Nathalie Emmanuel
Birthdate: Mar 2, 1989
Birthplace: Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK
Nathalie Emmanuel (birthname: Nathalie Joanne Emmanuel) is best known for her role as Missandei on HBO’s landmark series, Game of Thrones (2011-2019), but has had several big-screen roles, especially in big-budget spectacles, but she started with the modest British thriller, Twenty8k (2012), starring Parminder Nagra and Stephen Dillane. Emmanuel was cast in a supporting role in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), the second installment in the Maze Runner series, starring Dylan O’Brien, Kyle Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, and Giancarlo Esposito, Barry Pepper, Lili Taylor, and Patricia Clarkson, under Wes Bell’s direction, and which grossed a solid $312 million globally.
Emmanuel’s most significant running role in the Fast & Furious franchise (under several different directors) as Ramsay in the James Wan-directed Furious 7 (2015), followed by the F. Gary Gray-directed The Fate of the Furious (2017), the Justin Lin-directed F9 (2021), and the Louis Letterier-directed Fast X (2023), all starring regulars Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, and Jordana Brewster, with the movies grossing a cumulative $4.2 billion worldwide; Emmanuel continued with her Ramsay role in Fast X: Part 2 (2026), again directed by Letterier.
Nathalie Emmanuel earned her first starring role in a theatrical release with Screen Gems/Sony Releasing’s horror movie, The Invitation (2022), directed by Jessica M. Thompson and loosely adapted from Bram Stoker’s Dracula by screenwriter Blair Butler, and earning a good $38 million (on $10 million costs). Emmanuel was then cast opposite Mark Wahlberg in writer Michael Brandt’s book-to-movie adaptation of the true-life adventure, Arthur the King (2024), directed by Simon Cellan Jones and featuring Simu Liu, Juliet Rylance, Ali Suliman, Bear Grylls, and Paul Guilfoyle, and released by Lionsgate.
Emmanuel was then cast in the co-lead role opposite co-stars Adam Driver and Forest Whitaker in Francis Ford Coppola’s long-awaited sci-fi epic, Megalopolis (2024), with a colorful cast including Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Aubrey Plaza, Jason Schwartzman, Shia LaBeouf, Talia Shire, Grace VanderWaal, D.B. Sweeney, Dustin Hoffman, and Giancarlo Esposito. Emmanuel, in another major starring role, joined another legendary filmmaker, John Woo, for the English-language remake of his original 1989 Hong Kong action classic, The Killers (2024), co-starring Omar Sy and Hugo Diego Garcia.
Nathalie Emmanuel co-starred in director-star David Harewood’s 1990s-set British boxing movie, Benn/Eubank (date to be announced), with a cast including Joshua Maynard, David Jonsson, and O-T Fagbenle.
Personal Details
Nathalie Emmanuel was born and raised in the English coastal Essex County city of Southend-on-Sea by a father of Saint Lucian and British descent and a Dominican mother, Debbie. Emmanuel has one sister, Louise. Emmanuel attended St. Hilda’s School and Westcliff High School for Girls, where she developed a great interest in acting. This led to roles in British theater, including a role in a London West End production of The Lion King. Emmanuel’s height is 5’ 7”. Emmanuel’s estimated net worth is $4 million.
Awards
Two-time Nominee, Best Actress—Short Form Comedy or Drama Series, Emmy Awards (2021, 2023); Nominee, Best Performance in Short Form Series, NAACP Image Awards (2024); Winner, Best Actress, National (U.K.) Film Awards (2016); Six-time Nominee, Best Ensemble, Screen Actors Guild Awards (2014-2018, 2020).
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- 2024 | MegalopolisasJulia Cicero
Megalopolis
The city of New Rome is the main conflict between Cesar Catilina, a brilliant artist in favor of a utopian future, and the greedy mayor Franklyn Cicero. Between them is Julia Cicero, her loyalty divided between her father and her ...
- 2024 | Arthur the KingasOlivia
Arthur the King
An adventure racer adopts a stray dog named Arthur to join him in an epic endurance race.
- 2023 | Die Hart
- 2023 |
- 2022 | The InvitationasEvie
The Invitation
A young woman is courted and swept off her feet, only to realize a gothic conspiracy is afoot.
- 2023 | The Killer
The Killer
A retired hitman agrees to take care of a teen aged girl, but when she becomes involved with unsavory people, he has to rescue her.
- 2021 | Army of Thieves
- 2021 | Last Train to Christmas
- 2021 | F9: The Fast SagaasRamsey
F9: The Fast Saga
Dom and the crew must take on an international terrorist who turns out to be Dom and Mia's estranged brother.
- 2020 | Holly Slept Over
- 2018 | Megalopolis
- 2018 | Maze Runner: The Death CureasHarriet
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Young hero Thomas embarks on a mission to find a cure for a deadly disease known as "The Flare".
- 2017 | The Fate of the FuriousasRamsey
The Fate of the Furious
When a mysterious woman seduces Dominic Toretto into the world of terrorism and a betrayal of those closest to him, the crew face trials that will test them as never before.
- 2015 | Maze Runner: The Scorch TrialsasHarriet
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
After having escaped the Maze, the Gladers now face a new set of challenges on the open roads of a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles.
- 2015 |
- 2014 | The Maze Runner
The Maze Runner
Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow 'runners' for a shot at escape.
- 2013–2019 • 38 eps | Game of Thronesas Missandei
- 1966 | Benn/Eubank
Some Facts About Nathalie Emmanuel
Magazine Fame: Nathalie Emmanuel has ranked in FHM Magazine’s 100 Sexiest Women for 2013 and 2015 and has also had spreads in GQ and InStyle Magazines.
