'Game of Thrones' star Natalie Dormer runs London Marathon like it's NBD

Such a badass.
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Sam Haysom
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LONDON -- Natalie Dormer is just as badass in real life as she in Game of Thrones.

The photos from the 2016 London Marathon, which show her looking just as chilled at the finish of her 26+ mile run as she does as the start, are clear proof. Dormer is not fazed.


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Here she is smiling on the start line, as if she's about to embark on nothing on more impressive than a casual Sunday morning stroll.

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Here she is cheering at the start-line. To be fair, everyone looks sort of the same at this point: excited, fresh-faced. The real test is how all these people will look in three or four hours' time.

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Now here she is mid-run. Not many people can look cool while they're running, but then again Dormer has come face to face with King Joffrey and still managed to look cool, so really we shouldn't be too surprised.

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Okay, now here we are at the end of the race. And does Dormer look like she's just ran 26.2 miles? No, she doesn't. She barely even looks as though she's broken a sweat.

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So was she running really slow or something? Is that why there's no photo evidence of her looking even mildly uncomfortable.

Well, no. Dormer ran the whole thing in an impressive 3 hours 51 minutes, which is significantly quicker than the average time.

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She even had time for some cheerful selfies.

"I can eat whatever I want in front of the TV -- in front of Game of Thrones -- and feel no guilt," Dormer cheerfully told reporters at the end of the race.

She also had a firm message about her reasons for taking part in the race.

"You know what, I'm here today because 3000 children get in touch with ChildLine every day... and every NSPCC runner you see today -- there's over 900 of us -- is raising money for ChildLine... so I don't give a f*ck what my time is, it's about ChildLine today."

You go, Natalie.

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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