About
Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg DBE (July 20, 1938 – September 10, 2020) was an English actress. She played Emma Peel in the TV series The Avengers (1965-1968) and Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones (2013-2017). She has also had a career in theatre, including playing the title role in Medea, both in London and New York, for which she won the 1994 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She was made a CBE in 1988 and a Dame in 1994 for services to drama. Rigg made her professional stage debut in 1957 in The Caucasian Chalk Circle, and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1959. She made her Broadway debut in the 1971 production of Abelard & Heloise. Her film roles include Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968); Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, wife of James Bond, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969); Lady Holiday in The Great Muppet Caper (1981); and Arlena Marshall in Evil Under the...
Known for
Game of ThronesSeries • 2011
Doctor WhoSeries • 2005
The AvengersSeries • 1961
BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965
Screen TwoSeries • 1985
All Creatures Great & SmallSeries • 2020
Penn Zero: Part-Time HeroSeries • 2014
VictoriaSeries • 2016
ExtrasSeries • 2005
Last Night in SohoMovie • 2021
The Play on OneSeries • 1988
Murder in MindSeries • 2001
On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceMovie • 1969
DetectoristsSeries • 2014
You, Me and the ApocalypseSeries • 2015
BreatheMovie • 2017
The Painted VeilMovie • 2006
The Great Muppet CaperMovie • 1981
Black NarcissusSeries • 2020
Evil Under the SunMovie • 1982
The Snail and the WhaleMovie • 2020
The HospitalMovie • 1971
The Worst WitchMovie • 1986
RebeccaSeries • 1997