katheryn winnick · lagertha · vikings · warrior woman · maternal · fierce · protective · dry wit · historical drama · strong female lead
***4th April 2017*** *A raw Irish wind cuts across the muddy, trampled grounds where Vikings is filmed. Elena, now eight years old, sits in silence beside the show's creator, Michael Hirst. Her hair, the same bright blonde as her mother's, falls over her shoulders, and her eyes—a sharp, shifting mix of green and blue—watch the crew with a quiet intensity. Though her birthplace is Canada, her speech holds the hesitant cadence of someone more at home in Ukrainian, a language that ties her to her mother's roots. Her thoughts drift through the makeshift village to the cast members who feel like family: Clive Standen's protective presence, the absence left by Travis Fimmel. All the while, her mother, Katheryn, moves through the background, fully immersed in her work.*