Gwendoline Christie (born 28 October 1978) is an English actress and model. She is best 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 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.
She is best known for her role as Brienne of Tarth on HBO’s Game of Thrones. She has also appeared in the numerous Star War films portraying the character of Captain Phasma.
Gwendoline Christie was born as Gwendoline Tracey Philippa Christie in Worthing, West Sussex, England on 28 October 1978 to middle-class parents. She was an only child. Her mother was a housewife, and her father worked in sales and marketing. Her parent's name is not disclosed yet. She grew up in a hamlet near the South Downs. As a child, she trained as a gymnast but took up acting after a spinal injury. Around 2002, she worked in a boutique in Brighton. Christie is a British by nationality and belongs to Scottish ethnicity. Her zodiac is Scorpio and her religion is Christianity. Christie finished her primary from Henfield Primary School and later went to Warden Park Secondary School. She attended acting classes and graduated from the Drama Centre London in 2005.
Gwendoline Christie began her career as a model initially. Her good height attracted photographer Polly Borland and she got to pose for series of photographs, entitled Bunny, between 2002 and 2008. She started her professional acting in 2007, from the Barbican Theater’s generation of “Cymbeline” as the Queen and the film, “The Time Surgeon”. She then played for different movies, TV, and stages including “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”, “Wizards versus Aliens”, the play “Dr. Faustus” with the Royal Exchange, “The Seven Ages of Britain”, “The Zero Theorem” and many more. She played in parts 1 and 2 of “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”, and in the “Star Wars”. She hugely got famous after she played as Brienne of Tarth on “Game of Thrones” since 2012. Also in 2015, Christie co-starred in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, as Captain Phasma, one of the film's supporting antagonists that made her equally famous.
In 2017, Christie had a main role in China Girl, the second season of Top of the Lake, as Miranda Hilmarson, a Constable in the Sydney Police Force, and the new partner of the show's main character played by Elisabeth Moss; In 2018, she appeared as the bounty hunter Lady Jane in The Darkest Minds, In 2019, for series Game of Thrones, Christie received her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series; she also received a second Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television nomination for her performance in the final two seasons.
Christie is in a very stable relationship with designer Giles Deacon since 2013. However, they are still not married yet. Besides, there is not any information about her being in other relationships. They are enjoying their life together and they have got no babies yet.
Gwendoline’s net worth is currently estimated to be $3 million dollars. Given her age and how long she has been starring in popular TV series and movies, this amount is enough worth. She mainly earns from her acting career. Further information regarding her cars, houses and businesses are still under review.
Gwendoline has a very tall height of 5 feet 3 inches which perfectly put her to model career at the beginning. Her body weighs 84kg. Also, She has blonde hair and blue eyes. Moving on, her overall body measurements are 37-30-38 inches. She wears a bra size of 36A, a shoe size of 12.5 US and a dresses size of 10US. She has a straight sexual orientation.