Oona Chaplin Height, Weight, Age, Body Measurements, Biography & Net Worth

Oona Castilla Chaplin is a Spanish-British actress of extraordinary artistic lineage the granddaughter of legendary silent film icon Charlie Chaplin and great-granddaughter of Nobel Prize-winning playwright Eugene O’Neill who has carved out a formidable career entirely on her own terms across international film, British television, and Hollywood blockbusters. She is best known for her role as Talisa Maegyr in HBO’s global phenomenon Game of Thrones (2012–2013), a performance that earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.

Her most significant recent achievement came when she starred as the primary villain Varang in James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) — the third instalment of the highest-grossing film franchise in history with Cameron stating she was cast after an exhaustive global search for someone with “sexuality, dominating psychology, and a lot of fury.”

Quick Facts

Early Life & Biography

Oona Castilla Chaplin was born on June 4, 1986, in Madrid, Spain, to English-American actress Geraldine Chaplin — daughter of the legendary Charlie Chaplin — and Chilean cinematographer Patricio Castilla. Through her mother, she is the granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin and his fourth and final wife, Oona O’Neill Chaplin — after whom Oona was named — and the great-granddaughter of the Nobel Prize-winning American playwright Eugene O’Neill. Her paternal grandmother, Hilda Valderrama, was a Mapuche human rights lawyer. She has a half-brother, Shane, from her mother’s earlier relationship with Spanish film director Carlos Saura. Growing up,

Oona lived across Spain, Switzerland, Cuba, and the United Kingdom due to her mother’s career, becoming fluent in Spanish, French, and English in the process. She trained extensively in ballet, flamenco, and salsa from childhood. At 15, she won a drama scholarship to Gordonstoun School in Scotland, the elite boarding school attended by King Charles III, where she performed in school productions including an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet that toured the UK, and played Bottom — impersonating her grandfather — in a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She auditioned for but did not win a leading Bond girl role in Quantum of Solace (2008), though she was cast in a smaller role in the same film. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London in 2007 with a degree in drama. Oona has spoken openly about the unique duality of her family name — acknowledging both the privilege it brings and the additional scrutiny it demands.

Career Highlights

• 2007 — Made her professional screen debut with a guest role in the BBC spy thriller Spooks and her film debut in Inconceivable, alongside her mother Geraldine Chaplin, shortly after graduating from RADA; the same year she appeared in the Italian horror thriller Imago Mortis.
• 2008 — Appeared as Perla de las Dunas receptionist in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace — the same film she had originally auditioned for in a leading Bond girl role that ultimately went to Gemma Arterton.
• 2012–2013 — Starred as Talisa Maegyr, the Volantene healer who falls in love with and secretly marries Robb Stark, in HBO’s Game of Thrones Seasons 2 and 3; her character’s tragic death in the Red Wedding episode (Season 3, Episode 9) remains one of the most shocking moments in television history; earned a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
• 2017 — Starred as Zilpha Geary, the tormented sister of James Delaney, in Tom Hardy’s critically acclaimed FX/BBC period thriller Taboo — a physically and psychologically demanding performance praised by critics for its raw intensity.
• 2022 — Appeared as Varang in Avatar: The Way of Water, James Cameron’s record-breaking sequel which grossed $2.32 billion worldwide to become the second-highest-grossing film in history; establishing her as a key villain in the franchise.
• 2025 — Starred as the principal villain Varang in Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third instalment of James Cameron’s Avatar franchise; Cameron described his casting decision by saying there was “a sexuality, a dominating psychology, and a lot of fury” that Oona “was able to move fluidly back and forth between” in a way he wasn’t seeing from other auditioners — one of the most significant leading villain roles in modern blockbuster cinema.

Body Measurements Table

Note on height: Most celebrity databases list Oona Chaplin at 5 ft 7 in / 170 cm, while CelebHeights.com — which uses photographic comparisons — places her consensus figure at 5 ft 6½ in / 168.9 cm, noting she appeared approximately the same height as the 5 ft 5 in Natalia Tena in Game of Thrones comparisons. The range of 5 ft 6½ in–5 ft 7 in / 169–170 cm is used here to reflect this variation. Body measurements of 36–26–35 inches are the most consistently cited across multiple databases. Bra cup size is most frequently listed as 34B or 36B depending on the source. Her years of professional training in ballet, salsa, and flamenco have given her an exceptionally athletic and graceful physical presence.

Net Worth

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Oona Chaplin is a Spanish actress who has a net worth of $10 million. Other sources place the figure slightly lower: multiple financial outlets estimate her net worth in the $7–10 million range, with the most conservative estimates citing $7 million. The Celebrity Net Worth figure of $10 million is used here as the most authoritative available estimate.

Estimated Net Worth Range (2026): $7M – $10M

Sources: Celebrity Net Worth; UK Digital Life / DailyWikiBio (2026 estimates)

Her wealth has been accumulated across nearly two decades of film and television work, with her most significant income streams being her multi-season role in Game of Thrones, her recurring villain role across James Cameron’s Avatar franchise — currently confirmed for Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) and future installments — and her starring role in Taboo alongside Tom Hardy. Additional income sources include her recurring role in The Crimson Field (BBC, 2014), The Longest Ride (Lionsgate, 2015) opposite Scott Eastwood, selective endorsements, and ongoing residuals from the record-breaking Avatar franchise, which will continue to generate revenue for years to come.