Changes: Gwendoline Christie

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Gwendoline Christie

Information

Birthplace

Sussex, England

Role

Brienne of Tarth

First episode

"What is Dead May Never Die"

Last episode

"The Lion and the Rose"

External links
IMDb	Twitter

"To be involved in something that is genuinely challenging gender stereotyping is what I’ve always wanted. I don’t have to worry about whether I look attractive. Brienne looks like a bag of dung – that’s the character and that’s fine – so I can focus on other things."

―Gwendoline Christie on playing Brienne of Tarth^[1]

Gwendoline Christie is a British actress who has played several minor roles in films such as The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Game of Thrones is her first major role. She is 6'3" in height (192 cm).

On Thrones she plays the character of Brienne of Tarth, who debuted in Season 2. She was announced in the role by George R.R. Martin on 8 July 2011. She joined the cast as a guest star in the second season.

Christie first heard about the role of Brienne of Tarth when a friend notified her that there was internet speculation that she was going to be cast in an HBO series (there are only so many 6'3" tall actresses, thus Christie was on the short list of fansite speculation). Ironically, Christie had never heard about it before, but this very speculation led her to look up fansites and find out what Game of Thrones was, and about Brienne of Tarth. Christie utterly fell in love with Brienne, read the books and everything about them, and subsequently sought out the role.^[2]

For her role as Brienne, Christie trained extensively to get into the right physical condition, as well as cutting off her long hair and reading all of the available novels to study her character's development in detail.^[3] HBO also had Christie take horseriding lessons, and she was trained in swordfighting by C.C. Smith.^[4] According to Christie during Season 2, as a result of her extensive training for the role she gained a stone and a half (about 20 pounds) in pure muscle weight.^[5]

Credits

Guest starring

Template:Season two credits Template:Season Three Appearances

Starring

Template:Season four credits

References

↑ McLean, Craig (April 15, 2013). Meet the British stars of Game of Thrones Radio Times.
↑ MTV Gwendoline Christie interview.
↑ SFX Magazine
↑ MTV Gwendoline Christie interview.
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[1] McLean, Craig (April 15, 2013). Meet the British stars of Game of Thrones Radio Times.

[2] MTV Gwendoline Christie interview.

[3] SFX Magazine

[4] MTV Gwendoline Christie interview.

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+{{Quote|To be involved in something that is genuinely challenging gender stereotyping is what I’ve always wanted. I don’t have to worry about whether I look attractive. Brienne looks like a bag of dung – that’s the character and that’s fine – so I can focus on other things.|'''Gwendoline Christie''' on playing Brienne of Tarth<ref>McLean, Craig (April 15, 2013). [http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-04-15/meet-the-british-stars-of-game-of-thrones Meet the British stars of Game of Thrones] Radio Times.</ref>}}
+'''Gwendoline Christie''' is a British actress who has played several minor roles in films such as ''[[wikipedia:The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus|The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus]]''. ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' is her first major role. She is 6'3" in height (192 cm).
+On ''Thrones'' she plays the character of [[Brienne of Tarth]], who debuted in [[Season 2]]. She was announced in the role by [[George R.R. Martin]] on 8 July 2011. She joined the cast as a guest star in the [[Season 2|second season]].
-'''Gwendoline Christie''' is a British actress who has played several minor roles in films such as ''[[wikipedia:The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus|The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus]]''. ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' is her first major role. She is 6'3" in height.
+Christie first heard about the role of Brienne of Tarth when a friend notified her that there was internet speculation that she was going to be cast in an HBO series (there are only so many 6'3" tall actresses, thus Christie was on the short list of fansite speculation). Ironically, Christie had never heard about it before, but this very speculation led her to look up fansites and find out what ''Game of Thrones ''was, and about Brienne of Tarth. Christie utterly fell in love with Brienne, read the books and everything about them, and subsequently sought out the role.<ref>[http://www.mtv.co.uk/television/game-of-thrones/video/gwendoline-christie-interview MTV Gwendoline Christie interview.]</ref>
-On ''Thrones'' she playing the character of [[Brienne]], the Maid of Tarth, who debuted in [[Season 2]]. She was announced in the role by [[George R.R. Martin]] on 8 July 2011. She joined the cast as a guest star in the [[Season 2|second season]].
-For her role as Brienne, Christie extensively trained to get into the right physical condition, as well as cutting off her long hair and reading all of the available novels to study her character's development in detail.<ref>[http://www.sfx.co.uk/2012/04/11/game-of-thrones-gwendoline-christie-interview/ SFX Magazine]</ref>
+For her role as Brienne, Christie trained extensively to get into the right physical condition, as well as cutting off her long hair and reading all of the available novels to study her character's development in detail.<ref>[http://www.sfx.co.uk/2012/04/11/game-of-thrones-gwendoline-christie-interview/ SFX Magazine]</ref> HBO also had Christie take horseriding lessons, and she was trained in swordfighting by C.C. Smith.<ref>[http://www.mtv.co.uk/television/game-of-thrones/video/gwendoline-christie-interview MTV Gwendoline Christie interview.]</ref> According to Christie during Season 2, as a result of her extensive training for the role she gained a stone and a half (about 20 pounds) in pure muscle weight.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKdsu5CaUTA ]</ref>
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+* [http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/sunday-review/regulars/how-we-met-gwendoline-christie--polly-borland-854953.html Interview with Gwendoline Christie in the Independent (UK), June 2008]
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