When she died – and in the way that she did – it was so painful for people because they were like, ‘Wait, no! That’s how they’re going to do the only woman of colour?”
I think a lot of the people who felt othered or disenfranchised had connected with her, or felt represented by her, especially women of colour. “The reaction to Missandei’s death was so big because she was the only one. Nathalie Emmanuel has also commented on this in The Guardian where she says: Missandei was the only prominent character that was a woman of colour in the show, and her death scene took place whilst she was in chains, which did not sit right by many fans who even called it an example of fridging and evoking an image of subjugation. Nathalie Emmanuel had a relatively small role on the show in the beginning, a one might remember, but by 2015, Emmanuel was promoted to a regular cast member on the show, and her the Eastern storyline on the show grew, so did the role of Missandei, as she became more than an interpreter to almost an assistant, then counsel, to Daenarys’s best friend.
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The following year, in 2013, Nathalie Emmanuel was cast as Missandei, Daenerys Targaryen’s interpreter, in HBO’s fantasy drama series Game of Thrones, and in an interview with Jimmy Kimmel, she told the story of how she was working in a shop as an assistant when she got the role. Nathalie Emmanuel was also a presenter of the BBC Three’s Websex: What’s the Harm? In January 2012, where she investigated the online sexual habits of 16–24 year olds in the UK and later that same year she also made her film debut in the thriller Twenty8k Nathalie Emmanuel’s character’s storylines included prostitution, and heroin addiction on the show, which she was on till 2010. Nathalie Emmanuel may have earned her fame from Game of Thrones and from being the “Missandei Actress”, but she actually made her television debut as Sasha Valentine in the soap opera Hollyoaks.
When she was just 10, Nathlie Emmanuel played Young Nala in the West End production of the musical The Lion King, which is something people might imagine her doing even now because of her sultry yet fierce and passionate appearance that people often associate with Nala. Nathalie Emmanuel remembers her beginnings in an interview with the New York Daily News, where she says, “When I was 3, always cause drama that my mum decided maybe I should channel it properly-so she started me on acting, singing and dancing classes”. Latr, when Nathalie Emmanuel was at the grammar Westcliff High School for Girls, her mother realised further that her daughter wanted to do something great with her life, and definitely wanted to pursue an artistic career of some sort. Nathalie Emmanuel was always close to the idea of being involved in arts, even at an early age and she remembers her mother taking notice of her passion and desire to become an actress during Emmanuel’s attendance at the independent St Hilda’s School. Nathlie Emmanuel, the famous Missandei actress from Game of Thrones, was born on 2 March 1989 in Southend-on-Sea, a seaside resort town in Essex, England and she is the second child of a half Dominican and half English mother, and a father of half-Saint Lucian and half English ancestry.