aisie. Born Margaret Constance Williams (on April 15, 1997) and raised near Bristol, UK where she has lived with both parents since, Maisie spends a fair amount of time in London to film episodes of the popular HBO series "Game of Thrones," in which she plays a key lead role.
al acting role was in fact, Game of Thrones (she had just been turned down for a part in Nanny McPhee 2). But she loved the role of Arya so much that she actually taught herself to become left-handed to match Arya on the show.
ly began acting, Maisie is a dancer by hobby and nearly by profession as well. This young star has been hitting the (classical) dance floor since she was knee-high, and also enjoys street and hip-hop styles of dance, including Freestyle. Maisie has accumulated many skills through dance, which she says are quite useful in her acting scenes, particularly the sword fights.
so well on television that you might never guess the young star has never read any of the novels on which the hit series is based. Maisie reports that she has never read George R.R. Martin's novels because of their graphic content, and because she is not a strong reader.ipates in acting out rather gruesome and graphic scenes onstage, Maisie admits that she has trouble watching those scenes (as well as the graphic, violent, and gory scenes of other movies and shows) in real life, and admits that she often has to leave the room or cover her eyes.
Although she willingly partic
