June Osborne (TV Series)

NOTE: This page is about the television series version of the character. For the novel and film versions, see Offred.
June Osborne, formerly referred to by her patronym Offred and later Ofjoseph, is the main protagonist of the Hulu series , the television adaptation of the novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood.
She is one of the many women abducted by the totalitarian regime Gilead to be a "Handmaid", a woman forced to be a breeding slave due to the fertility crisis in men that Gilead blames onto women due to their religious fanaticism. Her character deviates massively from her novel counterpart and at times becomes an outright anti-hero, although her goal ultimately is to save her children.
She is portrayed by , who also played Peggy Olson in Mad Men and Cecilia Kass in The Invisible Man.
==Personality==
June's initial personality is significantly less apathetic to her situation than her novel counterpart, with her inner monologues often being extremely vulgar and resistant to her situation in Gilead. She is quite reckless at times, although this is usually her trying to be brave and willing to go against Gilead when no one else will, although it can often put her and her allies in mortal danger, such as when she and the other Handmaid's ran from Aunt Lydia and an unnamed Guardian, which gets all of them except June and Janine killed. That being said, her ultimate is always to save her children, and she feels overwhelming guilt for escaping Gilead to Canada without her daughter Hannah even though she had no conceivable way of saving her.
June's experience in Gilead makes her a spiteful person, to the point that she clearly suffers from severe psychological issues by the time that she escapes to Canada. During her time in Canada she can be outright villainous at times, but the most clear sign of her mental issues is that she is often a jerk to the people close to her, such as when she taunts Rita over the way that Serena would abuse her or constantly belittling Luke. She becomes more violent as well, although this is generally targeted towards those who are deserving, such as Fred and Serena. Moira outright says that June scares her and she isn't even sure if Nichole is safe around June anymore due to her reckless and violent she has become in response to Gilead.
==Gallery==
File:Juneasahandmaid.png|June as a Handmaid.
File:Juneremovedeartag.jpg|June after removing her Handmaid ear tag.
File:Juneholdingherbaby.jpg|June holding baby Nichole.
File:Juneincanada.jpg|June after escaping to Canada.
File:Juneberatingserena.png|June berating Serena.
==Trivia== 
*June's name is never stated in the original novel, although there is an unintentional clue in the text that led many to believe the characters name is June which may explain the reason why the name was picked for the television series, especially considering all other names from the novel were kept the same in the show.
*Although it's never explicitly stated how long June was stuck in Gilead, after entering Canada she mentions potato chips changing after seven years, implying that is the length of time she was trapped.
*June's ear tag is 1985, which is a reference to the year that the original novel was published.
*In season 4, June is stated by Luke to have Swedish ancestry.
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