'Star Wars: Episode VII' adds Lupita Nyong'o, Gwendoline Christie

Most of the principal cast of Star Wars: Episode VII has already been announced, but we knew there was at least one more major lead female role left to be.

Lupita Nyong'o of “12 Years a Slave” and actress Gwendoline Christie of “Game of Thrones” will star in the film, according to Lucasfilm. “I could not be more excited about Lupita and Gwendoline joining the cast of Episode VII," Lucasfilm president

12 Years a Slave star Lupita Nyong'o, who won the Academy Award for best supporting actress earlier this year, and Gwendoline Christie, the 6-foot-3 British performer who plays Brienne of Tarth on Game of Thrones, have officially joined the cast of

Lupita Nyong'o & Gwendoline Christie Join 'Star Wars: Episode VII'! After tons of rumors that she was up for a role in Star Wars: Episode VII, it has been confirmed that Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o has joined the cast 

More actors are headed to a galaxy far, far away. Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o and "Game of Thrones" star Gwendoline Christie are tapped as the latest "Star Wars" cast members.