‘Carrie’ Finale Burning Question: Who Is Adelaide? Kate Siegel on Why Her Mysterious Character ‘Controls This Story’

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains major spoilers from the 2026 series “Carrie,” now streaming on Prime Video. Kate Siegel knows how to speak Stephen King. She was reading his work long before she probably should have, and has often retreated to it in times of need. Popular on Variety “He was my dad’s favorite author, […] The 'Carrie' finale reveals that Kate Siegel has been playing Adelaide, the show's narrator, who's been 'molding and framing this story.' SPOILER ALERT: This post contains major spoilers from the 2026 series “Carrie,” now streaming on Prime Video. Kate Siegel knows how to speak Stephen King. She was reading his work long before she probably should have, and has often retreated to it in times of need.

“He was my dad’s favorite author, and when he passed away, I must have read ‘The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon’ 50 times just to get through the grief,” Siegel tells Variety. Her familiarity with King’s vast writings also meant she knew exactly which of his characters to draw upon when asked to play something completely new within his sandbox. Prime Video’s new version of “Carrie” isn’t the first adaptation of King’s classic tale of a childhood gone wrong, nor is it