<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 2006--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Height </Th> <Td> 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) </Td> </Tr> <P> Gwendoline Manuela Mariett Josephine Christie Brown (born 28 October 1978), known professionally as Gwendoline Christie, is an English actress and model . She is known for portraying the warrior Brienne of Tarth in the HBO fantasy - drama series Game of Thrones and Captain Phasma in the Star Wars sequel trilogy . </P> <P> Gwendoline Manuela Mariett Josephine Christie Brown 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, but after a spine injury forced her to abandon that career, she took up acting . Christie graduated from Drama Centre London in 2005 . </P>

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