<Li> Max Minghella as Nick Blaine, Commander Waterford's driver and a former drifter from Michigan who has feelings for June . June and Nick develop an intimate relationship and she eventually discovers that he is an Eye, a spy for Gilead . </Li> <Li> Samira Wiley as Moira / Ruby, June's best friend since college . She is already at the Red Center when June enters Handmaid training but escapes before being assigned to a home . She is recaptured and becomes "Ruby", a Jezebel . She seems to have given up hope of ever being free, but on meeting June again regains the conviction to escape . </Li> <Li> Amanda Brugel as Rita, a Martha at the Waterford home . She had a son who died fighting in the civil war when he was 19 years old . </Li> <Ul> <Li> Ever Carradine as Naomi Putnam, Commander Warren Putnam's wife . She views her baby largely as a status symbol and has no sympathy for the Handmaids . </Li> <Li> Tattiawna Jones as Lillie Fuller / Ofglen No. 2, who replaces Emily in the position after Emily is captured by the Eyes . She initially follows the rules and does not wish to upset the status quo, but this is because she believes her life as a Handmaid is better than the difficult, impoverished life she led prior to Gilead, rather than out of religious piety . </Li> <Li> Nina Kiri as Alma / Ofrobert, another Handmaid who trained at the Red Center with June, Moira, and Janine . She is frank and chatty, and often trades gossip and news with June . She is also involved with Mayday and becomes June's first contact with the resistance group . </Li> <Li> Jenessa Grant as Dolores / Ofsamuel, a local Handmaid with a friendly and talkative nature . </Li> <Li> Bahia Watson as Brianna / Oferic, another local Handmaid who is friends with June . </Li> <Li> Jordana Blake as Hannah Bankole, June and Luke's daughter . She is later renamed Agnes . </Li> <Li> Erin Way as Erin, a young, apparently mute, woman who was being trained to become a Handmaid but managed to escape to Canada . </Li> <Li> Sydney Sweeney as Eden Spencer (season 2), a pious and obedient girl who dreams of one day being a Commander's wife . </Li> <Li> Bradley Whitford as Commander Joseph Lawrence (season 2), the architect of Gilead's economy, who is gruff and intimidating, with a disheveled mad genius vibe . His sly humor and flashes of kindness make him a confusing, mysterious presence for his newest Handmaid . </Li> <Li> Greg Bryk as Commander Ray Cushing (season 2) </Li> <Li> Rohan Mead as Isaac (season 2), a Guardian assigned to the Waterford home . </Li> <Li> Julie Dretzin as Eleanor Lawrence (season 2), Joseph's long suffering wife . </Li> </Ul>

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