Gwendoline Christie
Gwendoline Christie | |
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Christie at Berlinale in 2025 | |
| Born | Gwendoline Tracey Philippa Christie 28 October 1978 Worthing, West Sussex, England |
| Alma mater | Drama Centre London |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Partner | Giles 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.