A Game of Thrones stuntwoman is suing the hit show’s creators for ￡4 million after she suffered career-ending injuries while jumping from a rooftop dressed as a zombie.

       Casey Michaels, 32, of Winkfield, Berkshire, said she sustained a serious leg injury during filming for the eighth season of the HBO show in Northern Ireland, and has blamed an unsafe landing area for the incident.

       Ms Michaels, who has also performed as a stunt double in several Star Wars films and acted as a body double for Hollywood stars including Catherine Zeta-Jones and Rene Zellweger, said her injuries have ended her career as a stuntwoman and shattered her future ambitions to become a stunt coordinator and director.

       She had made numerous previous stunt appearances in Game of Thrones, based on George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels, before sustaining her injury four years ago.

       She alleges to have damaged her leg after jumping off a rooftop as part of the “White Walkers” undead army, and is now suing Fire and Blood Productions for more than ￡4 million.

       However, legal representatives for Fire and Blood deny any blame and are fighting her claim at London’s High Court.

       Lawyers for Ms Michaels say her accident occurred on February 5, 2018, “during the course of the claimant’s employment as a stunt performer by the defendant production company during the filming of Game of Thrones season eight, near Belfast, Northern Ireland”.

       During a pre-trial hearing at the High Court, judge Master Richard Davison was told that Ms Michaels’ claims that the area she leapt off the roof onto had not been safe for her to land on.

       Jonathan Bellamy, for Fire and Blood, told the judge that the company is both denying liability and contesting the size of the claim.

       He said that the future “employment prospects of the claimant as injured” is a particular area in dispute.

       The case will return to court at a later date.