Her strength throughout her journey naturally makes her true successor to the throne. Lagertha is a warrior, she defeated King Herald and fought with Nordic men. She never went deep into that relationship. She had a one night stand with King Ecbert. She is altogether an independent woman with her own sexual orientation. These women are strong.”įans have seen many sides of Lagertha. According to Winnick: “A lot of relationships of domestic abuse, especially now with the #MeToo movement, you see a lot of it coming forward. She insisted to make sure the characters evolved and finally she succeeded. Finally fans get to see how fierce she can be.Īctress Katheryn Winnick was not happy with Lagertha being always the victim. But when similarly Knut was trying to abuse her, Lagertha protested and killed Knut by stabbing him. Lagertha was not happy either with her 2nd husband Sigvard. But later on, Lagertha took revenge by Killing Aslaug. As a reaction Lagertha didn’t lose her mind, she accepted the fate. And he revealed Aslaug is pregnant with his child. In season 2, Lagertha’s first husband Ragnar was caught cheating on her with Princess Aslaug. Lagertha is a victim of rape, miscarriage, domestic violence and unhealthy divorce. She faced many realistic issues faced by women throughout the ages. The 66-year-old Lagertha is a symbol of femininity. Later on Ragnar’s one of the sons Hvitserk kills Lagertha after mistaking her as Ivar. Lagertha is obedient to her ex-husband Ragnar. As a revenge, Lagertha took Sigvard’s one eye. The shieldmaiden was betrayed by her first husband Ragnar and beaten by her second husband Sigvard. Lagertha is a strong moral woman, who is fierce and destroys whoever comes on her way.

Lagertha is the 1st wife of Travis Fimmel’s Ragnar Lothbrok and the mother of Alexander Ludwig’s Bjorn Ironside. In Vikings Katheryn Winnick plays the character Lagertha. Katheryn also debuted as a director for one episode ‘Valhalla Can Wait’ in Vikings season 6.

Katheryn has worked on critically acclaimed series Vikings, Amusement, Bones, Polar, The Dark Tower, Art of The Steel, Wu Assassin etc. The 43 year old actress has some amazing works in her filmography.

Lagertha actress