Editing Guinevere (section)

==Modern culture==
{{See also|List of works based on Arthurian legends}}<!-- there are lots of works, here are a sample handful singled out pretty much at random -->
[[File:The Parting of Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere, by Julia Margaret Cameron.jpg|thumb|upright|''The Parting of Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere''. 1874 photograph by [[Julia Margaret Cameron]] published in [[Alfred Tennyson]]'s ''[[Idylls of the King]] and Other Poems'' (1875).]]

Modern adaptations of Arthurian legend vary greatly in their depiction of Guinevere, largely because certain aspects of her story must be fleshed out by the modern author. In spite of her iconic doomed romance with Lancelot, a number of modern reinterpretations portray her as being manipulated into her affair with Lancelot, with Arthur being her rightful true love. Others present her love for Lancelot as stemming from a relationship that existed prior to her arranged marriage to Arthur, and some do not include the affair at all. In much of modern Arthuriana, Guinevere also assumes more active roles than in her medieval depictions, increasingly even being cast as protagonist.

{{Clear left}}

===Literature===
* In the ''[[Deverry Cycle]]'' book ''[[Darkspell]]'', the character of Gweniver is a warrior priestess sworn to the Goddess of the Moon in Her Darktime, also known as She of The Sword-Struck Heart. An inspirational warleader, Gweniver is a [[berserker]] in combat.
* In [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]]'s ''[[The Mists of Avalon]]'', Gwenhwyfar is brought up by a cold, unloving father, which leaves her with a deep inferiority complex and intense agoraphobia. Failing to produce an heir and unable to be with the love of her life, Lancelot, she falls into a deep depression and – hoping for salvation – becomes an increasingly fanatical Christian. Bradley's version is notable for popularising the Welsh spelling, which many subsequent writers have adopted.
* Guinevere is a supporting character in [[Gerald Morris]]' ''The Squire's Tales''. She starts the series as King Arthur's newly-wedded queen and ends it as Sister Arthur, peacefully living in a convent after Arthur's departure.
* [[Bernard Cornwell]]'s Arthurian series of novels ''[[The Warlord Chronicles]]'' depicts Guinevere as the princess of Henis Wyren in [[North Wales]]. She is fiercely anti-Christian as a devoted follower of the [[Ancient Egyptian]] goddess [[Isis]] and has ambitions of becoming queen of [[Dumnonia]] through her marriage with Arthur, the illegitimate son of Uther Pendragon in the novels. Guinevere is the cause of a civil war in ''[[The Winter King (novel)|The Winter King]]'' and later conspires with Lancelot against Arthur in ''[[Enemy of God (novel)|Enemy of God]]'', albeit later they reconcile as she plays a vital role in the victory [[Battle of Badon|at Badon]] and eventually she and her son accompany the wounded Arthur to exile in [[Brittany]] after Camlann at the end of ''[[Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur|Excalibur]]''.
*In [[Guy Gavriel Kay]]'s ''[[Fionavar Tapestry]]'', the character of Jennifer/Guinevere is a central figure, gifted with great courage, strength, and love.

===Other media===
{{multiple image
| width =
| align = 
| direction = vertical
| image1 = Ellen Terry as Guinevere costume by Burne-Jones.jpg
| image2 = Robert Goulet Julie Andrews Camelot.JPG
| caption1 = [[Ellen Terry]] as Guinevere in the 1895 play ''King Arthur'' by [[J. Comyns Carr]] in the [[Lyceum Theatre, London|Lyceum Theatre]] production. Portrait by Sir [[Edward Burne-Jones]]
| caption2 = A 1961 photo of [[Robert Goulet]] as Lancelot and [[Julie Andrews]] as Guenevere in the musical ''[[Camelot (musical)|Camelot]]''
}}

* Guinevere is played by [[Ellen Terry]] in the 1895 [[West End theatre|West End]] production ''King Arthur'' by [[J. Comyns Carr]], with incidental music by [[Arthur Sullivan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.c20th.com/GSearly.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720182507/http://www.c20th.com/GSearly.htm|url-status=dead|title=C20th Gilbert & Sullivan - early memorabilia|archivedate=20 July 2008|website=www.c20th.com}}</ref>
* Guinevere is a central character in the 1960 Broadway musical [[Camelot (musical)|''Camelot'']], in which she was initially portrayed by [[Julie Andrews]] and later by [[Sally Ann Howes]]. She was also played by [[Vanessa Redgrave]] in the 1967 [[Camelot (film)|film adaptation]], and by [[Phillipa Soo]] in the 2023 Broadway revival.
* "[[Guinnevere]]" was a song written in 1968 by [[David Crosby]] that appears on [[Crosby, Stills and Nash]]'s eponymous debut album.
* Guinevere is portrayed by [[Cherie Lunghi]] in the 1981 epic fantasy film ''[[Excalibur (film)|Excalibur]]''.
* In the 1983 [[DC Comics]] maxi-series ''[[Camelot 3000]]'', Guinevere appears reincarnated in the body of Commander Joan Acton, American-born leader of the United Earth Defense Forces, and is reunited with King Arthur to defend Earth from a race of extraterrestrial invaders.
* In the 1992 cartoon series ''[[King Arthur and the Knights of Justice]]'', Queen Guinevere is voiced by [[Kathleen Barr]]. She is Camelot's queen and the real King Arthur's wife who often wonders about the change in Arthur's demeanor and manner of acting, unaware of him being the time-stranded Arthur King.
* In the 1994 television film ''[[Guinevere (1994 film)|Guinevere]]'', she is portrayed by [[Sheryl Lee]]. This story follows Guinevere's point of view and offers a more feminist perspective.
* In the American original version of the 1994 cartoon series ''[[Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders]]'', Gwenevere (Gwen) is the show's titular main heroine and protagonist, voiced by [[Kerry Butler]] in the first season and [[Jean Louisa Kelly]] in the second season. As noted by [[Ebony Elizabeth Thomas]], the series "focused far less on Guinevere's treachery and faithlessness and more on her agency and power as a young princess."<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TEzZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA78 | title=The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games | isbn=978-1-4798-0607-2 | last1=Thomas | first1=Ebony Elizabeth | date=22 September 2020 | publisher=NYU Press }}</ref> Its Gwen is a daughter of the royal family of the magical kingdom of Avalon, who leads the all-girl Jewel Riders on their quest to rescue her mentor Merlin and to defeat the witches, Lady Kale (Gwen's evil aunt) and Morgana, who plot to rule Avalon. The show is set more than 1,000 years after the reign of Arthur, with Gwenevere described as having inherited the qualities of courage, a strong will and impulsiveness from "her famous namesake".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EWQsAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA103|title=Arthurian Animation: A Study of Cartoon Camelots on Film and Television|first=Michael N.|last=Salda|date=17 July 2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786474684 |via=Google Books}}</ref> She was renamed as Starla for the show's international version, ''Starla and the Jewel Riders''.
* Guinevere is portrayed by [[Julia Ormond]] in 1995 film ''[[First Knight]]''.
* In the 1998 television miniseries ''[[Merlin (miniseries)|Merlin]]'', Guinevere is played by [[Lena Headey]].
* In the 2001 television miniseries ''[[The Mists of Avalon (miniseries)|The Mists of Avalon]]'', an adaptation of [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]]'s novel of the [[The Mists of Avalon|same name]], Gwenhwyfar, Princess of Lœdekrans, is portrayed by [[Samantha Mathis]].
* In the 2002 television series ''[[Guinevere Jones]]'', Guinevere is reincarnated into the main protagonist Gwen Jones portrayed by [[Tamara Hope]].
* In the 2004 film ''[[King Arthur (2004 film)|King Arthur]]'', Guinevere, played by British actress [[Keira Knightley]], is depicted as a [[Picts|Pictish]] princess in captivity of a Roman noble family in the far north of Britain. Arthur, charged by [[Germanus of Auxerre|Bishop Germanus]] with escorting the family to safety in light of an impending Saxon invasion, discovers her captivity and liberates her. While travelling back to Roman territory, she introduces Arthur to Merlin who attempts to persuade Arthur to lead the Picts (called Woads in the film) to battle the Saxon army. Once back in Roman territory, their relationship culminates in a brief romance, after which Arthur decides to remain at the Roman outpost to fight the Saxons at [[Hadrian's Wall]] while his knights return to Rome. In the climactic [[Battle of Badon]] Hill, Guinevere leads a Pictish detachment of archers against the first wave of Saxon invaders and is nearly killed there before being rescued by Lancelot. Following the battle, Arthur and Guinevere are married by Merlin in a ceremony at [[Stonehenge]].
* Guinevere appears in the 2005 animated series ''[[King Arthur's Disasters]]'', where she is voiced by [[Morwenna Banks]].
* In the 2005 French television series ''[[Kaamelott]]'', and the 2021 film, Guinevere is a humorous and cheerful queen with a big heart, portrayed by Anne Girouard. Her story with Arthur, her true love, is one of the longest slow burns in French television.
* Guinevere, or Gwen, appears in the 2007 DreamWorks animated film ''[[Shrek the Third]]'', as a student at Worcestershire Academy. She is voiced by Latifa Ouaou.
* In the 2008 television series [[Merlin (2008 TV series)|''Merlin'']], Guinevere (called "Gwen" by most of the characters) is portrayed by [[Angel Coulby]] and is shown as the daughter of a blacksmith and maid to [[Morgana (Merlin)|Morgana]] along with being her best friend. [[Elyan the White]] is portrayed as her brother, and, eventually, one of Arthur's knights. At first, Guinevere is implied as the love interest of [[Merlin (Merlin character)|Merlin]] (who is far younger in the series than in usual tales) and is also shown as having an attraction to Lancelot. However, in this version of the story, Guinevere's true love is Arthur. Gwen and Arthur marry, despite [[Uther Pendragon (Merlin)|Uther]]'s and Morgana's attempts to keep them apart. Following Arthur's death, Gwen becomes the [[queen regent]] of Camelot.<ref>{{cite web|title=Merlin|url=http://www.merlintvshow.com/|publisher=Merlin TV Series Fansite|access-date=5 April 2012}}</ref>
* Guinevere appears in the 2011 television series ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'', played by actress {{Interlanguage link|Joana Metrass|pt}}. This version of Guinevere is portrayed with a noticeable [[Spanish language|Castilian]] accent. She was stated by production in this adaptation to be Lancelot's true love while being deceived and manipulated into continuing her marriage with Arthur by a "fixing" spell that "fixed" all the problems between the two, inadvertently making her forget her love for Lancelot.
* In the 2011 television series ''[[Camelot (TV series)|Camelot]]'', Guinevere is depicted by [[Tamsin Egerton]]. An ambitious and strong-willed woman, she is a great support to Arthur and they develop a strong undeniable attraction. However, she is married to Leontes, one of Arthur's most loyal knights, which frustrates their relationship.
* In the 2016 video game ''[[Mobile Legends: Bang Bang]]'', there is a playable character named Guinevere. Unlike in other stories, Guinevere is portrayed as the sister of Lancelot and is instead in a relationship with Gusion Paxley.
* In the 2016 television series ''[[Legends of Tomorrow]]'' episode "[[Camelot/3000]]", Guinevere is portrayed by [[Elyse Levesque]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/12/legends-tomorrow-elyse-levesque|title=Legends of Tomorrow books The Originals alum|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|last=Abrams|first=Natalie|date=12 December 2016}}</ref> In the episode, she is depicted a closeted lesbian who married Arthur as a political move instead of love. She is a knight who became queen because of her loyalty to Merlin. In response to Sara letting her know of her affection for Guinevere; [[Sara Lance]] felt attraction to her, and after Merlin, who was actually [[Courtney Whitmore|Stargirl]], confessed her love to King Arthur, she and Sara shared a kiss.
* In the 2020 television series ''[[Cursed (2020 TV series)|Cursed]]'', [[Bella Dayne]] portrays the Viking warrior woman Red Spear, also known as Guinevere.
* In the 2020 cartoon series ''[[Wizards: Tales of Arcadia]]'', Guinevere is Morgana's friend whose accidental death by her husband Arthur causes Morgana to turn to evil.
* In 2021 film ''[[The Green Knight (film)|The Green Knight]]'' based on medieval poem ''[[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]]'', Guinevere is portrayed by [[Kate Dickie]].
* In the 2022 [[Pixelberry Studios]]' video game ''Guinevere'', she is the main character who suffers from visions predicting the downfall of both Camelot and Arthur and Lancelot, both of whom the player can have Guinevere romance.
* In 2023 television series ''[[The Winter King (TV series)|The Winter King]]'', based on [[Bernard Cornwell]]'s trilogy of novels ''[[The Warlord Chronicles]]'', Guinevere is portrayed by [[Jordan Alexandra]].