Gwendoline Christie



Gwendoline Christie (b. 1978) is an actress most well known for playing Brienne of Tarth in the HBO TV series Game of Thrones. She has also played Captain Phasma in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Commander Lyme in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, small roles in the Terry Gilliam movies The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and The Zero Theorem, a cameo as herself in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, and a lead role on the BBC TV series Wizards vs Aliens.

On August 22, 2017, Christie accepted Elmo's #ShareTheLaughter challenge in a video on Sesame Street’s YouTube channel.

"Why can't a Tyrannosaurus clap? Because it's extinct."