Ann Dowd on Saying Goodbye to Aunt Lydia on Handmaid’s Story & If She’ll Be Held Accountable (Unique)

The 69-year-old actress additionally revealed to TooFab solely what she is aware of in regards to the upcoming sequel The Testaments and what she took house from set.

Ann Dowd has stated goodbye to Aunt Lydia … for now at the very least.

Whereas strolling the crimson carpet at PaleyFest LA for a farewell salute to The Handmaid’s Story, the 69-year-old actress opened as much as TooFab solely about hanging up her cloak.

“Goodbye … goodbyes are very onerous, aren’t they? You are not simply saying goodbye to a personality that you’ve got recognized for six years. You are saying goodbye to forged members whom you have come to like so deeply,” she started.

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“So, it is a time for grieving, however an essential time as nicely. I believe the story has come to its rightful place, and the timing of it’s proper, and the writing of it’s stunning, and so it is time,” she stated of Season 6.

Dowd’s Aunt Lydia is savagely ferocious and feared by the handmaids, a stark distinction to Dowd herself, who referred to the character as a present in her profession.

“Are you able to think about the privilege of realizing a personality for six years and a personality so superbly written with such a rare forged. Are you able to think about the great fortune?” she informed TooFab.

As for if Aunt Lydia might be held accountable for her actions in direction of the handmaids and her function in Gilead within the finale season … nicely, here is what Dowd informed us.

“I do not know that I’d put it that method,” she defined. “I believe she has come to see her conduct and what she does with it. I can not inform you, as a result of that may spoil it, however I believe the viewers will achieve lots of data, and they are going to be glad for her story and the place her arc goes.”

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Whereas Dowd could also be saying goodbye to Aunt Lydia, we all know creator Margaret Atwood’s sequel — The Testaments — is nearing being a collection pickup at Hulu. The sequel will happen 15 years after the occasions of The Handmaid’s Story, led by Aunt Lydia as viewers are thrust again into the dystopian future.

It is onerous to think about anybody else enjoying the function of Aunt Lydia — with TV Line reporting Dowd is predicted to reprise her function — nevertheless, the actress performed coy in regards to the upcoming collection.

“I do not know something about it. That is the factor I am ready to listen to. So you may know, once I know,” Dowd shared.

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After engaged on the collection for eight years, TooFab requested whether or not Dowd took any mementos house to recollect her Emmy-Award successful function.

“No, not one factor,” Dowd stated earlier than including, “I took reminiscence and love, and I needed to say goodbye, and I stated goodbye.”

Watch the remainder of TooFab‘s interview with Dowd above, as she reveals how she will get into the character of Aunt Lydia.

The Handmaid’s Story Season 6 begins on Hulu on April 8, 2025, with the primary three episodes premiering that day.