The popular actress who played Lagertha’s character in Vikings, Katheryn Winnick, left the show during season 6 of the series, but did you know that Katheryn directed one of the episodes?
Actress Katheryn Winnick’s character, Lagertha, was the wife of Viking legend, Ragnar Lothbrok (played by Travis Fimmel). Sadly, Lagertha was killed in the sixth season of Vikings.
But, the actress did not leave the show entirely, as she was called in to direct one of the Vikings episodes.
Katheryn Winnick directed episode eight of the sixth season of Vikings, called, “Valhalla Can Wait.” The same actress also spoke about the challenge of directing the episode:
Winnick also said that being able to direct an episode was the “best goodbye” he could have to say goodbye to the Vikings series altogether.
Lagertha’s actress, Katheryn Winnick, is currently working for the ABC series Big Sky, which is having an interesting history of murders happening.