Regardless that Woman Gaga wasn’t in Wednesday Season 1, she grew to become inextricably tied to the present when TikTok customers paired Wednesday’s (Jenna Ortega’s) now-iconic dance scene with a sped-up model of Gaga’s “Bloody Mary.” (Within the present, the dance was set to The Cramps’ “Goo Goo Muck.”)
Gaga rapidly embraced the connection, getting in on the viral dance development herself. She even posted concerning the development on X, writing, “Slay Wednesday! You’re welcome at Haus of Gaga anytime (and bring Thing with you, we love paws around here)”
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However as a substitute of Wednesday coming to Gaga, it was Gaga who got here to Wednesday. In Nov. of 2024, Leisure Weekly broke the information that Gaga would star in Wednesday Season 2. The casting was a match made in heaven, not solely due to the “Bloody Mary” connection, but in addition as a result of Woman Gaga, Mom Monster herself, is principally the patron saint of outcasts like these we meet in Wednesday. She would match proper in at Nevermore!
Because the casting announcement, Gaga has been a key a part of the Wednesday media machine. She carried out an eight-minute medley at Netflix’s TUDUM occasion in June of 2025, she turned seems on the Wednesday premiere pink carpet, and she or he even launched a brand new single, “The Dead Dance,” tied to the discharge of Wednesday Season 2, Half 2.
Who does Woman Gaga play in Wednesday Season 2?
Jenna Ortega and Woman Gaga on the “Wednesday” Season 2 premiere.
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It is a disgrace, then, that Gaga is barely in Wednesday. She exhibits up in Season 2, episode 6 as Rosaline Rotwood, a long-dead psychic Raven and Nevermore trainer who taught Wednesday’s Grandmama Hester Frump (Joanna Lumley). Wednesday visits her grave so as to quickly restore her psychic skill.
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In a imaginative and prescient, Rosaline — floating ethereally in an all-white robe — assessments Wednesday’s resolve. She’ll give her her energy again for so long as Wednesday manages to carry her hand over a lit candle. If she removes her hand too early, she’ll must pay a horrible worth. (If you happen to’ve ever puzzled how Woman Gaga would execute Dune‘s gom jabbar take a look at, now .)
After all, Wednesday’s plan goes awry when Enid (Emma Myers) snaps her out of her imaginative and prescient. That prompts the horrible worth: a physique swap between the 2 polar opposites. From then on out, Rosaline vanishes from the episode, save for a quick second when she principally FaceTimes Wednesday (in Enid’s physique) by way of a statue.
How lengthy is Woman Gaga in Wednesday?
So how lengthy is Gaga’s much-hyped Wednesday look? Utilizing very scientific strategies (an iPhone timer) and a strict rubric (I am solely counting scenes, not the picture of her portrait or the runtime of “The Dead Dance”), I found that Gaga was in Wednesday for a whopping one minute and 42 seconds. That is half an “Abracadbra”!
Gaga’s quick runtime feels borderline legal given her performing prowess (she’s an Oscar nominated actress!) and the hype within the lead-up to the looks. However earlier than we lock Wednesday showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar up within the “Telephone” jail for the shortage of Gaga, it is vital to keep in mind that Gaga was solely on Wednesday‘s set for at some point, which means we have been by no means going to get something greater than a glorified cameo. Nonetheless, a woman can dream.
Plus, with regards to cameos, Gaga floating round onscreen, channeling Wednesday‘s model of a Bene Gesserit, after which kicking off Freaky Friday-style physique swap chaos is not a foul strategy to go.
Wednesday Season 2 is now streaming on Netflix.
