The Prime Video series has added Emmy winner Shohreh Aghdashloo to its cast. In The Wheel of Time ‘s third season, due in March, Aghdashloo ( The Expanse, House of Sand and Fog) will play Elaida do Avriny a’Roihan, an important character in the fantasy novels by Robert Jordan on which the series is based.

Shohreh Aghdashloo will star in the upcoming third season of “The Wheel of Time” at Amazon Prime Video, Variety has learned. It had long been rumored that Aghdashloo would appear in the series, but nothing had been confirmed until now.

Oscar nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Sand and Fog) has officially signed on to join The Wheel of Time Season 3 cast for the upcoming next installment of Amazon MGM Studios’ hit fantasy drama. This marks her latest major TV project,

For more than a year, rumors have swirled that Shohreh Aghdashloo, the actor who played foul-mouthed politician Crisjen Avasarala for six seasons on The Expanse, was joining the cast of Prime Video's fantasy show The Wheel of Time in a major role.

Shohreh Aghdashloo has been tapped for a major role in "The Wheel of Time" Season 3. Aghdashloo will play Elaida do Avriny a'Roihan, a powerful member of the Aes Sedai sisterhood. Elaida is a member of the Red Ajah - the sect of the Aes Sedai tasked with hunting down men who can channel the One Power - and has a long history with Moiraine (Rosamund Pike) and Siuan (Sophie Okonedo) that bubbles back to the surface upon her return to the