Skins and Game of Thrones actress Hannah Murray completely unrecognisable after ditching blonde hair

HANNAH Murray is well known for playing ditzyCassie on the hit show Skins, but now looks worlds away from her teen character. The actress, 33, who ditched her blonde hair and went on to play Gilly on Game of Thrones posed with fans at a recent comic con event.

HANNAH Murray is well known for playing ditzy Cassie on the hit show Skins, but now looks worlds away from her teen character.

The actress, 33, who ditched her blonde hair and went on to play Gilly on Game of Thrones posed with fans at a recent comic con event.

Hannah beamed alongside her fans while wearing a Buffy the Vampire Slayer t-shirt and wearing her long dark hair in a side part.

The actress was in Skins between 2007-2008 and returned again in 2013 for two episodes.

She played the role of Cassie Ainsworth who has been a described as a "gentle and creative but self-destructive teenager with an eating disorder".

Hannah was the first person to be cast on the show alongside April Pearson and appeared on the first two series of the hit show.

She decided to leave after the end of the second series to allow for a younger cast, saying: "It would be really silly to be in a teenage drama if you're no longer a teenager."

After Skins Hannah went on to read English at Cambridge University.

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The talented star was also a member of the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Young Company in her youth.

Since then she has starred alongside Johnny Depp in the 2012 film Dark Shadows, Bridgend in 2015 and Detroit with John Boyega in 2017.

Hannah was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) award for her performance as Gilly in Game of Thrones.

Her character is described as a wildling girl, who is both the daughter and wife of Craster.

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She is not a point of view character in the books so what she does is always seen and interpreted through the eyes of other characters such as Samwell Tarly and Jon Snow.

 She appeared in 24 episodes of the hit TV series.

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