Margaret Constance Maisie Williams born 15 April 1997 is an English actress who made her acting debut in 2011 as Arya Stark a lead character in the HBO epic medieval fantasy drama series Game of Thrones 20112019 Williams garnered critical praise and accolades for her work on the show receiving two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and global recognition Williams other television appearances include guest starring on the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who 2015 the British docudrama television film Cyberbully 2015 the British sciencefiction teen thriller film iBoy 2017 and the comedy action drama series Two Weeks to Live 2020 Williams also voiced Cammie MacCloud in the American animated web series GenLock 2019present In 2014 she starred in her first feature film the comingofage mystery drama The Falling for which she received critical acclaim and awards recognition She had costarring roles in films such as the romantic perioddrama film Mary Shelley 2017 the animated prehistorical sports comedy film Early Man 2018 and the romantic comedydrama film Then Came You 2018 In 2020 she starred in the superhero horror film The New Mutants and the psychological thriller The Owners In 2018 she made her stage debut in Lauren Gundersons play I and You at the Hampstead Theatre in London to positive critical reviews