Gwendoline Christie

Gwendoline Christie
Christie at Berlinale in 2025
Born
Gwendoline Tracey Philippa Christie

(1978-10-28) 28 October 1978
Alma materDrama Centre London
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
PartnerGiles Deacon (2014–present)

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). For the former, she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2019. Christie has since appeared in the Netflix fantasy series The Sandman and Wednesday (both 2022), and the Apple TV+ sci-fi thriller series Severance (2025), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series nomination in 2025.