--- description: These Westeros natives are exploring the silver screen title: Game of Thrones Season 5 Actors in Movies: Emilia Clarke image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # These _Game of Thrones_ Actors Are Becoming Movie Stars  by [Daniel D'Addario](/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 26, 2015 1:30 PM CUT  by [Daniel D'Addario](/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 26, 2015 1:30 PM CUT _Game of Thrones_, HBO’s sprawling fantasy series, is often described as “cinematic” in its use of exotic locations, its well-choreographed action, and its very talented cast. It makes sense, then, that the show’s most recognizable stars are now getting very close attention from Hollywood’s top studios. Even those who entered _Game of Thrones_ with busy careers have seen their dance cards grow yet more full as the show gained popularity, while those who had done relatively little beforehand have experienced a rapid rise to the top of the game of moviemaking. Here are the six stars who’ve gotten the most career lift from their adventures in Westeros. ### Emilia Clarke  SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MARCH 23: Emilia Clarke attends HBO's "Game Of Thrones" Season 5 San Francisco Premiere at San Francisco Opera House on March 23, 2015 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Steve Jennings/WireImage) Steve Jennings—WireImage/Getty Images Daenerys is perhaps the show’s signature character, cut off from the crowded main action in Westeros and thus better able to own each and every one of her scenes. She’s going to bring her charisma and surprising power to bear upon the _Terminator_ universe as iconic heroine Sarah Connor in _Terminator Genisys_, due out July 1\. But Clarke will also show off her more emotive side in _Me Before You_, an adaptation of Jojo Moyes’s romantic novel currently in development. ### Natalie Dormer  Murray Close—Lionsgate One of _Game of Thrones_’s most eye-catching supporting characters, Margaery Tyrell approaches the world with a keen sense of strategy. The actress who plays her is as sophisticated when it comes to climbing to the top of Hollywood’s heap: She got attention for her drastic haircut for the the third installment of _The Hunger Games_ franchise, and will return as propaganda videographer Cressida in this fall’s concluding film. She’s also signed on for the promising zombie flick _Patient Zero_, from Austrian director Stefan Ruzowitzky, whose _The Counterfeiters_ won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Dormer has a nose for great collaborators: Recent projects of hers have included Ridley Scott’s _The Counselor_ and Ron Howard’s _Rush_. ### Lena Headey  LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 25: 66th ANNUAL PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS -- Pictured: Actress Lena Headey arrives to the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Nokia Theater on August 25, 2014\. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/NBC/NBC via Getty Images) Kevork Djansezian—NBC/Getty Images Headey’s pre-_Game of Thrones_ résumé was impressive: Like Clarke, she played Skynet’s adversary (in Fox’s TV series _Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles_), and had been the female lead in _300_. But Headey’s role in the long-gestating _Pride and Prejudice and Zombies_, in which she’ll be joined by TV dad Charles Dance, might be the project to push her to a new level of fan adulation. ### Peter Dinklage  SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MARCH 23: Actor Peter Dinklage attends HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Season 5 Premiere at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House on March 23, 2015 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by C Flanigan/Getty Images) C Flanigan—Getty Images Like Headey, Dinklage had a long career before he joined George R. R. Martin’s universe. But the recognition he’s obtained for his performance as Tyrion Lannister surely helped drive fans to see his villainous turn in 2014’s _X-Men: Days of Future Past_. He presently has six projects in various stages of development, including this year’s Adam Sandler would-be summer smash _Pixels_ and the animated adaptation of the game Angry Birds. ### Sophie Turner  SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MARCH 23: Sophie Turner attends HBO's "Game Of Thrones" Season 5 San Francisco Premiere at San Francisco Opera House on March 23, 2015 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Steve Jennings/WireImage) Steve Jennings—WireImage/Getty Images Like her TV husband Tyrion, the actress who plays Sansa Stark is joining the _X-Men_ cinematic universe; she’ll be playing the young Jean Grey in 2016’s _X-Men: Apocalypse._ She’s also been announced as the titular _Frankenstein_ novelist in the gothic drama _Mary Shelley’s Monster_. ### Gwendoline Christie  SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MARCH 23: Actress Gwendoline Christie attends HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Season 5 Premiere at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House on March 23, 2015 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by C Flanigan/Getty Images) C Flanigan—Getty Images Standing over six feet tall, Christie has attracted much praise since she entered the _Game of Thrones_ fray as the fearsome Brienne of Tarth. Her next moves are as likely to garner attention, and as action-packed: She’s to appear as a rebellion leader in the final _Hunger Games_ film, and as an unspecified character in the newest installment of _Star Wars_. 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