Nathalie Emmanuel

 Nathalie Joanne Emmanuel(born 2 March 1989) is an English actress. Emmanuel began her acting career in theatre in the late 1990s. Later, she was invited to appear in a variety of West End productions including The Lion King. Her acting career began in 2006 as Sasha Valentine, a soap opera. Then she was a part of various British television shows and the sequel Maze Runner. Her mother is Dominican, and her father is half-Saint Lucian and half English descent. She has an older brother. Emmanuel recalls her mother's initial notice of her passion for acting and her dream to be an actress when she was in school at St Hilda's School. This school was closed in 2014 and changed into Westcliff High School. She stated that she first realized her love for acting at the age of three years old. Her mother then advised her to enroll in dancing, singing, and acting classes. In the West End production of The Lion King Young Nala played the role as Young Nala. In the following year she was chosen to play Game of Thrones as Missandei Daenerys Targaryen's interpreter. In an interview with Jimmy Kimmel, she confirmed that she had received the news of winning the role in which she was working at a store selling clothes as a shop assistant. In 2015, Emmanuel was promoted to a regular cast member in the series. Missandei was the only notable character that was a woman of colour in the show. And her funeral scene, which took place during her time in chains was not popular with viewers, being called an example of fridging and invoking an image of slavery.Emmanuel later told The Guardian: The reaction to the death of Missandei was so massive because she was not the only person. I'm convinced that many of those who felt marginalized or excluded were influenced by her or felt that they were represented by her particularly women of color. When she passed away, and in the manner that she died, it was a traumatic experience for those who thought, "Oh you're not! That's how they're going to take the one woman of colour