Who is Lady Margot Fenring in Dune: Part 2? Léa Seydoux character explained

The pair have joined the cast alongside Timothée Chalamet (Paul Atreides), Zendaya (Chani), Rebecca Ferguson (Lady Jessica), Christopher Walken (Emperor Shaddam), and Florence Pugh (Princess Irulan).

She may have only been in the film briefly, but Lady Margot is a force to be reckoned with and a very important character in the wider world of Dune.

Read on for everything you need to know about Léa Seydoux's Dune character Lady Margot Fenring.

Who is Lady Margot Fenring in Dune: Part Two? Léa Seydoux character explained

Margot, Lady Fenring is a Bene Gesserit and a close friend of Emperor Shaddam but is to her Sisterhood.

In the novel Dune, Margot is also the wife of the Emperor's closest friend and cousin, Count Hasimir Fenring.

She's a powerful member of the Sisterhood and in the film is seen using seduction to get information out of Butler's Feyd-Rautha. She reports back to the Sisterhood after capturing his attention.

They establish that the Sisterhood would be able to control him, with his particular weaknesses being seduction and humiliation.

Is Count Hasimir Fenring in Dune: Part Two?

No, Count Hasimir Fenring does not appear in Dune: Part Two. It was previously speculated by fans that Tim Blake Nelson could be playing the character, but he does not appear in the film.

Fenring is the cousin and closest friend of Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV Corirno along with being one of his chief advisors and master assassin.

The Bene Gesserit had previously seen Fenring as a potential Kwisatz Haderach and he remains shielded from the prescience abilities of others.

Despite his lack of appearance here, we do not know if Fenring will not turn up in potential future films. He plays a bigger role in the prequel Prelude to Dune trilogy by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson and the novel Paul of Dune which is set between Dune and its sequel Dune Messiah.

Which Dune novels does Lady Margot Fenring appear in?

In Frank Herbert's original Dune series, Lady Margot Fenring only appears in the novel Dune.

However, Lady Margot plays a major role in the Prelude to Dune novels by Herbert's son Brian and his co-author Kevin J. Anderson, each titled Dune: House Atreides, Dune: House Harkonnen, and Dune: House Corrino.

The character also plays a major role in the novel Paul of Dune which is set between Dune and its sequel Dune Messiah.

In this book, Lady Margot returns with her husband Count Hasimir Fenring and her daughter by Feyd-Rautha, Marie Fenring.

Following a failed attempt by Marie and the Count to assassinate Paul, both Margot and her husband are exiled to Salusa Secundus to live with the former emperor, Shaddam IV.

Who is Lady Margot Fenring actress Léa Seydoux?

Seydoux is known for various performances across film and TV including early roles in Inglourious Basterds, Midnight in Paris, and Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol.

She received further acclaim for her roles in Blue is the Warmest Colour, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and The French Dispatch, as well as for her performance as Madeleine Swann in Bond films Spectre and No Time To Die.

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