Katheryn Winnick plays Lagertha on Vikings ... Winnick, 38, started taekwondo at the age of seven, got her first black belt by 13, and started her own school by 16. “By the time I was 21 ...

Hirst says he cast Winnick “partially because she was a black belt in Taekowndo … [Lagertha] is a woman who’s had two children and killed countless people, and Katheryn was utterly ...

The overtly-age-defying actress and black belt Katheryn Winnick (Picture: Rich Polk/Getty Images for IMDb) Not only is Vikings star Katheryn Winnick defying the entire concept of time by not ...

1. Katheryn Winnick – Everyone’s favorite Viking was a martial artist long before she was a professional actress. Born into a martial arts family, Winnick earned her first black belt in tae ...

Katheryn Winnick has got involved in the #MeToo movement ... and not only has she gone on to achieve her black belt, but the director is now teaching her female Vikings co-stars self defense ...

If Katheryn Winnick ever wondered how deeply her Vikings ... She has a third-degree black belt in tae kwon do, a second-degree black belt in karate and is a licensed bodyguard.

Katheryn Winnick as shield maiden Lagertha Lothbrok ... the self-confessed tomboy received her first black belt at 13. She then opened her first martial arts school at 16 and owned another two ...

For the past four years, Katheryn Winnick has dazzled us as the steely ... She got her first black belt at thirteen and opened her first martial arts school three years later. “ ...

Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) and Gunnhild (Ragga Ragnars ... Katheryn was a good choice because of her black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do because anytime she had to do something physical it would be ...

By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Vikings star Katheryn Winnick made her character Lagertha ... having earned her first black belt at 13 and opened three martial arts studios in her native ...

“I wasn’t upset when I was told I was getting written out,” says Katheryn Winnick ... episode – Winnick began martial arts training aged 7, got her first black belt aged 13, and by ...