Nathalie Emmanuel
Nathalie Joanne Emmanuel (born 2 March 1989), is an English actress. Emmanuel began her career as a theatre actor in the latter part of the 90s. She was featured in roles in West End musicals like The Lion King. In 2006, she started her screen career in the role of Sasha Valentine in soap opera Hollyoaks following which she was a part of a variety of British TV shows until her first film appearance in Twenty8k.Emmanuel was recognized internationally for her role as Missandei in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2013-2019) and then continued her acting career in supporting roles in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and its sequel Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018) in addition to the Fast & Furious films Furious 7 (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017), and F9 (2021) as well as she was in Army of Thieves (2021).Emmanuel was born on 2 March 1989 in Southend-on-Sea which is a city located in Essex, England. Her mother is Dominican as is her father, who is of half-Saint Lucian and half English descent. She has an older sibling. Emmanuel recalled how her mom was the first person to realize her talent for acting when she was at St Hilda's School. It was closed in the year 2014. The Westcliff High School For Girls grammar school followed. In an interview with The New York Daily News, she stated, "When my mom was three, she was always causing drama. So she decided that maybe I could channel it properly, so I began studying acting, singing and dancing classes." At the age of 10 she was cast as Young Nala, the West End's version of The Lion King. Then she was cast as Missandei in HBO's fantasy drama Game of Thrones. She explained to Jimmy Kimmel that she learned about the role during her work as an assistant at an apparel store. In 2015, Emmanuel was promoted to an established cast member in the series. Missandei was the only woman of color in the show's cast. Her death scene , in which she was in chains wasn't popular with viewers. Emmanuel later said to The Guardian that the reaction to Missandei’s death was so robust due to her being the only one. I'm convinced that many of the people who felt othered or disenfranchised were in a relationship with her or felt that they were represented by her particularly women of colour. It was extremely difficult for many to watch her gone, particularly when it was done in the way she did. That's how they're going to treat the sole woman of color.
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