| Nathalie Emmanuel has her roots from the Dominican Republic through her mother and from Saint Lucia and England through her father. |
| She demonstrated an early interest in acting, which her mother recognized when she was attending Saint Hilda’s School. |
| At the age of 3, she began drama classes, singing, and dancing, after showing a flair for performing. |
| At ten, she appeared as Young Nala in The Lion King in the West End musical theatre. |
| In 2012, she hosted a BBC Three show called Websex: What’s the Harm?, exploring sexual habits of young people in the UK. |
| She learned about her Game of Thrones role while working as a shop assistant. |
| Her character in Game of Thrones, Missandei, was notably the only major white woman, and her death scene caused significant fan uproar. |
| In 2015, she portrayed a hacker in Furious 7 and participated in two Maze Runner films. |
| She voiced Deet in Netflix's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. |
| In 2022, she worked with Francis Ford Coppola on the film Megalopolis and appeared in the horror film The Invitation. |
| She has been featured in InStyle and GQ magazines. |
| Emmanuel follows a plant-based diet for health reasons and expressed distrust towards the food industry in interviews. |
| An animal lover, she shares her life with a pet dog, often posting about it on social media. |
| She enjoys traveling to unique destinations during her free time. |
