Margarat Williams

Margaret Williams
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Margaret Constance Williams (born 15 April 1997), known as Maisie Williams, is an English actress. She made her professional acting debut as Arya Stark of Winterfell in the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thronesin 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.

Not to be confused with Maizie Williams.

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Williams in 2015

Born

Margaret Constance Williams

15 April 1997(age 21)

Bristol, England

EducationNorton Hill School
Bath Dance CollegeOccupationActressYears active2011–present

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Williams has also had a recurring role in Doctor Who as Ashildr in 2015. 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.

Early life

Margaret Constance Williams was born on 15 April 1997 in Bristol, UK. She is nicknamed "Maisie" after the character from the comic strip The Perishers.Maisie 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 tomboyishyoung 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.In July 2018, she announced the completion of her role in series.

Williams and Game of Thrones co-star Sophie Turner in March 2013
Williams also gained 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 filmsHeatstroke (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 4docu-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 BBCannounced 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 tenth and twelfth episodes ("Face the Raven" and "Hell Bent" respectively). Williams' performance in "The Woman Who Lived" was described as "superb" 
On 28 June 2018, it was announced that Williams would star in an upcoming stage play written by Lauren Gunderson, named I and You, set to premiere on 18 October 2018 at the Hampstead Theatre in London.
In 2019, Williams is set to star as Wolfsbane in the superhero film New Mutants.It was announced in August 2018 that Williams has joined the voice cast on gen:LOCK, animated series on the Rooster Teethsubscription service. Williams will play Cammie MacCloud, a mischievous Scottish hacker, alongside a cast that includes Michael B. Jordan, David Tennant and Dakota Fanning.
Williams will star alongside Asa Butterfield and Nina Dobrev in teen drama Then Came You in which she plays a teenager with a terminal illness. The movie is set for North American release in 2019.

Daisie

On 1 August 2018, Williams launched a new social media appcalled Daisie alongside Dom Santry, with whom she also founded the film production company Daisy Chain Productions. Daisie is aimed at creative people from the worlds of art, fashion, TV, film, photography, music and literature. Its aim is to bring creatives across industries together, help foster collaboration with other artists and provide an alternative route into creative industries. Williams said "Our main goal is to have a community of artists who are collaborating with each other, uploading their work, sharing their projects and ultimately ... help people with their own careers, rather than our own”.

Filmography

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