Gwendoline Christie (born October 28, 1978) is an English actress and model. She is known for portraying the warrior Brienne of Tarth in the HBO fantasy-drama series Game of Thrones, and voicing Lexi in the science fantasy series Wizards vs Aliens. In film, Christie started with minor roles in the Terry Gilliam films The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and The Zero Theorem, and will appear as Commander Lyme in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2, and as Captain Phasma in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Biography

Christie was born in Worthing, West Sussex, and grew up in a hamlet near the South Downs. She trained as a gymnast as a child, but after a spine injury forced her to abandon that career, she took up acting. Christie graduated from Drama Centre London in 2005.

In 2015, it was reported that Christie is dating fashion designer Giles Deacon.

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