Gwendoline Christie is a model and actress of English nationality, who has been known all across the world for the portrayal of Brienne of Tarth in the super hit HBO fantasy drama series Game of thrones. She has been involved in the acting fraternity since 2006 according to her bio but this role of hers has been the major one yet. She was born on the 28th of October, 1978 and she started her career in theatre first.
Gwendoline has been under the influence of actor and author Simon Callow for her acting career and started her theatrical career with the performance of Queen in Shakespeare’s Cymbeline. She then acted as Mag Wildwood in Breakfast at Tiffany’s before acting as Lucifer in Doctor Faustus. She has also played supporting roles for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parna s sus, Seven Ages of Britain as well as in The Zero Theorem, all of which had been appreciated by her fans. She acc u mulated more fame and critical acclaim after being cast in the role of Brienne of Tarth in the HBO series Game of Thrones.
She was cast as Brienne in the second season of Game of Thrones and has been portraying the role up until its 5th season. She plays the role of an unusually tall and muscular woman. Her own experiences of having a muscular build has been portrayed well in the show and her performance in the role has been liked and respected well by her fans around the world. She has been nominated for the 2013 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Brienne. She has also appeared as Commander Lyme in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part 2.
Christie has been talked about well in regards to her acting credits and most recently also for the details regarding her personal life. Unlike her co-stars of Game of Thrones, she has never been surrounded with rumors of having dated her co-stars of the show but is dating someone from outside the acting fraternity. As of 2015, she was known to have started dating fashion designer Giles Deacon. Deacon is a well-known fashion designer and the couple is doing pretty well in their affair. She has not had any other known boyfriend and has also never been married and has no spouse. Gwendoline has also not had any children yet and does not seem to be in a hurry to do so. Fans of this beauty sure hope to see her get married and have children real soon.
Christie has managed to get a net worth of a whopping 500 thousand dollars for her acting credits and her salary in Game of Thrones too is considered to be of a huge amount. She has a height of 6 feet 3 inches which is unique for a woman, generally.
by Bchrome, 24 Mar, 2016
