Game of Thrones: First picha of Arya's dramatic new look 

this year – no more muddy brown tunic and boy-ish haircut! Now that the fan-favorite character has escaped Westeros, where she was traveling incognito disguised as a peasant boy for the past several seasons, the deadly Stark daughter received a radical makeover for her new life in Braavos.

Actress Maisie Williams told us she loves her new, more feminine look. “It’s very neutral, very plain, but clean! I have clean hair that actually moves,” Williams says. “I came onto the set and nobody recognized me.”

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