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6 THINGS ABOUT MORFYDD CLARK

The Welsh actress (33) plays Galadriel, a fierce Elven warrior in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

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She grew up loving JRR Tolkien’s work. “My dad had read The Hobbit to me and I had the audiobooks of all The Lord of the Rings books. I had four fantasy series that sent me to sleep whenever I was stressed about my school exams.

“Fantasy’s always kind of been an escape for me, but particularly The Lord of the Rings.”

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She didn’t know she was playing Galadriel until she arrived in New Zealand in 2019 to

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