Biography
Gwendoline Christie: Bio, Education, Family, Husband & Networth
Gwendoline Christie is an acclaimed English actress best known for her roles as Brienne of Tarth in HBO’s fantasy-drama series Game of Thrones and First Order stormtrooper Captain Phasma in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
For these roles, she earned a nomination for Prime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2019. Discover Gwendoline Christie’s age, height, family background, boyfriend status, career highlights, salary/net worth figures as well as biography information about her below.
Table of Contents
Gwendoline Christie Bio
Gwendoline Christie was born on October 28, 1978 in Worthing, West Sussex, United Kingdom and known professionally as Gwendoline Christie. Her full name is Gwendoline Tracey Phillippa Christie but she prefers the moniker Gwendoline Christie.
British by nationality and multi-ethnic (English/Scottish), her zodiac sign being Scorpio and religious affiliation being Christianity, with fame in the field of acting under her pen name of Gwendoline Christie.
Gwendoline Christie Has Earned This Educational Qualification
Gwendoline Christie completed her schooling at Warden Park School before attending Drama Center London and graduating with a First Class BA (Hons) in 2005. Subsequently, she embarked on an acting career that saw her appear in numerous movies and on Netflix.
Family & Parents
Gwendoline Christie was born into a middle-class English family to parents who worked in Sales and Marketing. Her father worked in Sales, while her mother is a housewife. Additionally, she has two older half-brothers whom she does not disclose the names or any other details about.
Her Relationships and Dating Profile
She has been in a committed relationship since 2013, and she is unmarried. She has been with fashion designer Giles Deacon since 2013. Christie never married him and they have no children; yet they lived a happy life together, savoring each moment with joy.
Gwendoline Christie Career
Gwendoline Christie was raised in a Hamlet near the South Downs. As a child, she competed as a gymnast but later took up acting after suffering a spinal injury. Around 2002 she worked at a boutique in Brighton before declaring her interest in acting; however her agent even told her “well good luck with that” when asked if it would be possible to work on screen.
was motivated to continue this pursuit by Tilda Swinton’s performance in Orlando. She remembered thinking to herself “She is outside the room… Maybe there is room for me too.” In 2002, Polly Borland photographed Christie for an iconic series of photographs entitled Bunny which documented her growth over eight years from 2002-2008.
According to her, taking photographs that depict her mostly nude could help her come to terms with her body and challenge notions of femininity. But in retrospect she was amazed that she had agreed to them in the first place. Since drama school she has been mentored by actor and author Simon Callow.
Christie’s theatrical career includes performances as Queen in Shakespeare’s Cymbeline opposite Tom Hiddleston, Mag Wildwood in Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Lucifer in Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus (2010). On-screen debut for Christie came in 2007 with The Time Surgeon short film written and directed by Nathaniel Mellors.
Net Worth
Gwendoline Christie’s net worth is estimated to be $4 million dollars. She has worked on numerous shows, movies, shorts and TV projects and earned money from them. His salary is $55.94 per hour, $1.342 daily, $9.423 weekly and $40,833 monthly.
Read More:
