Gwendoline Christie
Gwendoline Christie
Gwendoline Christieis 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 playing Captain Phasma in Star Wars: The Force Awakens...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth28 October 1978
CitySussex, England
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I think everyone loves a slash of red lipstick.
felt ideas interests
As someone who has always felt at times pretty genderless because of my size, it interests me to challenge ideas of prejudice and femininity, and what it is to be a woman.
The whole format of 'Game of Thrones' is that you just don't know what to expect.
change
I think everybody has the capacity for change.
absolutely campaign expansion global great love oprah seems
I absolutely love Oprah Winfrey. What a great woman and a great businesswoman. She seems to really campaign for an expansion of global consciousness. I think she's phenomenal.
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Terry Gilliam is someone I'd always deeply admired. I saw his films when I was a child.
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My parents treated my height as a wonderful thing to be celebrated, but also normal.
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I love the character of Jaime Lannister. He's just so complex - a character that we love to hate - but it's a lot more complex than hatred. It starts off, and he seems so arrogant and so smug.
amazing life tender
If I were amazing with a sword, I wouldn't care about the tender things in life.
school
I only ever wanted to be a model. This acting thing - three years of drama school - is an accident!
running yoga book
I read the books and I really, really wanted to play the part. I started kundalini yoga, kickboxing and running, and completely changed my diet. I felt I wanted to undergo what was necessary for the part. I love a challenge. And I love defying limitation, gender stereotypes and people’s expectations of me as an actress.
interest again-and-again happens
I don't really have any interest in playing the same part again and again. Let's just keep everything crossed that doesn't happen.
children gymnastics injury
I was a semi-professional gymnast as a child. I did rhythmic gymnastics, but I sustained an injury and strained all the muscles in my spine.
games thrones world
Game of Thrones' is a fantasy show not dedicated to any specific time, but it seems to exist in sort of a 1400s medieval fantasy world, and in that setting, I wouldn't have had a six-pack.