IN PICS | This Game of Thrones actress shared a picture feeding a baby on set, HBO calls her, an 'aggressive fighter, loving mother'

Game of Thrones' actress Gemma Whelan, popular for her role as Yara Greyjoy who was last seen heading to the Iron Islands (In S08E02), shared a candid picture on her Instagram handle feeding her baby daughter in full costume.

The actress have birth to her daughter in October 2017 with husband Gerry Howell. She captioned the image ahead of the 'The Long Night' episode that aired on April 29 saying: "“Enjoy tonight’s episode guys…! Yara’s got some big news…🤱🦑 👊🏼." With that hashtag in the caption, did Yara give out a spoiler?

HBO also praised the actress and dropped a comment on the picture saying, “Aggressive fighter, loving mother.” [sic]

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Meanwhile, HBO's "Game of Thrones" has once again ridden a high body count to a record viewer count. Sunday's big-battle episode, the third of the final season, drew 17.8 million viewers either live on the network at 9 p.m., streamed, on-demand or in a rerun that aired later that night, the Nielsen company said.

That made it the week's most-watched show cable or broadcast and the most-watched one-day event ever in HBO's four decades of existence, topping the "Game of Thrones" season eight premiere, which had 17.4 million viewers two weeks earlier.

The episode known as "The Long Night" was the longest in series history at 1 hour, 22 minutes. It featured a battle between the living and the dead — teased and anticipated since season one — that had a sky-high casualty count even for the famously bloody fantasy series.

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Some 12.02 million people watched the episode live, a figure eclipsed only by the season seven finale.

The May 19 series finale is expected to break both records. The numbers for Sunday's episode are likely to grow considerably after delayed and repeat viewings. HBO said 38 million people have now watched the season eight premiere.
 

(With Inputs from AP)