--- title: Game of Thrones' Gwendoline Christie Self-Submitted for Emmy description: After submitting herself for consideration, Gwendoline Christie was nominated for an Emmy for her role as Brienne on Game of Thrones. canonical: https://time.com/5628843/game-of-thrones-brienne-emmy/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-07-17T22:19:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:59:34.984Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Gwendoline Christie Submitted Herself for an Emmy for Game of Thrones og:description: And fans are bowing down og:url: https://time.com/5628843/game-of-thrones-brienne-emmy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0079ab660a0db4ff/698948c3929fada956bf3147/got-brienne.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: got brienne og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Gwendoline Christie Submitted Herself for an Emmy for Game of Thrones twitter:description: And fans are bowing down twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0079ab660a0db4ff/698948c3929fada956bf3147/got-brienne.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Gwendoline Christie Submitted Herself for an Emmy and _Game of Thrones_ Fans Are Bowing Down > Sponsored content. 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But without the help of [Gwendoline Christie](https://time.com/5583486/game-of-thrones-gwendoline-christie-brienne-jaime/), who submitted herself for consideration in the Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category, _Thrones_ wouldn’t have earned quite so many. After HBO decided to only put forth Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister), Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) and Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) in the supporting actress race, Christie apparently went ahead and self-submitted her work as Ser Brienne of Tarth, knight of the Seven Kingdoms. And as should come as a surprise to no one who watched this season, she was nominated. Christie immediately took to social media to celebrate her all-too-deserving nomination. “I CANT BELIEVE IT!!!!!!????!?!!?!!!!!!!!!” she wrote on Instagram. “THANK YOU UNIVERSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” And her fans were right there with her. “HBO didn’t submit Gwendoline Christie for an Emmy so she submitted herself and got a nomination,” tweeted one Brienne enthusiast. “Be your own biggest cheerleader.” > [](https://twitter.com/JulieDiCaro/status/1151495293369815042) Christie, of course, was in good company as her _Game of Thrones_ costars Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy) and Carice van Houten (Melisandre) also self-submitted and were nominated in the Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and Guest Actress in a Drama Series categories, respectively. See some of the best responses to Christie’s good news below. > [](https://twitter.com/brieyara/status/1151174577537605633) > [](https://twitter.com/tali%5Ffleur/status/1151218418575532033) > [](https://twitter.com/CS70/status/1151505323049410561) > [](https://twitter.com/lizchar/status/1151504627428417544) > [](https://twitter.com/twishapai/status/1151560936731246592) > [](https://twitter.com/dups127/status/1151526079586340864) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5628843/game-of-thrones-brienne-emmy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5628843/game-of-thrones-brienne-emmy/"},"headline":"Gwendoline Christie Submitted Herself for an Emmy and Game of Thrones Fans Are Bowing Down","datePublished":"2019-07-17T22:19:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:59:34.984Z","description":"Ser Brienne of Tarth, knight of the Seven Kingdoms!","url":"https://time.com/5628843/game-of-thrones-brienne-emmy/","keywords":["Television","Newsfeed","game of thrones","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0079ab660a0db4ff/698948c3929fada956bf3147/got-brienne.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0079ab660a0db4ff/698948c3929fada956bf3147/got-brienne.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"got brienne","caption":"Brienne of Tarth","creditText":"Helen Sloan/HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5628843/game-of-thrones-brienne-emmy/","name":"Gwendoline Christie Submitted Herself for an Emmy and Game of Thrones Fans Are Bowing Down"}}]}] ```