‘Wheel of Time’ Series at Amazon Adds Sophie Okonedo and ‘Game of Thrones’ Alumna

Next up for Okonedo on the TV front is Netflix’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest” series “Ratched,” in which she will play a patient with multiple personalities at the psychiatric hospital where Mildred Ratched (Sarah Paulson) is employed. On the film front, she is appearing in the Kenneth Branagh Agatha Christie adaptation “Death on the Nile,” which just released its first trailer.

Alexander is best known for playing Leaf, one of the Children of the Forest in “Game of Thrones.” She has also appeared in episodes of “Fleabag,” “Krypton” and “Deep State” in the last couple years.

“The Wheel of Time” was adapted for television by executive producer and showrunner Rafe Judkins, whose previous credits include “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” and “Hemlock Grove.” Executive producers on the series include Larry Mondragon and Rick Selvage of Red Eagle Entertainment, Ted Field and Mike Weber of Radar Pictures, Darren Lemke, Marigo Kehoe and Uta Briesewitz. Briesewitz is also poised to direct the first two episodes. Jordan’s widow Harriet McDougal and Brandon Sanderson will serve as consulting producers with Pike set to produce in addition to starring. “The Wheel of Time” is co-produced by Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television.