[b]Lady Jessica[/b] is a fictional character from the [[DUNE (series)|]] novel series. She is the concubine of Duke [[Leto Atreides]] and the mother of his son and heir, [[Paul Atreides]]. Despite her status as a concubine, she is treated as the Duke's wife due to the couple's love for each other. As a member of the [[Bene Gesserit]], a religious order of nuns with powers, she possesses mind controlling powers using her voice, and knows the "weirding way" of [[martial arts]] combat.

The character has been played by several actresses in live action: [[Francesca Annis]] in the 1984 Dune movie, Saskia Reeves in the 2000 Dune miniseries, Alice Krige in the 2003 Children of Dune miniseries and "Rebecca Ferguson":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Ferguson in [[dune (2021 movie)|the 2021 Dune movie by Denis Villeneuve]].
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