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Birth Name: Gaia Romilly Wise
Place of Birth: Westminster, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 4 December, 1999
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, one quarter Ashkenazi Jewish, more distant Irish
Gaia Wise is a British actress. Her roles include the films The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim and Dead of Winter (2025), and the series All Creatures Great and Small .
She is the daughter of actress, comedian, screenwriter, and author Emma Thompson and actor and producer Greg Wise. Her aunt, mother’s sister, is actress Sophie Thompson.
Gaia’s paternal grandfather was Douglass Wise (the son of Horace Watson Wise and Doris Park). Douglass was born in Yorkshire, England. Horace was the son of Frederick George Wise. Doris was the daughter of William Thomas Park.
Gaia’s paternal grandmother was Yvonne Jeannine Czeiler (the daughter of Emil Lörincz Antal Czeiler and Eva Renee Nathlie). Yvonne was born in Paris, France, and was Jewish. Emil was born in Transylvania, Romania. Eva was born in Croatia.
Gaia’s maternal grandfather was actor, scriptwriter, director, and television presenter Eric Thompson (born Eric Norman Thompson, the son of George Henry Thompson and Annie/Anne Amelia Jackson). Eric was born in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England. George was born in York, Yorkshire, England, the son of Matthew Thompson and Lily Smith. Annie was born in West Ham, Essex, England, the daughter of Robert George Jackson and Annie Barnett.
Gaia’s maternal grandmother is actress Phyllida Law (born Phyllida Ann Law, the daughter of William Law and Margaret Cockburn “Megsie” Orr). Phyllida was born in Glasgow, Scotland. William was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, the son of Alexander Law and Mary Agnes Dickson. Margaret was born in Glasgow, the daughter of David Orr and Elizabeth Anna Anderson, whose maternal grandparents were from Ireland.
Sources: Genealogy of Gaia Wise – https://www.geni.com
Gaia’s father talks about his ancestry – https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk
Genealogy of Gaia’s mother – https://www.wikitree.com