Olenna Tyrell

Olenna Tyrell (née Redwyne), also known as "The Queen of Thorns", is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of high fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and is portrayed by Diana Rigg in its television adaptation, Game of Thrones. Olenna is first mentioned in A Game of Thrones (1996) and first appears in A Storm of Swords (2000). Olenna's role is the same in the show as in the books. In the season six finale, after losing her family in the wildfire explosion of the Sept caused by Cersei Lannister, Olenna aligned herself with Dorne and Daenerys Targaryen out of revenge. Diana Rigg has received Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her performances in 2013, 2014, and 2015. 2Character profile Olenna Tyrell, also known as the Queen of Thorns, is a former Redwyne and the mother of Mace Tyrell. She is described as a wizened and cunning old woman with a wicked wit and a sharp tongue, and is known for openly stating her opinion. 2Overview Olenna is not a point of view character in the novels, so her actions are witnessed and interpreted through the eyes of other people, such as Sansa Stark and Cersei Lannister. Olenna is mostly a background character in the novels. 2Storylines 3In the books In A Storm of Swords, she plots to have Sansa taken to Highgarden to marry her grandson Willa