<Tr> <Th> Height </Th> <Td> 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Partner (s) </Th> <Td> Giles Deacon (2013 - present) </Td> </Tr> <P> Gwendoline Tracey Philippa Christie (born 28 October 1978) is an English actress and model . She is best known for portraying the warrior Brienne of Tarth in the HBO fantasy - drama series Game of Thrones since 2012, and the First Order stormtrooper Captain Phasma in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017). </P> <P> Gwendoline Tracey Philippa Christie was born in Worthing, West Sussex, to a housewife mother and a father who worked in sales and marketing . She grew up in a hamlet near the South Downs . She trained as a gymnast as a child: after a spine injury, she took up acting . Around 2002, she worked in a boutique in Brighton . </P>

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