About Maisie Williams

Maisie Williams is an actress from England. She is widely famous for her role as Arya Stark in HBO’s epic drama series “Game of Thrones.” The role of Arya Stark was her first professional acting role. She has also made appearances in “Doctor Who,” “Cyber Bully,” “Two Weeks to Live,” “Gold,” “Early Man,” “Stealing Silvers,” and “Up on the Roof.”

The twenty-three-year-old actress has made appearances in four short films, nine feature films, six television series, two television films, a web series, a theatre act, and few music videos. She is also an entrepreneur and has co-launched a social media app titled Daisie.

Early Life

She was born as Margaret Constance Williams to Hilary Frances (Hilary Pitt previously) and Gary Williams. She is the youngest of the four siblings. Her parents separated when she was just four months old. Her mother worked as a university course administrator but quit her job to support William’s acting career. She was raised in Clutton by her mother and her stepfather.

Maisie Williams had attended Clutton Primary School and Norton Hill School for her primary education. She then got a transfer to Bath Dance College, where she studies performing arts. She aimed to become a professional dancer. Her parents homeschooled her for a few years. At age 14, she left school because she faced difficulties managing her time between “Game of Thrones” and school.

Career

In Television

Game of Thrones

Maisie Williams made her acting debut from the HBO’s epic drama series “Game of Thrones.” She is featured as Arya Stark, tomboy daughter of a Noble family who later turns into a ruthless serial killer as the series progress. She had nearly missed the audition because of a school field trip but later gave the audition because of her mother’s persistence. She was praised by the critics for her performance and has won several award nominations for her performance. “Game of Thrones” has eight seasons with seventy-three episodes. She has made appearances in fifty-nine episodes from 2011 to 2019. The series has an IMDb rating of 9.3 based on 1.7 million votes.

While working on “Game of Thrones,” she has also worked on other television series. In 2012, she featured in “The Secret of Crickley Hall” as Loren Caleigh for three episodes. She then made appearances in the episode “Bitch Pudding Special” and “Link’s Sausages” of “Robot Chicken” as the voice for Black Cherry Pie, Shlorpette, Didi Pickles, Margaux Kramer, and Bee Cosplayer in 2014. The following year, she played Ashildr for four episodes of “Doctor Who.” She has also starred in “Two Weeks to Live” as Kim Noakes for six episodes in 2020.

She has also starred in the television films “Cyberbully” and “iBoy.” She also voiced Cammie MacCloud in the ongoing animated web series “Gen: Lock.”

In Film

Maisie Williams made her film debut from the 2012 short film “The Olympic Ticket Scalper” as Scraggly Sue. She has also starred in other short films, “Up on the Roof” as Trish, “Stealing Silver” as Leonie, and “Corvidae” as Jay.

Her first big-screen role came as Jo O’Malley in the 2013 film “Heartstroke.” She was then featured in “Gold” as Abbie in 2014. The same year, she was also a part of the mystery drama film “The Falling” as Lydia Lamont. In 2016, she played Millie Pearlman in “The Book of Love.” She has also voiced the character Goona in the 2018 stop-motion animated sports comedy “Early Man.”

In 2020, she starred in the superhero film “The New Mutants” as Rahne Sinclair. The film did not do well in the box-office, making a collection of just $35 million against an $80 million budget. She also played Mary in the film “The Owners in 2020.

In 2018, Maisie Williams was part of the theater act “I and You” in Caroline’s role, performed in the Hampstead Theatre. It was her first theatre role. She has also made an appearance in music videos of The Vamps, Madeon, Seafret, and few other artists.

She is also the founder of Daisy Chain Productions and Pint-Sized Pictures. In 2018, she also co-developed and released a social media app titled Dasie.

Awards

From 2011 to present, she got nominated in about thirty award functions, including two Primetime Emmy Awards and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards. She has won eight of the nominations. Most of her nominations are for her performances in “Game of Thrones.”

Personal Life

Maisie Williams is in a relationship with Reuben Selby. Selby is a fashion designer.

Her ethnicity is White, and the zodiac sign is Aries. She loves dancing and can also do gymnastics.

She is the ambassador of the Dolphin Project that works against the hunting of dolphins. She is also involved in several other campaigns for trans rights, anti-bullying, environment protection, and Black lives Matter. She had also donated $62,500 to Bristol Animal Rescue Centre during the COVID pandemic.

Height and Weight

Maisie Williams is 1.55 meters or five feet and an inch in height and weighs forty kilograms.

Social Media

Maisie Williams has over 11 million followers in her official Instagram handle @maisie_williams and over 2.7 million followers in her official Twitter handle @Maisie_Williams.

Net Worth

According to celebritynetworth.com, Maisie Williams has an estimated net worth of $6 million. She was paid a salary of $175,000 per episode of “Game of Thrones” in 2017.

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