Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, DBE, born on 20th July 1938, Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK is an actress, who played Emma Peel in the TV series The Avengers (1965-68) then Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones (2013-17). Rigg has also had a career in theatre, including playing the title role in Medea, both in London and New York, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play during 1994. Diana was made a CBE in 1988 then a Dame for services to drama during 1994.