Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 11, 1982
Place of Birth:
Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
An English actress, Dormer is best known for her roles as Anne Boleyn in the Showtime series The Tudors and as Margaery Tyrell in the HBO series Game of Thrones. Dormer was born in Reading, Berkshire and attended Chiltern Edge Secondary School before moving to Reading Blue Coat School, an independent boys' school that admits girls in the sixth form. She grew up with her stepfather, mother, sister Samantha, and brother Mark. She has said that she was the victim of bullying while at school. At school, Dormer was head girl, a straight-A student, vice-captain of the school netball team and she also got to travel the world with her school's public speaking team. During her school years, Dormer trained in dance at the Allenova School of Dancing. She describes herself as the "academic hopeful" of the family and was offered a place to study history at Cambridge; but, in her A-level History exam, she did not achieve the A grade she needed to attend. Dormer decided she would audition for drama schools and decided to train at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Year | Movie | Role |
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2025 | Audrey's Children | Dr. Audrey Evans |
2024 | The Wasp | Carla |
2024 | Inside No. 9: The Party's Over | Self |
2019 | The Professor and the Madman | Eliza Merrett |
2019 | The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | |
2019 | Pets United | Belle |
2019 | Modern/Love in 7 Short Films | Her |
2018 | Patient Zero | Gina |
2018 | In Darkness | Sofia |
2017 | And the Winner Isn't | Self |
2016 | The Forest | Sara / Jess Price |
2016 | The Roof | A Fan |
2015 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | Cressida |
2015 | The Scandalous Lady W | Lady Seymour Worsley |
2015 | The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 | Self (Cressida) |
2014 | The Riot Club | Charlie |
2014 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | Cressida |
2014 | The Brunchers | Her |
2014 | The Ring Cycle | Millie |
2013 | Rush | Nurse Gemma |
2013 | The Counselor | Blonde |
2013 | A Long Way From Home | Suzanne |
2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger | Pvt. Lorraine |
2011 | W.E. | Elizabeth |
2011 | Poe | Celeste Chevalier |
2009 | City of Life | Olga |
2007 | Flawless | Cassie |
2005 | Casanova | Victoria |
Year | TV Show | Role |
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2024 | White Lies | Edie Hansen |
2020 | Penny Dreadful: City of Angels | Magda |
2019 | The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | Onica (voice) |
2018 | Picnic at Hanging Rock | Mrs. Hester Appleyard |
2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
2014 | Inside No. 9 | Lillian |
2012 | Elementary | Irene Adler |
2012 | Elementary | Jamie Moriarty |
2012 | Elementary | Jamie Moriarty (voice) |
2012 | Honest Trailers | Lorraine (archive footage) |
2011 | Game of Thrones | Margaery Tyrell |
2011 | Silk | Niamh Cranitch |
2011 | The Fades | Sarah Etches |
2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
2007 | The Tudors | Anne Boleyn |
2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
2005 | Distant Shores | |
2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Moira Nicholson |
2000 | Rebus | Phillippa Balfour |
1994 | MTV Europe Music Awards | Self - Presenter |
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