Meet Gwendoline Christie (GoT, Wednesday, Star Wars) at Heroes Comic Con !

BIOGRAPHY

Gwendoline Christie is one of the most exciting and unique actresses working today, having caught the industry’s attention with her Emmy and Critics’ Choice nominated role in the global hit HBO series GAME OF THRONES. During her time on the show, she was also nominated alongside the rest of the cast for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2020.

Currently, Gwendoline is filming a pivotal role in the second season of the critically acclaimed series SEVERANCE for Apple TV+, opposite Adam Scott, John Turturro, and Patricia Arquette. The series is directed, and executive produced by Ben Stiller.

Most recently, Gwendoline starred in Tim Burton’s hit Netflix series WEDNESDAY as ‘Principal Weems’ opposite Jenna Ortega and Catherine Zeta-Jones. WEDNESDAY debuted at number one in 83 countries and holds the record of most hours viewed in a week for a Netflix series with a total 341.2 million hours watched in its first week of release. In addition, Gwendoline was seen in Netflix’s THE SANDMAN, based on the popular comic series from Vertigo and DC Comics. She plays ‘Lucifer’ alongside Tom Sturridge and Boyd Holbrook.

In the summer of 2019, Christie played Titania in Shakespeare’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at the Bridge Theatre in London. She appeared in Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s THE FRIEND, alongside Jason Siegel and Dakota Johnson, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2019. In January 2020, she appeared in the film adaptation of Charles Dickens’ THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD, alongside Dev Patel and Tilda Swinton.

In 2018, Christie appeared in the Robert Zemeckis film THE WOMEN OF MARWEN alongside Steve Carell and Diane Kruger. She also starred in Peter Strickland’s film IN FABRIC, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2018.

In 2017, Christie starred alongside Nicole Kidman and Elizabeth Moss in the second season of director Jane Campion’s Sundance show TOP OF THE LAKE: CHINA GIRL. The show received rave reviews and a 2018 Golden Globe nomination for Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. That same year, Christie was seen in the highly anticipated film STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII – THE LAST JEDI. The film was directed by Rian Johnson and Christie returned as the franchise’s first female villain, Captain Phasma, alongside Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Oscar Isaac. Christie first appeared in the beloved sci-fi franchise by starring in STAR WARS: EPISODE VII – THE FORCE AWAKENS (2015).

Christie’s notable theatre credits include: Doctor Faustus in 2010 playing the role of Lucifer as well as the Theatre Royal Haymarket’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s as Mag Wildwood in 2009 and the Queen in Shakespeare’s romance Cymbeline in 2007. Her feature film debut came in 2009 with a supporting role in THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS, directed by Terry Gilliam who she worked with again in ZERO THEOREM. Additional film credits include FOX’s The Darkest Minds and THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 2.

Christie graduated from Drama Centre London in 2005 and has also modelled for several fashion houses over the years.