When Alice meets the Red Queen and joins the chess game, she takes the place of a white pawn, Lily being too young to play.

She screams in pain until, rather than because, she pricks her thumb on her brooch, and tells Alice of the King's messenger who has been imprisoned for a crime he will later be tried for and perhaps (but not definitely) commit in the end.

The meeting ends with the Queen seeming to turn into a bespectacled sheep who sits at a counter in a shop as Alice passes into the next square on the board.

The White Queen has been portrayed in various TV and film productions by actresses including Louise Fazenda, Nanette Fabray, Brenda Bruce, Maureen Stapleton, Carol Channing, Penelope Wilton, and Anne Hathaway.

But her black fingernail polish and the dark circles under her eyes, as well as her nonchalance about certain potion ingredients ("buttered fingers"), hint at a more complex character under the surface.

Additionally, she is portrayed as a beautiful young woman with white blonde hair, a flawless complexion and air of elegance, grace and perfection.

By the film's climax, Alice accepts her destiny and slays the Jabberwocky, restoring rulership of Wonderland to the White Queen.