Sophie Okonedo as Galadriel—the Lady of the Golden Wood, a royal Elf of both the Noldor and the Teleri, one of the leaders in the rebellion of the Noldor and their flight from Valinor during the First Age, and ruler of Lothlórien. Her daughter Celebrían was the wife of Elrond and mother of Arwen, Elladan and Elrohir. A seer and keeper of Nenya, one of the Three Rings, she is considered the mightiest and fairest of all the Elves that remained in Middle-earth.

(part IV in the series YOU LOOK UPON A WOMAN, a project which reimagines Lord of the Rings with a cast of women of color)