Rebecca Van Cleave

About Rebecca Van Cleave

Rebecca Van Cleave is a British-American actress, artist and a singer - songwriter. She was born in Barnes, London and spent her youth in Virginia before returning to England in 2012. She has a younger brother.

She also gained international praise and recognition for her work as Lena Headey's double for her naked walk of shame, in the multi-award winning episode "Mother's Mercy" of HBO's Game of Thrones. Emmy award-winning director David Nutter called Van Cleave's casting one of the most important parts of making the finale. "We needed somebody who could do The Walk of Shame physically, somebody who could match Lena's integrity, intensity and sensibility," Nutter told Entertainment Weekly. "We found a tremendous actress in Rebecca; she was a godsend. The courage of this girl, who's never done anything like this in her life, who understood what was important about this... once I had her I felt like I could accomplish anything."