Character profile
Janine
One of the women exchanging names in the dormitory Seen pregnant in the market, recognized as a former Red Centre inmate. Testifies about a past gang‑rape and is publicly shamed Appears in the Birthmobile as "Ofwarren", cries, hugs Offred, and displays emotional vulnerability. Appears as Ofwarren, the Commander’s Wife of Warren, prepared for childbirth. Janine undergoes ‘transition’, gives birth to a healthy girl named Angela, experiences multiple contractions, uses a portable toilet, and is moved to the birthing stool under Aunt Elizabeth’s care. Janine questions Aunt Lydia about Moira and learns Moira is no longer with us. Janine appears thin and pale at the Prayvaganza; Offred learns she has suffered a second miscarriage and that her latest baby was destroyed. Appears after the Particicution, covered in blood, smiling, holding a clump of blond hair, and speaks to Offred.