Maisie Williams

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Maisie Williams is an English actress most famous for her role as Arya Stark in HBO TV series ‘Game of Thrones’

Apr 15, 1997

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Personal Details

  • Birthday: April 15, 1997
  • Nationality: British
  • Famous: Film & Theater Personalities, Actresses
  • Siblings: Beth, James, Ted
  • Known as: Margaret Constance Williams, Margaret Constance Maisie Williams
  • Universities:
    • Norton Hill School
    • Bath Dance College
  • Birth Place: Bristol, England

Maisie Williams born at

Bristol, England

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Birth Place

Although she is generally secretive about her personal life, Maisie revealed on Instagram that she is dating Ollie Jackson. The pair met in school and have been dating since 2015.

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Personal Life

Maisie Williams was born on 15 April 1997 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Her parents divorced when she was a little kid. She was brought up by her single mother, Hillary Frances, (originally Hillary Pitt), a former university course administrator, who is now both her manager and personal assistant. Her mother is also a survivor of breast cancer.

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Childhood & Early Life

Maisie is the youngest of four children. She has an older sister named Beth and two brothers James and Ted.

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Childhood & Early Life

She went to Clutton Primary School and Norton Hill School in Midsomer Norton. She later attended Bath Dance College to study Performing Arts.

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Childhood & Early Life

The role of Arya Stark in ‘Game of Thrones’ was Maisie’s first role in any professional capacity. She began playing this character back in 2011 and was chosen from over 300 actresses across the United Kingdom. Her performance in the first season drew praise from both critics and fans.

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Career

She continued her stellar performances into the second season of the show as well. This led to HBO submitting her for consideration in the ‘Outstanding Supporting Actress’ category for the 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards. However, she did not receive the nomination.

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Career

In 2012, she portrayed Loren Caleigh in the BBC production ‘The Secret of Crickley Hall’ and also appeared in a ‘Funny or Die’ skit titled ‘The Olympic Ticket Scalper’.

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Career

Maisie has also appeared in independent films such as ‘Heatstroke’ (2012) and ‘Gold’ (2013) as well as a couple of short films ‘Corvidae’ (2013) and ‘Up on the Roof’ (2013).

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She was also slated to play Lorna Thompson in the sci-fi movie ‘We Are Monsters’. The film which was set for a 2014 release was however held back because of funding issues.

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Career

In 2012, she won the Portal Award for Best Supporting Actress and Best Young Actor for 'Game of Thrones'

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Awards & Achievements

In 2013, she won the BBC Radio 1 Teen Award for Best British Actress

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Awards & Achievements

In 2014, she won the EWwy Award in the category - 'Best Supporting Actress, Drama' for 'Game of Thrones'

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Awards & Achievements

In January 2015, she was awarded a ‘Shooting Stars Award’ at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival, for appearing in the docu-drama ‘Cyberbully’. In the same year, she won a couple of awards for 'Game of Thrones'. These include: Empire Hero Award and Saturn Award in the category - Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Television Series.

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Awards & Achievements

In 2016, for her performance in the film 'The Falling', she won the London Film Critics' Circle Award and Evening Standard British Film Award.

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