Maisie Williams gained international recognition and several accolades due to her work in Game of Thrones from 2011 to 2019. In this fantasy series, she played Lord Ned's third child, Arya Stark, a tomboyish and spirited girl who takes no interest in feminine activities and who, after her family's death, trains as a Faceless Man in order to avenge them.RELATED: Game Of Thrones: Arya Stark's 10 Biggest Accomplishments, RankedAs of 2022, Maisie Williams has been acting for longer than 10 years. Game of Thrones is Williams' first and most famous work. However, the 25-year-old has kept herself busy with different film, television, and animation roles. Besides Arya Stark, Maisie has many other roles that allow her to show her talent and confirm she's one of the best actors of her generation.

10 The Falling Earned Her One Of Her First Accolades

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Directed by Carol Morley, The Falling follows the emotional journey of Lydia Lamont after her best friend, Abbie Mortimer, dies amidst a mysterious psychogenic pandemic affecting an all-girls school. The Falling combines a coming-of-age story with a mystery drama to create a profound exploration of womanhood in the middle of the 20th century.

Maisie Williams portrays Lydia, an insecure 16-years-old girl fixated on her best friend Abbie, played by Florence Pugh, who copes with her death by developing an incestuous relationship with her own brother. The Falling marks one of Williams' first film roles. This movie earned her the Young British/Irish Performer Of The Year of the London Film Critics' Circle in 2014.

9 The Book Of Love Turned Her Into A Runaway Girl

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The Book of Love, by Bill Purple, follows the unusual but wholesome friendship between Henry, a quiet architect still dealing with her wife's death, and Millie, a teenager trying to escape her drunk and abusive uncle. The films show Henry and Millie as they help each other heal their respective wounds.

The Book of Love stars Jason Sudeikis as Henry alongside Maisie Williams, who portrays Millie. Originally distrustful of Henry, Millie is a rebellious runaway with only one life goal. She wants to build a raft and find her father, who was lost at sea. Although she's English, Williams speaks with an American accent for this role

8 She Plays An Historical Figure In Mary Shelley

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Mary Shelley, by Haifaa al-Mansour, depicts a fictional version of Frankenstein's author, played by Elle Fanning, as she meets her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley. The film follows the events that inspired her to write this novel, including several historical figures, such as Lord Byron.

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Williams plays the role of Isabel Baxter, a character inspired by Isabella Baxter, William Thomas Baxter's daughter and one of Mary Shelley's closest friends during their teenagehood. This film also features Stephen Dillane, Williams' co-star in Game of Thrones. However, they don't share scenes.

7 She Portrays A Sexual Assault Victim In iBoy

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Netflix's 2017 sci-fi thriller, iBoy, tells the story of Tom Harvey, a 16-year-old boy who gains the ability to connect to digital signs after a masked thug shots him. With these newfound abilities, Tom takes it upon himself to find the rapist of his neighbor and crush, Lucy, taking the path of vigilantism.

Maisie Williams plays Lucy, Tom's neighbor and childhood friend with whom the boy has a crush. After being the victim of a sexual assault, Lucy becomes depressed and only leaves her house to hang out with Tom. Although critics didn't enjoy this movie, there's a general agreement about Williams' being the highest point of iBoy.

6 She Lent Her Voice For Goona In Early Man

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In the Stone Age, a group of valley dwellers must defend their land from the villainous Lord Nooth. To do this, they challenge him and his people to a football match. Created by Wallace and Gromit's Nick Park, the film features Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, and Maisie Williams.

Maisie William voices Goona in Early Man. She's a 25-year-old tomboyish football fan who teaches the cavemen the importance of team play in football. Although she's originally upset at the fact that the team is men-only, she chooses to ally with them because she has a crush on Dug, the team leader.

5 Then Came You Features Her As An Optimistic But Ill Teenager

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Then Came You, directed by Peter Hutchings, follows Calvin, a hypochondriac boy who befriends Skye, a teenage girl in the final stages of her cancer. The two teenagers fall in love, changing each other's lives in the process. As Calvin helps Skye to finish her bucket list, he slowly and steadily overcomes his unusual phobias.

Then Came You stars Asa Butterfield as Calvin and Maisie Williams as Skye. Williams' character is an optimistic young girl with few months to leave who wants to do many things before her death. Williams shaved the sides of her head for this role. Since she was filming the final season of Game of Thrones at the time, she had to use a wig for her role as Arya.

4 She Plays A Bully & A Victim In Cyberbully

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In 2015, Ben Chanan directed Cyberbully, a television horror docudrama in real-time. It follows Casey, a girl being bullied into suicide by an anonymous hacker who claims she bullied into suicide another girl called Jennifer Li, whose story is based on Amanda Todd's suicide.

Maisie Williams plays Casey, a regular teenager with a very active life online who must realize her presence online isn't her real life before things get too far. According to Chanan, who also directed the film, he consulted with Williams herself, who became a victim of cyberbullying after being cast as Arya in Game of Thrones.

3 She's An Immortal Being In Doctor Who

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BBC's Doctor Who follows the Doctor, an alien from the Time Lord race who travels through time and space on the TARDIS, a spaceship that looks like a British police box. Together with different companions, the Doctor fights enemies, saves people in need, and influences the timeline.

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Maisie Williams is one of the many English actors who have had roles in Doctor Who. In the ninth series episode "The Girl Who Died," she plays Ashildr, a Viking puppet maker and storyteller who is saved by the Doctor after her heart fails. Seemingly an irrelevant character, Ashildr's presence heavily alters the Doctor's fate.

2 She Plays Twin Sisters In The Owners

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Based on Hermann's graphic novel Une Nuit de Pleine lune, The Owners is a horror-thriller about a home invasion gone wrong. After a group of teenagers breaks into the home of an innocent older couple, the Higgins, the teens come to realize their neighbors are more dangerous than anyone could expect.

In The Owners, Williams portrays the role of Mary, a pregnant teenager with a missing twin whose boyfriend organizes the robbery. Once inside the Higgins' house, Mary realizes the truth about her sister Jane's disappearance. Maisie Williams plays the role of both Mary and Jane in this film.

1 She's The Mutant Wolfsbane In Josh Boones' The New Mutants

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Based on Marvel's New Mutants, The New Mutants follows a group of young mutants trying to free themselves from a secret facility. In this film, which serves as a spin-off of the X-Men film series, Illyana Rasputin, Rahne Sinclair, Samuel Guthrie, Bobby da Costa, and Dani Moonstar fight for their lives as they learn to use their superpowers.

Together with Anya Taylor-joy and Charlie Heaton, Williams stars in The New Mutants as Rahne Sinclair, aka Wolfsbane, a Scottish girl raised in a very religious household who can turn into a wolf. Given her beliefs, she struggles to embrace her abilities. According to Williams herself, she identified with Rahne because she also has a strict religious upbringing.