Game of Thrones promotes Nathalie Emmanuel to series regular in Season 5

Game of Thrones actors typically do not have great job security, as players in the land of Westeros could be taken off the board at any time. But one actress knows for sure that she will be around for the foreseeable future.

Nathalie Emmanuel, who plays Daenerys Targaryen's (Emilia Clarke) cautious but smart translator Missandei in Season 3, will become a series regular in Season 5, according to EW.com. This is contingent upon HBO renewing the show for a fifth season, but barring some unforeseen universe-altering event that causes Game of Thrones to not be a smash hit, that seems like almost a sure thing.

For the fourth season, in which Emmanuel has a recurring role, the show describes Missandei as "a former slave with a gift for languages who becomes Daenerys' confidant and trusted adviser."

The actress also acquired a role in Fast & Furious 7.

Game of Thrones has a staggering 29 series regulars in Season 4.

In similar news, the producers of Game of Thrones have locked up Michiel Huisman with a deal to return as a series regular. But in a bit of a twist, the status begins in a potential Season 5.

Huisman is scheduled to appear as Daario in multiple Season 4 episodes as the love interest of Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke). In the series of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire books on which the show is based, Dany and Daario begin a torrid affair early in the fifth book in the series, entitled A Dance with Dragons. Dany's associates do not approve, but she asserts her authority as queen and forges ahead with it. Still, she knows the romance will not last for long because she is a queen and he is a sellsword, though Daario does not agree.

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