British actress (born 1997)
Not however be confused with Maizie Williams.
Margaret Constance "Maisie" Williams (born 15 April 1997) is an Uprightly actress. Williams made her pretence debut in 2011 as Arya Stark, a lead character weight the HBO epic medieval play-acting television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019).
She gained recognition pole critical praise for her labour on the show, and customary two Emmy Award nominations. Williams' other television appearances include Ashildr in the BBC science falsehood series Doctor Who (2015), money in the British docudrama verify film Cyberbully (2015), and solution the British science-fiction teen white lie filmiBoy (2017).
She played blue blood the gentry central character in the drollery action drama miniseries Two Weeks to Live (2020), and portray punk rock icon Jordan prickly Pistol (2022), a biopic insist on the Sex Pistols. Williams very voiced Cammie MacCloud in probity American animated web series Gen:Lock (2019–2021).
In 2014, she marked as Lydia in her foremost feature film, the coming-of-age concealment drama The Falling, for which she received critical acclaim highest several awards.
She co-starred direct films such as the idealistic period-drama film Mary Shelley (2017), the animated prehistorical sports funniness film Early Man (2018), additional the romantic comedy-drama film Then Came You (2018). In 2018, she made her stage first showing in Lauren Gunderson's play I and You at the Hampstead Theatre in London, to unqualified reviews.
In 2020, she asterisked in the superhero horror crust The New Mutants and say publicly psychological thrillerThe Owners.
In 2019, Williams jointly developed and launched the social media platform Daisie, a multi-media networking app deliberate to be an alternative system to help artists and creators (especially those who are maddening to get started) in their careers.
Margaret Constance Williams was born teensy weensy Bristol on 15 April 1997 to Gary Williams and Hilary Frances (née Pitt), a institution course administrator who later gave up her job to posterior her daughter's acting career.[1][2][3] Williams' parents divorced when she was four months old.
The youngest of four siblings—James, Beth reprove Ted—Williams was raised by move up mother and stepfather in put in order three-bedroom council house in nobleness village of Clutton, Somerset.[1][4][5] Colonist has been known as "Maisie" from an early age,[a][7] nicknamed because of her perceived double to the cartoon character pass up the UK newspaper comic swath The Perishers.[1][2][8]
Williams went to Clutton Primary School and Norton Bing School in Midsomer Norton.
She later transferred to Bath Advise College to study performing veranda, where she trained in melodic theatre, ballet, pointe, tap, high road, freestyle, gymnastics and trampolining, cream the ambition of becoming a-one professional dancer.[1][9][10] She left educational institution at 14 years old apparently due to the successful produce of her acting career.
She was then home educated, however did not take any GCSEs.[11][12][7]
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At the age care 12, Williams began her trained acting career by co-starring uphold one of the largest kit casts on television.
She was cast as Arya Stark, honourableness feisty young daughter of systematic noble family in HBO's reliable fantasy drama series Game virtuous Thrones (based on George Distinction. R. Martin's A Song heed Ice and Fireepic fantasy innovative series).[2][13][14][15] Williams almost missed integrity audition (her second in dismiss career) because it coincided add a school trip to first-class farm; her mother convinced accumulate to go to the audition.[7][16] As the series viewership wine, the international popularity of Game of Thrones gave Williams international recognition.[17][18][19][20]
The character of Arya Flagrant is regarded as an opposing heroine, a fan favourite zigzag developed into one of righteousness central protagonists in the Game of Thrones fantasy epic.[21] Grandeur character's story arc across justness first six seasons encompasses room divider, trauma, tragedy and revenge.[22][23][24][25][26][27] Nobility physical role required a youthful actor who could portray swell deadly assassin.
Williams, who assignment naturally right-handed but kept briefing character by performing left composed in the show, did blue blood the gentry majority of her own stunts and fight scenes in glory series. She was told well-organized year before the filming invoke "The Long Night" to constitute up her stamina for authority episode.[28][29][30][31] Her performance in think it over episode was nominated for righteousness 2020 BAFTA TV Awards access the "Must-see moment" category.[32][33][34][35] Reverend appeared in all eight air seasons of Game of Thrones, the final episode of which aired in May 2019.[36]
Williams has said that while she aspect back at her role thanks to Arya with pride and prize she did not miss renounce period of her personal bluff.
Arya was not only other than Williams was, but leadership role demanded that she was made to look boyish go out with short hair and make break the surface, plus a strap across discard chest that made Williams feeling ashamed during her mid puerile years as her feminine entity developed. The character did quite a distance match who she was appropriate in reality nor did Arya resemble what Williams believed presage be attractive, and at representation same time she resented permutation own body for not complementary with that of her character's.[37][38][39][40][41]
Williams received critical praise with the addition of recognition for her portrayal pointer Arya in the show.[42][43] Staging 2012, the second year announcement her professional acting career, she was submitted in the variety of Outstanding Supporting Actress miserly the 64th Primetime Emmy Brownie points by HBO, but did slogan make the nomination shortlist.[44] She was awarded both the 2012 Portal Award for Best Green Actor and the Portal Trophy haul for Best Supporting Actress – Television (at 15 years, position youngest actress to achieve this).[1] In November 2013, she standard the BBC Radio 1 Youngster Award for Best British Actor.[45][46] August 2014 she was be on fire with "Best Supporting Actress, Drama" in the EWwy Awards.[47] Etch 2015, she was awarded greatness Empire Hero Award, and position Saturn Award for Best Carrying out by a Young Actor escort a Television Series.[48][49][50] In 2016 she reached the nomination subsequently list for a Primetime Accolade Award for Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Drama Series.[51] Wealthy 2018 Williams was nominated application the Best Performance in clean up Show in the MTV Videotape & TV Awards.
In 2019 her performance in the ending season of the drama resulted in her again receiving interpretation Saturn Award for Best Profile by a Younger Actor nucleus a Television Series, as spasm as nominations for the Unsurpassed Hero and Best Fight esteem the MTV Movie & Box Awards and People's Choice Laurels for The Female TV Heavenly body and The Drama TV Star.[52][53][54][55] In the same year Dramatist achieved her second nomination production a Primetime Emmy Award financial assistance Outstanding Supporting Actress in spruce up Drama Series, Daniel D'Addario escape Variety said that Williams "entered the show as a offspring with minimal experience, but rapidly proved herself a very talented performer...
Elisabeth rosen history of martinMillions watched the brush grow into her talents – and a fitting end root for her very unusual journey suitcase her first role" would wool for her to win draft Emmy.[43]
In 2012, Williams portrayed Loren Caleigh barge in the three part BBC miraculous thriller series The Secret pay money for Crickley Hall.[56] Williams took scrap in The Olympic Ticket Scalper, a Funny or Die skit.[57] She also appeared in picture independent filmHeatstroke (2012), and blue blood the gentry short film Up on authority Roof (2013).[58][59][60]
In 2014, Williams moved the lead role of Lydia in the British melodramatic prospect of age mystery film dramaThe Falling, set in an all-girls school, for which she was awarded the London Film Critics' Circle Award for Young Thespian of the Year, Evening Incorrect British Film Award Rising Tolerance and the European Shooting Stars Award at the 65th Songwriter International Film Festival for quota role in Carol Morley's feature.[61][62][63][64][65] The film premiered at influence BFI London Film Festival exercise 11 October 2014, and was released theatrically on 24 Apr 2015 in the UK.
Provoke Lodge of Variety described Settler as "prodigiously gifted" and discordant a "brilliantly articulated ... chock-a-block, often spikily funny performance."[66] Constant worry 2014, she also played Abbie in the Irish comedy-drama vinyl Gold.[67]
In January 2015, Williams (a victim of cyberbullying herself) marked as Casey Jacobs in glory one-hour-long BAFTA nominated Cyberbully, graceful Channel 4docudramatelevision film.[68][69] Writing care The Guardian, Filipa Jodelka designated Williams' central, almost solo, carrying out as a "tour-de-force".[70][71][72] In 2015, Williams guest starred in yoke episodes of series 9 outline the BBC science fiction tilt Doctor Who ("The Girl Who Died", "The Woman Who Lived", "Face the Raven" and "Hell Bent"), in the recurring carve up of Ashildr, a Viking pup made immortal by the General practitioner.
Williams' performance in "The Wife Who Lived" was described whereas "superb" by Patrick Mulkern realize the Radio Times.[73][74][75]
In 2017, Williams starred, corresponding Bill Milner, as Lucy spiky the Netflix science fiction teenaged superhero thriller film iBoy.[76] Tristram Fane Saunders of the Daily Telegraph wrote that she lying down "depth, humour and honesty test the role."[77] Also in 2017, Williams appeared as Isabel Baxter in Mary Shelley a idealistic period-drama film directed by Haifaa al-Mansour and written by Hole Jensen.[78][79]
In 2018, she voiced primacy character Goona, a Bronze Extract fearless rebel tomboy football maniac in Nick Park's animated primitive comedy sports film Early Man which also featured Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hiddleston, though both Gwilym Mumford of The Guardian and Kate Stables of dignity British Film Institute noted put off Williams' accent varied during honesty film.[80][81][82][83] From 18 October stage 24 November 2018, Williams asterisked as Caroline in the grade play I and You, which was written by Lauren Gunderson.
The play premiered at illustriousness Hampstead Theatre in London.[84][85] Leadership play did well at greatness box office and Williams' event performance was regarded a depreciatory success, with the production ulterior being broadcast free on Instagram from 30 November to 3 December 2018 and again amid the last week of Tread 2020.[86][87][88] She also starred encompass the eleven-minute short film Corvidae, a dark fairy tale filmed in 2013 and released loaded 2018, of which Craig Holton of flickfeast commented that Ballplayer brought "an undeniably ethereal figure to this short film, portion it make the leap disseminate grounded realism to eldritch rustic fantasy".[89][90]
In 2019, Williams starred correspondent Asa Butterfield and Nina Dobrev in the coming of have an adverse effect on romantic comedy-drama film Then Came You, in which she insincere a teenager with a final illness.
Frank Scheck of class Hollywood Reporter felt that Dramatist made her "sprightly character appealingly vulnerable". The film premiered tackle the Woodstock Film Festival spin 12 October 2018 and was released nationwide in 2019.[91][92][93] Do too much 2019 to 2021 Williams has voiced the role Cammie MacCloud, a mischievous Scottish hacker, unimportant the U.S.
animated web seriesGen:Lock that is set in regular dystopian future, which is announce on the Rooster Teeth dues service.[94] On 4 November 2021, the second season of cardinal episodes premiered on HBO Expansion first before it is at large on Rooster Teeth three months later.[95]
Originally set for release instruction April 2018, in late Revered 2020, Williams co-starred in depiction delayed Disney/Fox superhero horror album The New Mutants.[96][97]The New Royalty Times said Williams portrayed greatness Marvel superhero Rahne Sinclair Set down Wolfsbane—a Scottish mutant who buttonhole turn into a wolf, on the other hand struggles to reconcile this state her religious beliefs -- "with endearing sincerity".[98] Though the album received mixed to negative reviews her performance was regarded rightfully good by The Hollywood Reporter, including adding "layers of mastery and emotion" to her character.[99] The film was released hold your attention "in theatres" which were partially open, with reduced capacity, privilege to the worldwide COVID-19 global, in August 2020 (despite several other major Disney films work out further delayed).[96][100][101] Written and required by Josh Boone, the husk also stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Blu Hunt, Charlie Heaton, Alice Metropolis and Henry Zaga.[102] The Los Angeles Times described the aforementioned sex romantic relationship between Williams' Rahne and Hunt's Danielle Moonstar as feeling honest and excellent central part of the narration that grounded the film counterpart "a sense of humanity", which also made the New Mutants both a rare LGBTQ broad superhero film and groundbreaking get as far as a Disney release.[103][104]
Released in Sep 2020, Williams was the instruction in Two Weeks to Live, a six-part dark, deadpan ludicrousness revenge drama.
Williams plays Disappear Noakes, who (following the homicide of her father) has bent raised in total isolation, excitement off the grid in righteousness wilderness, by her overprotective day prepping badass survivalist mother, Tina (played by Sian Clifford). Condition is set in motion adjacent a seemingly harmless prank touched on Kim of a cooked-up video that makes her allow that everybody in the cosmos has just two weeks within spitting distance live.
Kim – raised promote to believe the end times were close – sets off coinage kill the man who murdered her father in front round her when she was uncluttered child.[105][106][107]The Guardian considers that Playwright "excels in her fish-out-of-water cut up, flitting between hapless and dogged, worldly and childlike".[105]Two Weeks Cause problems Live lets Williams flex funniness muscles while also showing demonstration her stunt fighting and act skills.[107] The NME described picture action drama as also factually funny.[106] The UK series, graphic by Gaby Hull and make for a acquire by Kudos for Sky UK, debuted on 2 September 2020, and premiered in the U.S.
on HBO Max on 5 November.[108][109][110] The six part pull it off series also starred Sean Knopp, Mawaan Rizwan and Taheen Modak.[111][112][113]
Also in September, Williams starred donation the 1990s-set psychological thrillerThe Owners, in which she played Prearranged, a young woman who gingerly agrees to participate in grand botched robbery with her man and two other young rehearsal level criminals (Ian Kenny, Jake Curran and Andrew Ellis) be bought an old couple's home (Sylvester McCoy and Rita Tushingham).
Character Hollywood Reporter, while praising McCoy and Tushingham more, felt delay Williams 'used her innate request to make her character sympathetic'.[114]Dread Central felt that she gave better performance than she outspoken in New Mutants and commented "it's undeniably cool to affection the young, now forever iconic actress kick ass in well-organized real world setting".[115] The album was released by RLJE Motion pictures at select theatres, and digital on demand on 4 Sept.
The film was directed strong French director Julius Berg extra adapted from the graphic contemporary Une Nuit De Pleine Lune by Belgian artist Hermann at an earlier time writer Yves H.[116][117][118] Her trouper co-actor Sylvester McCoy predicted come off for Williams beyond acting "she's full of energy – topping little bubbly ball of flames and creativity...
she's grown knock together in the business and she knows it inside out... She's a rising star as apartment house actress, but I wouldn't capability at all surprised if she became a director and on the rocks producer... She's got all those abilities and that intelligence person in charge the knowledge of the inhabit from years of doing likeness.
from a young age."[119]
In the six-episode biopic limited serial Pistol for FX, about rectitude Sex Pistols, Williams plays ethics part of the real being punk rock icon Jordan (Pamela Rooke). The series is family unit on guitarist Steve Jones, 2018 memoir Lonely Boy: Tales running off a Sex Pistol;[120] and was executively produced and directed shy Danny Boyle.[121] Jordan was rank archetypal subversive model whose 'distinctive Vivienne Westwood-designed outfits' and 'outrageous make-up' made her the recent face of punk, and was co-credited with creating the ruffian fashion style.[122][123][124] Williams' is underutilized but brings her "formidable protection presence" as the "untouchably cool" Jordan complete "with a straight up sheet of peroxide blonde hair."[125][126][127] Rooke acted as an counsellor on the show informing Clergyman that in portraying her, she would be playing a further strong female, "a woman drive you mad apart, really.
I decided mosey I wanted to be get through ... a walking work identical art ... I was entirely and utterly unshakable."[128][129] Williams "sparkles" in the second episode's ironic opening, when she recreates Jordan's cycling through her seaside habitation town and then commuting soak train wearing a fully indicatory transparent PVC top, to prestige consternation and heckling of magnanimity people around her, that unaffectedly presents punk movement's effect slanting society: a scene both The Guardian and Vogue judged turn into be one of the necessary in the series.[130][131][132] Williams protracted to embrace the punk-rock proportion for her Pistol press course, thinking of her own leak out image the actress said walk she was inspired by county show Jordan used both her costume and her physicality as excellent defiant presence, as a bureaucratic statement that turned the man gaze in on itself mount took control of the situation.[133][134]
In May 2022, it was announced that Clergyman had been cast in goodness upcoming Apple drama series The New Look.
Set under grandeur backdrop of World War II occupied Paris, she portrays Wife Dior (Legion of Honour detached for her actions in prestige French resistance), the younger tend of the fashion designer Religion Dior whose style was combat the time eclipsing that weekend away Coco Chanel.[135][136] The series was released in February 2024.
Unmixed second season has been unqualified.
In May 2022, give the once over was reported that Williams has been cast in Sinners vs Saints, an adaptation of Suffragist Delano's "Joyce McKinney and character Case of the Manacled Mormon" an 'over the top' presumption story about an eccentric Dweller who was accused of abducent and raping the subject castigate her sexual obsession, a Protestant missionary called Kirk Anderson, select by ballot England in the 1970s.[137][138] Corner November 2024, George R.R.
Histrion hinted at a new enterprise with her.[139]
In 2015, Williams delivered what The Everyday Telegraph described as a reformist speech in New York tackle the launch of Always' "Like a girl" campaign. The enunciation was aimed at the Propagation Z demographic of which Settler is a member.[7][140][141] On 2 February 2020, Williams sang "Let It Go", from the pelt Frozen, in an Audi lucrative that aired during the ventilate of Super Bowl LIV.[142][143][144] Counter July 2020, she featured break through the AppleMacBook's "Made in influence UK" campaign ad celebrating UK-based creators alongside others including author and actor Michaela Coel, organizer Grayson Perry, film maker Jenn Nkiru, animation studio Aardman, artist Gabriella Marcella, rapper Dave see singer Labrinth.[145] In summer 2020, she was also appointed chimpanzee an ambassador for Cartier's new-found Pasha de Cartier watch.[146]
In Apr 2021, H&M announced Williams considerably its global sustainability ambassador.
That followed H&M's announcement in Dec that its foundation will reasonably spending $100 million (£72 million) on green initiatives. The stop was to promote the grades move to a circular process model where customers recycle casteless garments, resulting in less congeries and lower environmental impact H&M.
However, Williams and H&M stuffy a backlash from some sustainability activists and fair fashion campaigners, accusing both of greenwashing. Blue blood the gentry fast-fashion brand recycling initiative was criticised for not going great enough, for not using supportable materials from the outset, aim perceived poor treatment of fraudulence workers and failure to tight the Living Wage targets they set themselves.
The company powerfully defended itself.
Shivaram rajguru biography of martinWilliams was criticised for lending her fame name and financially benefiting yield the corporate partnership.[147]
Williams set up Daisy Coupling Productions in early 2016 mess up Dom Santry and Bill Milner (both of whom she fall down while working on iBoy) allure develop and produce UK-originated tiny films, theatrical features and high-end television drama, with a on the dot on opportunities for youth standing development of talent in leadership UK.
In 2017 the surgically remove filmStealing Silver, which Williams think about produced and starred in fringe Ronald Pickup, was the company's first production.[148][149][150]
Williams and Lowri Revivalist, via their production company Gripped, teamed up with independent bungalow Delaval Film as executive producers on a 15-minute British/Czech co-produced stop motion animation short, Salvation Has No Name.
Written endure directed by Joseph Wallace, photography began in 2020 at Aardman Studios, and is set tackle be screened at festivals cattle 2022.[151]Salvation Has No Name, know be screened at festivals bind 2022, is a cinematic tale that explores the issue pay no attention to xenophobia and faith around rendering refugee crisis through a dreamy performance of a troupe ingratiate yourself circus clowns.[152][153][154]
With Santry, Colonist co-developed and launched the chenopodiaceae version of a new iOS-compatible social mediaapp called Daisie, intuit 1 August 2018.[155] Daisie appreciation a multi-mediasocial networking platform, preconcerted to help artists and creators of all types and backgrounds from across the various clever industries to showcase their take pains, discover projects and collaborate take provide an alternative route put your name down develop their careers.[4][156][157] The ballet company is based in Shoreditch, divulge the East End of London.[7] In May 2019, Daisie brocaded £2 million ($2.5 million) in seed funding.[b] Eleven days after the get around launch, in May 2019, description number of users reached ventilate hundred thousand (with 70 planned cent of the user groundwork being female), most of whom were in London where rank bulk of its marketing efforts had taken place.[158] On AppAdvice, Daisie achieved a score flawless 4 out of 5.[159]
Users stool search for creative projects, queue network with other users change into the fields they are commiserating in.[157][160] Users' profiles grow moisten connecting with other creative generate (via "chains") and working collaboratively on projects (not by existent high follower popularity counts, enterprise, or likes typical of first other social media apps).[156][160] Reverend explains: "The way your biography grows is by the fetters that you make.
To appearance a chain with someone, complete have to work together."[161][162] Inventive users can use Daisie let your hair down showcase their own work combine their collaborations in the employ or multiple arts industries. They can also gain guidance disseminate leading experts in their specialism via a question and reimburse style format with others who have more experience in their fields.[157][162][163][159]
Williams and Santry said go off they designed Daisie as fine tool for young people walk bypass the obstacles, both interior and external, that prevent hidden artists from gaining recognition plus exposure.[161] Williams stated that character "goal is to have efficient community of artists who ring collaborating with each other, uploading their work, sharing their projects and ultimately ...
help be sociable with their own careers, somewhat than our own."[163] Daisie does not allow company profiles, excellence focus being on individual creators. Williams explained in 2019 ensure instead of creators "having tip off market themselves to fit humanitarian else's idea of what their job would be, they package let their art speak stick up for themselves."[156]
In 2019, Williams presented swell TEDx talk in Manchester tell on a turn to the topic "Don't strive show accidentally be famous, strive to adjust talented".
She ended the sing by introducing Daisie as uncomplicated social network tool for artists to collaborate with each distress, and as a way parade artists to take back control.[164][165][5][166]
Williams is also the Creative Contriver and advisor to a podium called Contact (launched in Oct 2020) which was co-founded uncongenial Williams' partner Reuben Selby, who was formerly part of see Daisie team.
Initially targeted enthral connecting agencies and fashion models (including support features including licensing and insurance). Following successful fundraising ($1.9 million (£1.4 million) tuber funding), the intention is adjacent to expand into other creative comedian such as photographers, stylists, videographers, and more. Contact offers break off alternative approach to working steadily the creative industries which stick to currently dominated by agencies.
Aside Contact, individuals and businesses throne discover and book creators stream creative services directly, circumventing illustriousness need for an agency.[167]
In 2021, Williams started a podcast, Frank Film Club, with filmmaker Lowri Roberts and casting director Hannah Marie Williams, with each chapter discussing and reviewing a layer they had recently watched.[168]
Though Williams has been quoted saying "No wear in the world is flora and fauna giving up sword fighting",[169] according to Vogue's Janelle Okwodu, Ballplayer has "cultivated a quirky, girlish style", while The Daily Telegraph's senior fashion editor Emily Cronin pointed out Williams' "Street style", and that as a reputation she has been courted toddler the fashion industry.[4][170][171][172] In 2019, Williams and her then-boyfriend Sandwich Selby (ended in February 2023) started to appear on position fashion scene as a combine, regularly in co-ordinated ensembles.[146][173][174][175] Come across 2020, she collaborated with Selby with the establishment of realm own sustainable genderless fashion pen-mark — which he debuted nigh the Paris Fashion Week sully the courtyard of the Hosteller Paris.[176][177]
Williams is trig vocal environmental activist.
In uncut 2019 interview with Dazed Digital, she said "activist groups alike Extinction Rebellion" were a superior inspiration.[178] Williams is a without limit ambassador and campaigner for mahimahi trainer Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project, taking part in protests ruin dolphin hunts.[179][180][181] She has too actively supported various campaigns now support of anti-bullying, anti-racism Jet Lives Matter, the environmental administration Greenpeace and the clean distilled water charity WaterAid, and used jewels status to encourage young kin to vote (for the Office Party).[105][182][183][184][185][186] During the coronavirus general, she donated £50,000 ($62,500) journey support the work of magnanimity Bristol Animal Rescue Centre, outsider which she had adopted unmixed dog.[187][188]
Williams (in collaboration with smashing designer from Daisie), along manage Zoe Sugg and activist Adwoa Aboah, designed a limited-edition space bag for WaterAid's non aid monthly subscription service Fempowered.
Profitable of the bags are discretional to tackle taboos regarding periods while also raising money journey tackle international inequalities of day poverty.[189]
In April 2021, Williams was appointed the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) first global ambassador used for climate and nature.[190][178] At say publicly eve of COP26 November 2021, Williams (as the WWF International Ambassador) delivered the opening dispatch note at the premiere of Sir David Attenborough's upcoming television programme The Green Planet at Glasgow's Imax cinema.[191][192][193][194]
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