Anastasia's Mother

Anastasia's Mother
Enchanted Forest Character
Biographical Information
Gender:	Female
Status:	Alive
Relatives:	See "Family"
Physical Description
Species:	Human
Hair color:	Green
Eye color:	Dark Brown
Show Information
Portrayed by:	Sarah-Jane Redmond
Only appearance:	"Heart of Stone"
Latest mention:	"Heart of the Matter"
Relevant Pages

“

You cannot live on love, Anastasia. And when you learn that lesson the hard way, you'll be right back here where you started. But when you come back bring a bucket. Because the only way you're coming back inside my house is to empty my chamber pot.

”

—Anastasia's Mother to her daughter ^src

Anastasia's Mother, also known as Mother and Woman, is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. She débuts, with her only appearance, in the fifth episode and is portrayed by guest star Sarah-Jane Redmond.

Anastasia's Mother is an allusion to the Wicked Stepmother from the fairytale "Cinderella", and to Lady Tremaine from the Disney film, Cinderella.

History

Before First Curse

Anastasia is born to an unnamed father and her mother. Anastasia has at least two sisters. At some point, Anastasia's mother takes a new husband and gains a stepdaughter in the process. The stepdaughter marries a prince, and gains much favoritism from Anastasia's mother for it. As for Anastasia, her mother expects her to become queen or possibly choose a nobleman as a husband, but Anastasia falls in in love with a thief, Will Scarlet. One day, the lovers are about to jump through a looking glass to Wonderland, but Anastasia's mother stops them from leaving. She harshly criticizes Anastasia for being an utter failure and claims the only way Anastasia could ever set foot in her household again is by working as her chamber pot cleaning maid. Despite the likelihood of never seeing her daughter again, she remarks that at least Anastasia's sisters won't prove to be such a disappointment. In tears, Anastasia says goodbye to her mother, who watches stoically as her daughter and Will disappear into the looking glass. ("Heart of Stone," "Dirty Little Secrets," "Heart of the Matter")

After she arrives in Wonderland, Anastasia meets Cora, the Queen of Hearts. Cora thinks Anastasia is a special young woman and says that she is sure Anastasia has heard that many times from her mother. Anastasia replies, "No, not really." ("Heart of the Matter")

After First Curse

After Anastasia is taken prisoner by Jafar, the latter commands the Jabberwocky to get inside Anastasia's head. As per his request, the Jabberwocky brings to light the Anastasia's greatest pains; being unloved by her mother, having lost Will's affection and the empty hole in her chest from being without love. "You believe that if the Prince had chosen you instead of your stepsister then your mother would have loved you", the Jabberwocky taunts her. ("Dirty Little Secrets")

Family

Mother

Unknown

Unnamed daughters

Red King

Red Queen

Will Scarlet

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Notes:

• Solid lines denote blood parent-child relationships
• Dashed lines denote marriage relationships that result in offspring
• † denotes the deceased
• The Red Queen was married to the Red King
• The Red Queen and Will Scarlet are lovers, and later rule Wonderland as the White Queen and King
• It is not known how many sisters Anastasia has

Trivia

• Production Notes

Production Notes

• The casting call name for the character was "Mother/Woman".
• The casting call describes her as, "50, was once beautiful, has a daughter who disappoints her, and has a British accent."

Appearances

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
"Down the Rabbit Hole":	"Trust Me":	"Forget Me Not":	"The Serpent":	"Heart of Stone":	"Who's Alice":	"Bad Blood":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent
"Home":	"Nothing to Fear":	"Dirty Little Secrets":	"Heart of the Matter":	"To Catch a Thief":	"And They Lived...":
Absent	Absent	Mentioned	Mentioned	Absent	Absent