Biography
Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg was an English actress of stage and screen. Her roles include Emma Peel in the TV series The Avengers (1965–1968); Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, wife of James Bond, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969); Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones (2013–2017); and the title role in Medea in the West End in 1993 followed by Broadway a year later.
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Awards & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1997
- Evening Standard Theatre Award — Best Actress · 1996
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1994
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 1994
- Evening Standard Theatre Award — Best Actress · 1992
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- Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1988
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 1975 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 1971 · nominated
Filmography42 titles
Game of Thrones
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
All Creatures Great & Small
Detectorists
Hedda Gabler
A Hazard of Hearts
Extras
The Avengers
Heidi
Doctor Who
Victoria & Albert
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Breathe
Victoria
Last Night in Soho
The Painted Veil
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
Affairs of the Heart
Evil Under the Sun
The Great Muppet Caper
You, Me and the Apocalypse
Snow White
Theater of Blood
The Assassination Bureau
The Snail and the Whale
Black Narcissus
The Hospital
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Witness for the Prosecution
In the Beginning
Bleak House
The Last King
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Rebecca
Julius Caesar
Parting Shots
The American
Genghis Cohn
A Good Man in Africa