Nathalie Emmanuel

 Nathalie Joanne Emmanuel(born 2 March 1989) is an English actress. Emmanuel started her career in acting by appearing in theater in the late 1990s as she was offered roles in various West End productions such as the musical The Lion King. Her birthplace was Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England, on March 2 1989. Her mother is Dominican, and her father is half-Saint Lucian and half English descent. She has an older brother. Emmanuel remembered her mother's first note of her love for acting and the desire to become an actress when she was in school at St Hilda's School. This school was closed in 2014 and became the Westcliff High School. In an interview with the New York Daily News, she stated "When I was 3years old, I always caused drama that my mom thought maybe I should channel it in a proper way, so she started me on singing, dancing and acting classes".At the age of 10 she appeared as Young Nala in the West End production of the musical The Lion KingThe following year, she was selected as Missandei Daenerys Targaryen's interpreter, in the fantasy drama of HBO Game of Thrones. The actress told Jimmy Kimmel that she heard about her being chosen for the role while working as a shop assistant in the clothing shop. Emmanuel was named a regular cast member in 2015 after she was awarded the role. Missandei was the only woman from a different race in the cast. Her death scene when she was in chains was not popular with viewers. Emmanuel later said to The Guardian that the reaction to her death was intense due to her being the one. I think that a lot of people who felt marginalized or excluded had connected with Missandei or felt represented by her. It was so hard to be able to let people see her leave, especially when it happened in the manner that she did. This is how they're going make the sole woman of color.