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Gwendoline Christie

グェンドリン・クリスティー　/　ぐぇんどりん・くりすてぃー

Stage actor from United Kingdom

October 28, 1978 (age 47)　・　Worthing, United Kingdom

stage actor
film actor
model

My Take

Gwendoline Christie earned my admiration by transforming what casting directors once treated as a limitation into her signature. As Brienne of Tarth she gave Game of Thrones its moral spine — a performance of such aching sincerity that the knighting scene still ranks among the show's finest moments for me. Then she did something even harder as Captain Phasma: projecting menace and authority without ever showing her face. Coming up through modeling and serious stage work in Britain, she built a career on presence, intelligence, and the nerve to be unmistakably herself. To me she is the best argument that distinctive beats conventional every time an actor steps on screen.

Overview

Gwendoline Tracey Philippa Christie (born 28 October 1978) is an English actress. She is known for portraying Brienne of Tarth in the HBO fantasy-drama series Game of Thrones (2012–2019), and the First Order stormtrooper Captain Phasma in the films Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017).

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1. Profile

Name (English): Gwendoline Christie
Name (Japanese): グェンドリン・クリスティー
Reading: ぐぇんどりん・くりすてぃー
Born: October 28, 1978 (age 47)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Horse
Origin: Worthing, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: 2 cm
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Occupation: stage actor / film actor / model / actor / television actor

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