Valya cannot openly advise or influence the path House Harkonnen chooses. Still, she can steer them in the right direction by allowing or refusing their requests, for example, without tarnishing ...

Valya Harkonnen has been ousted from the Emporer’s court (and his good graces) thanks to Desmond Hart. But you can’t count Valya out. Down but not defeated, Valya sets up a new ruse with the ...

Emily Watson as Valya Harkonnen in "Dune: Prophecy" (Image credit: HBO/Max) Residents of Frank Herbert's expansive "Dune" world, Face Dancers are engineered humans created by the arcane society of ...

Valya Harkonnen’s main missions in the Dune: Prophecy Season 1 finale are to get to the bottom of the Desmond Hart mystery and to depose Emperor Javicco to put Ynez on the throne, and ...

Jessica Barden and Emma Canning as young Valya and Tula Harkonnen. To add depth to the conflict between Valya and Tula, Dune: Prophecy regularly flashes back to the girls’ adolescence.

Valya Harkonnen is playing a long game that involves rival sisters and several leading members of the Imperium, including Emperor Javicco Corrino (Mark Strong).

Jessica Barden as Young Valya Harkonnen. Jessica Barden as Young Valya Harkonnen. 30 years before the main timeline of Dune: Prophecy, Valya formed a deep bond with the former Mother Superior ...

The main, and most interesting characters, in HBO’s space opera are Valya Harkonnen, played by Emily Watson, and her sister Tula, played by Olivia Williams. Nov. 17, 2024.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Emily Watson and Olivia Williams, who play the leads in the HBO prequel series "Dune: Prophecy." The season premiere airs on Max on November 17.

Dune: Prophecy‘s third episode is here, and that means it’s time for some backstory for our favorite characters, Valya and Tula Harkonnen.We get only a few glimpses of the present-day in ...

Valya Harkonnen has been ousted from the Emporer’s court (and his good graces) thanks to Desmond Hart. But you can’t count Valya out. Down but not defeated, Valya sets up a new ruse with the ...