Wensicia is portrayed by Susan Sarandon in the Sci Fi Channel's 2003 miniseries "Frank Herbert's Children of Dune", which is an adaptation of both "Dune Messiah" (1969) and its sequel "Children of Dune". Sarandon told "The New York Times", "One of the reasons I always loved the books was because they were driven by strong women, living outside the rules." She added that the "Dune" series "is very apropos to some of what's going on in the world today. It's about the dangers of fundamentalism and the idea that absolute power corrupts." The actress said of Wensicia, "She's just evil, evil, evil. I'm practically unrecognizable. It was a blast."