Maisie Williams - wikipedia Maisie Williams Not to be confused with Maizie Williams. Maisie Williams Williams at the 2015 San Diego Comic - Con Margaret Constance Williams ( 1997 - 04 - 15 ) 15 April 1997 ( age 20 ) Bristol, England, UK Education Norton Hill School Bath Dance College Occupation Actress Years active 2011 -- present Margaret Constance `` Maisie '' Williams ( born 15 April 1997 ) is an English actress. She made her professional acting debut as Arya Stark of Winterfell in the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones in 2011, for which she won the EWwy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama, the Portal Award for Best Supporting Actress -- Television and Best Young Actor, and the Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor. In 2016, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Williams has also had a recurring role in Doctor Who as Ashildr in 2015. In addition to television, she made her feature film debut in the mystery The Falling ( 2014 ), for which she won the London Film Critics ' Circle Award for Young Performer of the Year. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Views on feminism 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 4.3 Music videos 4.4 Video clip 5 Awards and nominations 6 References 7 External links Early life Williams was born in Bristol, UK. She has always been known as `` Maisie '' after the character from the comic strip The Perishers. Williams is the youngest of four children ; her three older siblings are James, Beth, and Ted. Born to Hilary Pitt ( now Frances ), a former university course administrator, she grew up in Clutton, Somerset. She attended Clutton Primary School and Norton Hill School in Midsomer Norton, before moving to Bath Dance College to study Performing Arts. Career Since 2011, Williams has played Arya Stark, a tomboyish young girl from a noble family, in the HBO fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones. Chosen from a pool of 300 actresses across England, Arya was Williams ' first role in any professional capacity. She has received critical acclaim for her performance in the series. Williams and Game of Thrones co-star Sophie Turner in March 2013 Williams continued to garner praise for her performance in the show 's second season, and HBO submitted her for consideration in the Outstanding Supporting Actress category for the 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards, although she did not receive a nomination. She won the 2012 Portal Award for Best Supporting Actress -- Television, and the Portal Award for Best Young Actor. At 15 years of age, Williams was the youngest actress ever to win in the Best Supporting Actress category. In March 2013, she was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series -- Supporting Young Actress and, in November 2013, won the BBC Radio 1 Teen Award for Best British Actor. To date, she has appeared in all seven broadcast seasons. In 2012, Williams played Loren Caleigh in the BBC series The Secret of Crickley Hall and appeared in a Funny or Die skit titled The Olympic Ticket Scalper. She also appeared in the independent films Heatstroke ( 2012 ) and Gold ( 2013 ), and the short films Corvidae ( 2013 ) and Up On The Roof ( 2013 ). Williams also signed on to play Lorna Thompson in the sci - fi film We Are Monsters, which was set for a 2014 release. In 2014, Williams portrayed Lydia in the British film The Falling, which premiered on 11 October 2014, and was released on 24 April 2015 in the UK. In December, Williams was in talks with Naughty Dog to star as Ellie in the film adaptation of the video game The Last of Us. In January 2015, Williams appeared in one - off Channel 4 docu - drama Cyberbully, and in February she received European recognition with a Shooting Stars Award at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. In February 2015, Williams played the leading role in the video clip of `` Oceans '' by British band Seafret. The theme of this clip is also bullying. On 30 March 2015, the BBC announced that Williams would guest star in two episodes of Doctor Who ( `` The Girl Who Died '' and `` The Woman Who Lived '' ). Williams later returned to the series in the first and third episodes of the three - part series finale, entitled `` Face the Raven '' and `` Hell Bent '' respectively. In 2018, Williams is set to star as Wolfsbane in the superhero film New Mutants. Views on feminism Williams has been vocal about social issues like feminism. She once commented to Entertainment Weekly, `` I feel like we should stop calling feminists ' feminists ' and just start calling people who are n't feminist ' sexist ' -- and then everyone else is just human. You are either a normal person or a sexist. People get a label when they 're bad. Because it works the other way, as well. A lot of men have it hard too. '' Filmography Film Title Year Role Director Notes Ref ( s ) Olympic ! The Olympic Ticket Scalper 2012 Sue ! Scraggly Sue Corirossi ! Nick Corirossi Ingram ! Charles Ingram Short film Heatstroke 2012 O'Malley ! Jo O'Malley Purcell ! Evelyn Purcell Up on the Roof 2013 Trish Wazzi ! Nour Wazzi Short film ; Also executive producer Corvidae 2013 Jay Ville ! Tom de Ville Short film Gold 2014 Abbie Heery ! Niall Heery Falling ! The Falling 2015 Lamont ! Lydia Lamont Morley ! Carol Morley Book ! The Book of Love 2016 Millie Pearlman Purple ! Bill Purple iBoy 2017 Lucy Walker Randall ! Adam Randall Mary Shelley 2017 Baxter ! Isabel Baxter Mansour ! Haifaa al - Mansour Stealing Silver 2017 Leonie Lobatto ! Mark Lobatto Short film ; Post-production Early Man 2018 Goona Park ! Nick Park Voice ; In - production The New Mutants 2018 Rahne Sinclair / Wolfsbane Boone ! Josh Boone Post-production Departures 2018 Skye Hutchings ! Peter Hutchings Filming Key Denotes films that have not yet been released Television Title Year Role Network Notes Ref ( s ) Game of Thrones 2011 -- present Stark ! Arya Stark HBO Main role Secret ! The Secret of Crickley Hall 2012 Caleigh ! Loren Caleigh BBC One 3 episodes Robot Chicken 2014 Various voices Adult Swim 2 episodes Cyberbully 2015 Jacobs ! Casey Jacobs Channel 4 Television film Doctor Who 2015 Ashildr BBC One 4 episodes Music videos `` Oceans '' -- Seafret ( 2015 ) `` Rest Your Love '' -- The Vamps ( 2015 ) `` Sing '' -- Pentatonix ( 2015 ) `` Sunday '' -- Gardna ( 2015 ) Video clip Forever Chuck -- Converse ( 2017 ) Awards and nominations Year Award Work Result Ref. 2011 Portal Award Best Young Actor Game of Thrones Nominated Scream Award Best Ensemble Nominated 2012 SFX Awards Best Actress Nominated Portal Award Best Supporting Actress Won Best Young Actor Won Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated Gold Derby TV Awards Breakthrough Performer of the Year Nominated 2013 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Series -- Supporting Young Actress Nominated BBC Radio 1 Teen Award Best British Actress Won 2014 Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Game of Thrones Nominated EWwy Award Best Supporting Actress, Drama Won 2015 SFX Awards Best Actress Nominated Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated Empire Award Empire Hero Award Won EWwy Award Best Supporting Actress, Drama Nominated Berlin International Film Festival Shooting Stars Award Won Saturn Award Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Television Series Game of Thrones Won 2016 Shorty Award Favorite Actress Nominated London Film Critics ' Circle Award Young British / Irish Performer Of The Year The Falling Won Evening Standard British Film Award Rising Star Won Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Game of Thrones Nominated Saturn Award Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Television Series Nominated Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated 2017 Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated References Jump up ^ Kirsty McCormack. `` Maisie Williams passes driving test in between filming Game of Thrones -- Celebrity News -- Showbiz & TV -- Daily Express ''. 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Question: who does maisie play in game of thrones
Answer: Arya Stark