{"id":1850248,"date":"2026-03-27T09:32:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T06:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1850248"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:32:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T06:32:31","slug":"amazons-god-of-war-series-finds-its-queen-of-the-valkyries-freya-in-lost-and-for-all-mankind-actress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1850248","title":{"rendered":"Amazon&#8217;s God of War series finds its Queen of the Valkyries Freya in Lost and For All Mankind actress"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Amazon&#8217;s God of War series finds its Queen of the Valkyries Freya in Lost and For All Mankind actress<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Penny for your thoughts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Freya-in-God-of-War-Ragnarok-with-an-image-of-Sonya-Walger-as-Penny-from-Lost-overlaid-on-top.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Freya in God of War Ragnarok with an image of Sonya Walger as Penny from Lost overlaid on top\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Freya-in-God-of-War-Ragnarok-with-an-image-of-Sonya-Walger-as-Penny-from-Lost-overlaid-on-top.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1644925423.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-27T09:32:31+00:00\">March 27, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-series-finds-its-queen-of-the-valkyries-freya-in-lost-and-for-all-mankind-actress?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          1 comment<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"9963532b-6579-4c83-92f3-bf2f8be28c03\" data-name=\"God of War\" data-follow-text=\"Follow God of War\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following God of War\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow God of War\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following God of War\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow God of War\" title=\"Follow God of War\"><br \/>\n  Follow God of War<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Amazon&#8217;s live-action God of War series has found its Freya.<\/p>\n<p>Sonya Walger will have a recurring role in the upcoming series, playing the Vanir goddess. Sharing the news on her Instagram account, Walger said she is &#8220;so excited&#8221; to be playing Freya on the upcoming show&#8217;s release.<\/p>\n<p>Along with God of War, Walger&#8217;s other acting credits include as Molly Cobb in the very good For All Mankind, Margot Bishop in The Catch and &#8211; perhaps most recognisably &#8211; as Penelope &#8216;Penny&#8217; Widmore in Lost (no, I am still not over <em>that <\/em>phone call either).<\/p>\n<p><!-- code from Primis - Eurogamer.net - eurogamer.net --><\/p>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- code from Primis --><\/p>\n<p>As for her God of War character Freya, here&#8217;s the show&#8217;s official description, as shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/god-of-war-live-action-series-cast-sonya-walger-freya-1236700670\/\">Variety<\/a>: &#8220;A Vanir goddess and princess who practices powerful, ancient magic. She is also Odin&#8217;s ex-wife and the former Queen of the Valkyries in Asgard, a title bestowed upon her on her marriage day. She is strong, insightful, and filled with regrets. When Freya&#8217;s unhappy marriage to Odin ended with her being exiled, she was cut off from her family, as well as her native land, Vanaheim. Freya has lived alone in Midgard for a century, a recluse in a hidden glade, feared by humans, and often referred to as the Witch of the Woods.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Freya&#8217;s ex-husband Odin &#8211; the &#8220;most powerful&#8221; of all the Asir gods &#8211; is being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-keeps-casting-characters-from-ragnarok-adds-severance-and-homeland-stars-as-odin-and-thor\">played by Homeland and Princess Bride actor Mandy Patinkin<\/a>. Other confirmed God of War cast members include  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-series-has-found-its-kratos-and-its-ragnaroks-thor\">Ryan Hurst as Kratos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-series-atreus-actor\">Callum Vinson as Atreus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-casts-thors-wife-sif\">Teresa Palmer as Phoebe\/Sif<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ey-up-this-lad-from-emmerdale-is-playing-norse-god-heimdall-in-amazons-god-of-war-show-thats-norse-not-up-north\">Max Parker as Heimdall<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, behind the camera, Amazon&#8217;s God of War adaptation includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-tv-series-lands-new-showrunner-in-former-battlestar-galactica-executive-producer\">former Battlestar Galactica executive producer Ronald D. Moore<\/a>, who will serve as showrunner on the upcoming series, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/emmy-winning-shogun-director-joins-amazons-live-action-god-of-war-series\">Emmy winning Sh\u014dgun director Frederick E.O. Toye<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sonya Walger in For All Mankind\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Sonya-Walger-in-For-All-Mankind.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 2.003129890453834\" width=\"1280\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Sonya Walger in For All Mankind\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Sonya-Walger-in-For-All-Mankind.jpg\" height=\"639\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 2.003129890453834\" width=\"1280\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Apple TV<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We still don&#8217;t have a release window for the first season, however a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/god-of-war-tv-show-getting-second-season-though-first-still-being-written\">second season of God of War has already been greenlit at Amazon<\/a>. Earlier this year, we got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazon-shares-look-at-ryan-hurst-as-kratos-in-god-of-war-tv-series\">our first look at Hurst and Vinson as Kratos and Atreus<\/a>, in an image reminiscent of the opening of 2018&#8217;s God of War.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Amazon&#8217;s live-action God of War series has found its Freya.<\/p>\n<p>Sonya Walger will have a recurring role in the upcoming series, playing the Vanir goddess. Sharing the news on her Instagram account, Walger said she is &#8220;so excited&#8221; to be playing Freya on the upcoming show&#8217;s release.<\/p>\n<p>Along with God of War, Walger&#8217;s other acting credits include as Molly Cobb in the very good For All Mankind, Margot Bishop in The Catch and &#8211; perhaps most recognisably &#8211; as Penelope &#8216;Penny&#8217; Widmore in Lost (no, I am still not over <em>that <\/em>phone call either).<\/p>\n<p><!-- code from Primis - Eurogamer.net - eurogamer.net --><\/p>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- code from Primis --><\/p>\n<p>As for her God of War character Freya, here&#8217;s the show&#8217;s official description, as shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/god-of-war-live-action-series-cast-sonya-walger-freya-1236700670\/\">Variety<\/a>: &#8220;A Vanir goddess and princess who practices powerful, ancient magic. She is also Odin&#8217;s ex-wife and the former Queen of the Valkyries in Asgard, a title bestowed upon her on her marriage day. She is strong, insightful, and filled with regrets. When Freya&#8217;s unhappy marriage to Odin ended with her being exiled, she was cut off from her family, as well as her native land, Vanaheim. Freya has lived alone in Midgard for a century, a recluse in a hidden glade, feared by humans, and often referred to as the Witch of the Woods.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Freya&#8217;s ex-husband Odin &#8211; the &#8220;most powerful&#8221; of all the Asir gods &#8211; is being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-keeps-casting-characters-from-ragnarok-adds-severance-and-homeland-stars-as-odin-and-thor\">played by Homeland and Princess Bride actor Mandy Patinkin<\/a>. Other confirmed God of War cast members include  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-series-has-found-its-kratos-and-its-ragnaroks-thor\">Ryan Hurst as Kratos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-series-atreus-actor\">Callum Vinson as Atreus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-casts-thors-wife-sif\">Teresa Palmer as Phoebe\/Sif<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ey-up-this-lad-from-emmerdale-is-playing-norse-god-heimdall-in-amazons-god-of-war-show-thats-norse-not-up-north\">Max Parker as Heimdall<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, behind the camera, Amazon&#8217;s God of War adaptation includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-tv-series-lands-new-showrunner-in-former-battlestar-galactica-executive-producer\">former Battlestar Galactica executive producer Ronald D. Moore<\/a>, who will serve as showrunner on the upcoming series, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/emmy-winning-shogun-director-joins-amazons-live-action-god-of-war-series\">Emmy winning Sh\u014dgun director Frederick E.O. Toye<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sonya Walger in For All Mankind\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Sonya-Walger-in-For-All-Mankind.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 2.003129890453834\" width=\"1280\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Sonya Walger in For All Mankind\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Sonya-Walger-in-For-All-Mankind.jpg\" height=\"639\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 2.003129890453834\" width=\"1280\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Apple TV<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We still don&#8217;t have a release window for the first season, however a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/god-of-war-tv-show-getting-second-season-though-first-still-being-written\">second season of God of War has already been greenlit at Amazon<\/a>. Earlier this year, we got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazon-shares-look-at-ryan-hurst-as-kratos-in-god-of-war-tv-series\">our first look at Hurst and Vinson as Kratos and Atreus<\/a>, in an image reminiscent of the opening of 2018&#8217;s God of War.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Amazon&#8217;s God of War series finds its Queen of the Valkyries Freya in Lost and For All Mankind actress Penny for your thoughts. 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