Who plays Lydia in The Walking Dead?
By Renee Hansen
Lydia is the daughter of Alpha (Samantha Morton) in The Walking Dead series. She was a deeply traumatized girl who suffered at the hands of her mother. She was entirely devoted to the Whisperer’s way of life until her childhood memories came flooding back. Who played Lydia in The Walking Dead?
Lydia was first introduced in season 9 when she encountered Daryl (Norman Reedus) and Michonne (Danai Gurira) on the covered bridge. She and two other Whisperers tried to escape, but one was killed after Daryl shot him in the leg, and his screams drew walkers who killed him. The other tried to come against Michonne and lost. Lydia falls to her knees, Daryl rips off her mask, and she begs for her life.
She would be jailed at Hilltop and, after a time, begins to remember events from her childhood that shed light on the fact that her mother was the abusive one and not her father.
Three actresses played Lydia in the series. Havana Blum portrayed the younger Lydia seen in the scenes where Alpha and Lydia met Beta (Ryan Hurst) (S10 E2 “We Are the End of the World”). Her younger sister Scarlett Blum would portray Lydia in the flashback scenes of her fathers death (S9 E10 “Omega”) and in the third episode of the spinoff Tales of the Walking Dead. Cassady McClincy would play the older and most well-known version of Lydia featured throughout seasons 9-11.
What happened to Lydia in The Walking Dead?
Lydia would choose to join the communities over staying with her mother. After losing her mother and Henry (Matt Lintz), her boyfriend killed by her mother, she experiences some heavy emotions. As she began to acclimate to a much different life, her heart would soften, and she would find love again with Elijah (Okea Eme-Akwari).
In season 11 part 3 of The Walking Dead, she would be bitten by a walker, which required the life-saving amputation of her arm. She would then have a heart-to-heart with Aaron (Ross Marquand), a man who lost his arm and has had much heartache, giving her a new perspective on her life.
By the series’ final episode, she was happy and healthy, still in a relationship with Elijah.
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