Game of Thrones actress Hannah Murray sectioned after being ‘lured into cult’

Zoe Hodges

The Game of Thrones and Skins actress is releasing her memoir next year.

Game of Thrones actress Hannah Murray was sectioned after being recruited to a wellness cult.

From Bristol in England, Murray played Gilly in the hit HBO fantasy series and is releasing her memoir ‘The Make-Believe’ next year in which she shares more about the events which led up to her being sectioned.

In the book, the 35-year-old – who rose to fame in 2007 playing Cassie in Skins – will reveal how her mental health was impacted when she was detained in 2017 after becoming involved with the group.

Speaking about the upcoming memoir, she said: “The Make-Believe tells a deeply personal story that has lived inside me for many years and which it now feels vital to share.”

The publishers, Hutchinson Heinemann, also told multiple outlets in a statement:

“This is the story of the blurred line between what is real, and what is an illusion; what we must accept and what we wish to be true; between solid earth beneath your feet and a world where anything is possible if you only commit. It is about the lure of those that tell us they can save us, and the deceptive structure of organisations that promise us ‘wellness’.

“It’s about the acting world, but also about the way all of us act, hiding our vulnerabilities from everyone except the people trained to prey on them.”

Murray’s character on Skins battled mental health problems and an eating disorder, something which the actress previously said had taken its toll on her.

She was just 17 at the time she portrayed Cassie on the critically acclaimed Channel 4 drama.

Speaking to Backstage in 2019, she said: “I think [maintaining mental health is] something I learned a lot over the course of my career. My first role, I played a girl with anorexia… It was heavy stuff.

“And I thought being an actor meant being tortured and angst-ridden and suffering and [that] I had to feel everything for real and hold on to it. I really believed in the idea of the tortured artist. And that is not sustainable, by any means.

“You have to take care of yourself, and you have to leave stuff on set or in the trailer, and you can’t take it home with you.”

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