Hannah Murray (born 1 July 1989) is an English actress, best known for playing Cassie Ainsworth in the E4 teen drama Skins from 2007 to 2013. She is also known for the role of Gilly from the series Game of Thrones.
Early life
Hannah Murray had an ordinary childhood in Bristol, England. Her parents taught at Bristol University and no one in her family had pursued acting. However, when Murray became a teenager she decided to take acting classes.
At the age of 16 years old she heard about an audition for young
actors in Bristol, and decided to audition just for experience. The
auditions were for the British series Skins, and she impressed the producers of the series and was cast as Cassie Ainsworth, one of the main characters of the first generation.
Career
Murray's breakthrough television role was in Skins, playing the role of Cassie Ainsworth, a gentle, creative, yet self-destructive teenager with an eating disorder.
At nearly 17 years old, she had learned that auditions were taking
place for the series through her local youth theatre and decided to
audition for the experience. She and April Pearson were the first two to get cast for the show.[1] Murray went on to appear in the first two series which broadcast in 2007–2008 on E4.
Along with the primary cast members, she left at the end of the show's
second series to make way for a new generation of characters. On the
decision to replace the cast, Murray has said that "it would be really
silly to be in a teenage drama if you're no longer a teenager".[2]
Following Skins in May 2008, Murray made her stage debut as Mia in the critically acclaimed That Face, a West End production at the Duke of York's Theatre.[3] That same year she had a small role in the black comedy In Bruges, but her scene was eventually cut from the final version of the film.[4]
In 2009 Murray appeared in the ITV adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, and appeared in Womb, released in 2010.
For 2010 Murray starred in an adaptation of Enda Walsh's Chatroom, directed by Hideo Nakata.[5] In early January, she appeared in Above Suspicion: the Red Dahlia,[6] an adaptation of the Linda La Plante novel.
On 8 August 2011, HBO confirmed that Murray would play the part of Gilly in the second season of Game of Thrones, a role she reprised for the third season.[7]
In 2012 she filmed The Numbers Station, a thriller starring John Cusack and Malin Åkerman. In 2013, Hannah Murray appeared in a two episode feature, in the seventh and final series of Skins where she continues her role as a more serious, solemn, and independent Cassie Ainsworth.[8]
She also starred the video clip of the band Belle & Sebastian,
called "Your Cover's Blown" dircted by Graeme O'Hara. The music is part
of the albun "The third eye centre".[9]
In 2013 she will star in God Help The Girl, alongside Emily Browning
and Olly Alexander. The movie is about three musicians in Glasgow,
Scotland and is directed by the lead singer and songwriter of celebrated
indie band Belle & Sebastian, Stuart Murdoch.
She will also star an American drama called Lily & Kat
about inseparable best friends who struggle to make the best of their
last few days together, savouring the city nightlife with an enigmatic
artist one of them takes a liking for.
Personal life
Murray earned an English degree at Queens' College, Cambridge.[10] She attended North Bristol Post 16 Centre[11]
and was also a member of the Bristol Old Vic Young Company. Murray's
father is a university professor and mother is a research technician in
the same field.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–2008; 2013 | Skins | Cassie Ainsworth | 22 episodes, 2-hour movie |
| 2008 | In Bruges | Uncredited role | Deleted scene |
| 2009 | Marple: Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Dorothy Savage | |
| 2010 | Womb | Monica | |
| 2010 | Above Suspicion: the Red Dahlia | Emily Wickenham | |
| 2010 | Chatroom | Emily | |
| 2011 | Wings | Ellie | |
| 2012 | Dark Shadows | Hippie Chick | |
| 2012 | Little Glory | Jessica | |
| 2012–present | Game of Thrones | Gilly | |
| 2012 | The Numbers Station | Rachel Davis | |
| 2013 | God Help The Girl | Cass | Main cast |
| 2013 | Lily & Kat | Kat |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Work | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Skins | Monte Carlo Television Festival | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 2008 | Skins | NXG Awards | Best Actress | Nominated |
| 2009 | Skins | Bafta Awards | Audience Award (TV) | Won |
| 2013 | Game of Thrones | Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Nominated |
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