Brienne of Tarth

Brienne of Tarth is a fictional character in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels. She is a prominent point of view character in the fourth novel, A Feast for Crows, and a main character in the television adaptation. In the series, Brienne is portrayed by British actress Gwendoline Christie, and is introduced in the show's second season. After appearing as a recurring cast member for two seasons, Christie was promoted to the main cast from season four onwards. For her performance in the third season, she was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television, and was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards alongside the rest of the cast for the third and fourth seasons. 2CharacterEdit 3BackgroundEdit Brienne is the only daughter of Lord Selwyn Tarth, Lord of Evenfall Hall, on the island of Tarth. House Tarth is a bannerman to House Baratheon, lords of the Stormlands. Her mother died when she was a child. She had a single older brother, Galladon, who drowned when she was eight, and two younger sisters - both of whom died in infancy. Brienne as a child was under the tutelage of Septa Roelle who found fault in everything about Brienne and destroyed her self-estee