emmanuel Nathalie Emmanuel is getting a promotion on HBO‘s Game Of Thrones.

Emmanuel first joined the hit fantasy drama series as a recurring last season, appearing in eight of the 10 episodes. She will continue to recur in the upcoming fourth season and is being made a regular for Season 5, which has not been picked up yet but that is simply a formality.

Emmanuel plays former slave Missandei who has a gift for languages and becomes Daenerys’ (Emilia Clarke) confidant and trusted advisor. She joins fellow GOT recurring player Michiel Huisman, who also recently was upped to regular for Season 5. Emmanuel, repped by ICM Partners,  Untitled Entertainment and Stone, Meyer and Genow, plays a new female lead in the upcoming Fast and Furious 7.