
Jennifer Tracey English actress Philippa Christie was born on October 28, 1978. She is best known 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).
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.
Jennifer Tracey Worthing, in West Sussex, is where Philippa Christie was born. Two of her half-brothers are older. Her father worked in sales and marketing, while her mother was a stay-at-home mom.
She was raised in a village close to the South Downs. She was a gymnast when she was little but switched to acting after suffering a spine injury. She was employed by a Brighton boutique in the year 2002.
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.
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Christie is married to Giles Deacon. The pair have no children together.
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