Jennifer Tracey English actress Philippa Christie was born on October 28, 1978.
In 2005, she received her degree from Drama Centre London. Due to her unusually tall physique, she was informed she “would definitely never work because she didn’t look the same as most performers,” and after expressing a desire to work in film, her agent even said, “Well, good luck with that.”
The Orlando performance of Tilda Swinton gave her the motivation to keep working toward this objective. She recalls thinking in a 2017 interview “She is obviously beyond the room because she is in a movie and otherworldly. I came to the conclusion that maybe there is room for me, too.
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Gwendoline Christie top movies and TV shows
She is most recognized for her roles as Captain Phasma, a First Order stormtrooper, in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and Brienne of Tarth in the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones (2012–2019). (2017).
Gwendoline Christie awards and nominations
She was nominated for the former’s Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award in 2019.
Since then, Christie has made appearances in the Netflix fantasy series Wednesday and The Sandman (both 2022).
