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Game of Thrones: Who's Playing Young Cersei?

Get scoop on Season 5

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Liz Raftery

Game of Thrones fans will get a glimpse of a young Cersei Lannister in Season 5.

The website WatchersontheWall.com has discovered that Nell Williams has been cast as the younger version of the ruthless queen, who's played by Lena Headey. She'll be seen in a flashback that depicts Cersei and a friend visiting an older woman named Maggy the Frog.

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Fans might get a glimpse of Young Cersei on the big screen when the Season 5 trailer debuts in 150 IMAX theaters for one week starting on Jan. 23, along with the final two episodes of Season 4. This marks the first time a TV show will be shown in IMAX.

Williams was a series regular on the British sitcom The Revolting World of Stanley Brown, alongside Game of Thrones star Dean-Charles Chapman.

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