What the House of the Dragon Cast Looks Like in Real Life

Where you’ve seen her: Wonder Woman (as young Diana), the 2018 Tomb Raider remake (as young Lara), the BBC series Casualty.

Who she plays: young Alicent Hightower, daughter of Otto Hightower, Hand of the King, and BFFs with Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen.

Where you’ve seen her: Australian TV shows like Janet King and Upright, Netflix’s Pine Gap, Starz’s The Gloaming.

Who she plays: Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, daughter of King Viserys I, in her younger years.

Where you’ve seen her: Ready Player One (as Art3mis/Samantha), Sound of Metal (as Lou), Bates Motel, Thoroughbreds.

Who she plays: an adult Alicent Hightower.

Where you’ve seen them: Prime Video’s Truth Seekers (as Astrid), Hanna (as Sonia Richter), the film Mothering Sunday, the Toni Collette-starring mini series Wanderlust.

Who they play: Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in adulthood.

Where you’ve seen him: Doctor Who, The Crown‘s first two seasons, the BBC Two series Party Animals, Last Night in Soho.

Who he plays: Prince Daemon Targaryen, younger brother of King Viserys and heir to the throne.

Where you’ve seen him: Dead Man’s Shoes, Tyrannosaur, Hot Fuzz, HBO’s The Outsider, Peaky Blinders (as Father John Hughes), In America.

Who he plays: King Viserys Targaryen, father of Princess Rhaenyra and brother to Daemon.

Where you’ve seen her: The King’s Speech (as Wallis Simpson), Lucky Man, Nurse Jackie (as Dr. Eleanor O’Hara), 2012’s Much Ado About Nothing, Fate: The Winx Saga.

Who she plays: Rhaenys Targaryen, cousin of Viserys, who was passed over as heir to the throne.

Where you’ve seen him: The Serpent (as Dominique Renelleau), An Uncandid Portrait, the Emilia Clarke-starring 2019 rom-com Last Christmas.

Who he plays: Ser Criston Cole, a knight of Dornish descent and son of the steward to the Lord of Blackhaven.

Where you’ve seen him: The Amazing Spider-Man (as The Lizard/Dr. Curt Connors), Notting Hill (as the eccentric roommate Spike), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (as Xenophilius Lovegood), Snowden, Elementary, Berlin Station.

Who he plays: Otto Hightower, hand of the king to Viserys.

Where you’ve seen her: Ex-Machina (as the robot Kyoko), Devs, Crazy Rich Asians (as the bride Araminta Lee), Maniac.

Who she plays: Mysaria, an ally to Prince Daemon.

Where you’ve seen him: Pine Gap, Prince of Pearsia: The Sands of Time, 1995’s Judge Dredd, 2005’s Shooting Dogs.

Who he plays: Lord Corlys Velaryon (also known as “The Sea Snake”), a renowned nautical adventurer who claims the largest navy in the world.

Where you’ve seen him: the Hobbit trilogy (as Dwalin), Rambo (as Lewis), Outlander (as Dougal MacKenzie/Buck MacKenzie), 24, Prison Break.

Who he plays: Ser Harrold Westerling, a knight of the Kingsguard .

Where you’ve seen her: Sherlock (as Elizabeth/Eurus Holmes), Trying (as Karen), Good Omens, No Return, Body of Water.

Who she plays: Aemma Arryn, queen and wife to Viserys.