Furious, Evanora sends out her armies of Winkie guards and winged baboons to kill Oscar and Glinda. In Emerald City, Evanora watches as her plans to do away with Glinda fail via her crystal ball. To stop this from coming to pass, Evanora framed Glinda for her crime, forcing the good witch into exile. Before he died, the King predicted that a powerful Wizard would come and take his place. Years ago, she poisoned Glinda's father, the King, so she could rule Oz uncontested. She introduces herself as Glinda and explains that the true Wicked Witch is Evanora. The hooded figure unveils herself, revealing a beautiful woman identical to Annie, Oscar's old flame back in Kansas. While Finley distracts the figure, Oscar steals the wand, and is about to break it in two when a gentle voice stops him. They quickly realize that the figure must be the Wicked Witch Evanora told them about, and watch she carefully places her wand onto nearby rocks. Oscar Diggs, Finley, and China Girl come to a cemetery at the edge of the Dark Forest and see a dark, hooded figure. It was her who fell in love with the affections of the Scarecrow (portrayed by Kermit the Frog). In this movie, Miss Piggy played the Good Witch of the South. Kiss of Protection: Glinda's kiss could serve as a means of magical protection, as demonstrated by her kissing Oscar's forehead before the final battle took place.Magic Blasts: Glinda could shoot blasts of magical energy from her wand, which could either extinguish fire or serve as defense against opposing Witches.Though she was first seen flying by means of a giant bubble, she later revealed that it had been just for show. Flight: Glinda could levitate herself and fly in the air through her wand.Telekinesis: Glinda could move and levitate objects without touching them through her wand.Glinda could also conjure bubbles made from the water in clouds around herself and her allies to provide a means of flight. Hydrokinesis: Glinda could conjure thick, white fog that could be used in either defensive or offensive means, or even both - she utilized it to enable her and her allies to make a quick escape, and later cloaked the Poppy Fields with fog to trick the Wicked Witches into attacking the fake army via the army of Flying Baboons in order to send them to sleep.Examples of magical powers Glinda displayed through her wand include: Hence, Glinda is powerless when she is separated from her wand. She wears an ivory dress with a silver-and-gold crown on her head with a diamond in the center of her forehead.Īs a magical witch, Glinda possesses numerous magical powers, and like Theodora and Evanora, her powers animate from a source: a magic wand with a diamond at the tip. Glinda is an incredibly beautiful young woman with fair skin, long blonde hair, and hazel eyes. It is with this that she is loved dearly by all who know her. She has a protective, maternal streak shown with her love and care of her people and China Girl. Even after the death of her father, Glinda never once wishes for war, violence, or revenge, but will fight for justice and peace within Oz. She has also returned to her theater roots and recent credits include "Side Effects" (Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Actress), "Lady from the Sea," "Ivanov" opposite Ethan Hawke (Outer Critics Circle nomination for Outstanding Actress), one-woman show "The Belle of Amherst" (Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance) and last year's "The Wars of the Roses" trilogy directed by Trevor Nunn, in which she played Queen Margaret in all three plays.Īmerican audiences first saw Richardson in "101 Dalmatians." Other work includes Ken Russell's "Lady Chatterley," "Event Horizon," Peter Greenaway's "Drowning by Numbers," "Sister My Sister" and "Maybe Baby" with Hugh Laurie, and the yet unreleased films "Fallen," directed by Scott Hicks, and "Papa Hemingway in Cuba.Glinda aspires to see the good in all others, even when they themselves cannot see it themselves. Some of Richardson's recent film work includes "Snowden," directed by Oliver Stone "Maggie," with Arnold Schwarzenegger "Endless Love" "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," directed by David Fincher "Anonymous," directed by Roland Emmerich, with whom she had worked with on "The Patriot" opposite Mel Gibson and "Thanks for Sharing," with Tim Robbins.
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She also played the last wife of Henry the Eighth on the Showtime series "The Tudors." Richardson starred for five seasons on the television series "Nip/Tuck," which earned her two Golden Globe nominations for best actress. Joely Richardson stars as Glinda, a powerful witch who has forsaken her magic and power to live under the Wizard's rule, on NBC's epic new drama series "Emerald City."
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