864/) |
| Tyler Galpin | Hunter Doohan | A Jericho "normie" revealed in Season 1 as the Hyde monster, controlled by Marilyn Thornhill[3](https://time.com/7307222/wednesday-season-2-what-to-remember/) |
| Thing | Victor Dorobantu | The disembodied hand, described as Wednesday's right-hand man[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/news/features/wednesdays-dark-matters) |
| Grandmama Hester Frump | Joanna Lumley | The Addams family matriarch, introduced in Season 2[3](https://time.com/7307222/wednesday-season-2-what-to-remember/) |
| Ophelia Frump | Eva Green | Morticia's sister and Wednesday's aunt, joining in Season 3[2](https://au.variety.com/2026/tv/global/wednesday-season-3-jenna-ortega-netflix-production-wrap-40864/) |
## The Addams family
**Wednesday Addams** is played by [Jenna Ortega](https://www.edgepedia.org/jenna-ortega), whose performance the Science Fiction Encyclopedia credits as the center of the show's appeal, influenced by [Christina Ricci](https://www.edgepedia.org/christina-ricci)'s version of the character in the 1990s films[4](https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wednesday). In the series she is identified as a writer throughout the arc, and her attempts to master her emerging psychic ability drive the central mysteries[5](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/wednesday-addams-takes-center-stage-in-new-netflix-live-action-series). Ortega also choreographed the character's Season 1 dance scene herself, drawing on [Siouxsie Sioux](https://www.edgepedia.org/siouxsie-sioux), archival footage of 1980s goth club dancing, and Lisa Loring, who played Wednesday in the 1960s television series[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/news/features/wednesdays-dark-matters).
**Morticia and Gomez Addams** are played by [Catherine Zeta-Jones](https://www.edgepedia.org/catherine-zeta-jones) and [Luis Guzmán](https://www.edgepedia.org/luis-guzman). Co-creator Miles Millar called Zeta-Jones "an iconic Morticia" and described the relationship between Wednesday and Morticia as essential to the show, with Wednesday trying to forge her own path outside the family[3](https://time.com/7307222/wednesday-season-2-what-to-remember/). **Pugsley Addams** is played by [Isaac Ordonez](https://www.edgepedia.org/isaac-ordonez), who was around 13 during Season 1 and 16 by the later seasons[6](https://www.cinemablend.com/streaming-news/wednesday-side-by-side-realize-how-much-changed-season-1-2). **Uncle Fester** is played by Fred Armisen; Season 2 ended with Wednesday setting off with Fester to rescue Enid[2](https://au.variety.com/2026/tv/global/wednesday-season-3-jenna-ortega-netflix-production-wrap-40864/).
**Thing**, the disembodied hand, is portrayed by Victor Dorobantu and recreated through visual effects supervised by Tom Turnbull[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/news/features/wednesdays-dark-matters). **Grandmama Hester Frump**, played by [Joanna Lumley](https://www.edgepedia.org/joanna-lumley), debuted in Season 2 as the fashionable family matriarch[7](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/wednesday-character-cast-guide). Season 3 introduces **Ophelia Frump**, Morticia's sister and Wednesday's aunt, played by [Eva Green](https://www.edgepedia.org/eva-green)[2](https://au.variety.com/2026/tv/global/wednesday-season-3-jenna-ortega-netflix-production-wrap-40864/).
## Nevermore Academy students
**Enid Sinclair**, Wednesday's roommate, is a werewolf played by [Emma Myers](https://www.edgepedia.org/emma-myers). At the end of Season 2 she embraced her alpha werewolf status to save Wednesday, leaving her unable to return to human form, and her rescue is the situation Wednesday and Fester set out to resolve[8](https://thedirect.com/article/wednesday-season-3-cast-members). Academic commentary has treated the pair's contrast as a deliberate binary opposition in the writing of the first season[9](https://ojs.unikom.ac.id/index.php/apollo-project/article/view/12268).
**Bianca Barclay** is a siren played by Joy Sunday, with a voice that can persuade anyone to do anything; in Season 2 she struggles to get her mother's life back on track[10](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2025/09/05/wednesday-season-2-on-netflix-the-young-addams-clinches-her-sophomore-year_6745077_30.html). Other [Nevermore](https://www.edgepedia.org/nevermore) students include **Eugene Ottinger** (Moosa Mostafa) and **Ajax Petropolus** (Georgie Farmer), both part of the returning cast[2](https://au.variety.com/2026/tv/global/wednesday-season-3-jenna-ortega-netflix-production-wrap-40864/). Season 2 also adds **Bruno**, a new werewolf pack member played by [Noah Taylor](https://www.edgepedia.org/noah-taylor), described by Netflix's character guide as the newest member of the pack and another addition in Season 2[7](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/wednesday-character-cast-guide).
## Jericho and the Season 1 mystery
**Tyler Galpin**, played by Hunter Doohan, is introduced as a supposedly ordinary, or "normie", local boy and Wednesday's romantic interest, the son of Jericho sheriff **Donovan Galpin** (Jamie McShane). Season 1 reveals Tyler as the Hyde, a monstrous killer whose strings were being pulled by **Marilyn Thornhill**, Wednesday's Nevermore dorm mom and botany teacher, played by Christina Ricci, who had played Wednesday in the 1991 film and its 1993 sequel[3](https://time.com/7307222/wednesday-season-2-what-to-remember/). The season finale ended with Wednesday saving Nevermore Academy from an undead pilgrim and having Tyler committed to an asylum with help from her outcast cohort[11](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/fantasy-shows/wednesday-season-2-part-1-review/).
Season 2 follows Tyler at **Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital**, where **Dr. Rachael Fairburn**, the chief psychiatrist, is played by [Thandiwe Newton](https://www.edgepedia.org/thandiwe-newton)[3](https://time.com/7307222/wednesday-season-2-what-to-remember/). The first six minutes of Season 2 feature Wednesday confronting a serial killer played by Haley Joel Osment[12](https://apnews.com/article/cee9987e94f6f53ade030f93e4bbcd62).
## Season 2 additions
**Principal Barry Dort**, Nevermore's new headmaster, is played by Steve Buscemi; a review noted the character has greedy intentions and starts low-stakes drama in the season's first half[11](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/fantasy-shows/wednesday-season-2-part-1-review/). **Isadora Capri**, a music teacher played by Billie Piper, is another newcomer who, according to one review, slots into the cast as if she had always been part of the world[13](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/netflix/wednesday-season-2-review-jenna-ortega-returns-to-netflix-to-lead-a-darker-more-twisted-chapter).
**Rosaline Rotwood**, a legendary Nevermore teacher who crosses paths with Wednesday, is played by Lady Gaga in Season 2, Part 2[3](https://time.com/7307222/wednesday-season-2-what-to-remember/). The season's cast also includes Christopher Lloyd, who played Fester in the 1990s films, along with Evie Templeton, Owen Painter, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Frances O'Connor, Joonas Suotamo, and Heather Matarazzo[14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkcokuXjSjM). One cast change went the other way: when Netflix announced the full Season 2 cast as production began in Ireland, Percy Hynes White was dropped from the series[15](https://au.variety.com/2024/tv/news/wednesday-season-2-full-cast-percy-hynes-white-13806/).
## Season 3 newcomers
Season 3, which began filming near Dublin, Ireland, in February 2026 and wrapped production on September 30, 2026, adds a large group of new performers[16](https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2026/0223/1560003-wednesday-season-3-starts-filming-in-ireland/). **Winona Ryder** plays a character named Tabitha, seemingly a new character for the franchise, reuniting with her Beetlejuice Beetlejuice co-star Ortega and director Burton[17](https://www.darkhorizons.com/winona-ryder-joins-wednesday-season-3/). **Chris Sarandon**, who voiced Jack Skellington in Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, plays a character named Balthazar[18](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/winona-ryder-eva-green-and-a-tim-burton-reunion-wednesday-season-3-just-announced-its-cast-10547994/lite/). **Oscar Morgan** plays Atticus and **Kennedy Moyer** plays Daisy[18](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/winona-ryder-eva-green-and-a-tim-burton-reunion-wednesday-season-3-just-announced-its-cast-10547994/lite/). Later announcements added **Lena Headey**, **Andrew McCarthy**, and **James Lance** to the cast[19](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/wednesday-season-3-release-date). The season was shot in Paris and Dublin, and the creators have said it will show more Addams family members and reveal more family secrets[2](https://au.variety.com/2026/tv/global/wednesday-season-3-jenna-ortega-netflix-production-wrap-40864/).
## References
1. [Wednesday's Dark Matters, Television Academy](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/news/features/wednesdays-dark-matters)
2. ['Wednesday' Season 3 Wraps Production, Variety](https://au.variety.com/2026/tv/global/wednesday-season-3-jenna-ortega-netflix-production-wrap-40864/)
3. [Everything You Need to Remember About Wednesday Before Season 2, Time](https://time.com/7307222/wednesday-season-2-what-to-remember/)
4. [Wednesday, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction](https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wednesday)
5. [Wednesday Addams Takes Center Stage in New Netflix Live-Action Series, About Netflix](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/wednesday-addams-takes-center-stage-in-new-netflix-live-action-series)
6. [This Wednesday Side-By-Side Makes Me Realize How Much Changed Between Season 1 And 2, CinemaBlend](https://www.cinemablend.com/streaming-news/wednesday-side-by-side-realize-how-much-changed-season-1-2)
7. [Wednesday Season 2 Cast: Complete Guide to Addams Family, New Characters, and More, Netflix Tudum](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/wednesday-character-cast-guide)
8. [Wednesday Season 3 Announces Its 16 Main Cast Members, The Direct](https://thedirect.com/article/wednesday-season-3-cast-members)
9. [Mental Binary Opposition of Wednesday and Enid in Wednesday Series, Apollo Project](https://ojs.unikom.ac.id/index.php/apollo-project/article/view/12268)
10. ['Wednesday' season 2 on Netflix: The young Addams clinches her sophomore year, Le Monde](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2025/09/05/wednesday-season-2-on-netflix-the-young-addams-clinches-her-sophomore-year_6745077_30.html)
11. [Wednesday season 2 part 1 review, GamesRadar+](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/fantasy-shows/wednesday-season-2-part-1-review/)
12. [Netflix reveals details about Lady Gaga on 'Wednesday' and more, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/cee9987e94f6f53ade030f93e4bbcd62)
13. ['Wednesday' season 2 review, Tom's Guide](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/netflix/wednesday-season-2-review-jenna-ortega-returns-to-netflix-to-lead-a-darker-more-twisted-chapter)
14. [Wednesday: Season 2 Cast Reveal, Netflix (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkcokuXjSjM)
15. ['Wednesday' Season 2 Announces Full Cast as Filming Kicks Off, Variety](https://au.variety.com/2024/tv/news/wednesday-season-2-full-cast-percy-hynes-white-13806/)
16. [Wednesday season 3 starts filming in Ireland, RTÉ](https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2026/0223/1560003-wednesday-season-3-starts-filming-in-ireland/)
17. [Winona Ryder Joins "Wednesday" Season 3, Dark Horizons](https://www.darkhorizons.com/winona-ryder-joins-wednesday-season-3/)
18. [Wednesday Season 3 Cast Update: Eva Green, Winona Ryder Onboard, The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/winona-ryder-eva-green-and-a-tim-burton-reunion-wednesday-season-3-just-announced-its-cast-10547994/lite/)
19. [Wednesday Season 3 Wraps Production With New Photo, Netflix Tudum](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/wednesday-season-3-release-date)
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