And by the way...did the producers say to themselves, “Let’s cast the ugliest actress we can find to play the child”?
HBO likes their third-tier Game of Thrones actors.
Haven't you noticed? Ugly is the new black.
How many odd-looking (and in any case not gorgeous) or thoroughly unattractive women were in Game of Thrones? A great many TV series now have a leading woman who is at best a closing-time queen. BBC in particular has two genuinely fugly actresses they like to put in everything.
And they give bonus points if they're unattractive and they lisp.