However, her character was revealed as being hundreds of years old, but she used sorcery in order to appear young,
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Van Houten shared an Instagram Stories photo of Melisandre with a fan and wrote: "Just watched House of the Dragon. Just to say, Melisandre has been around for centuries ..."
The actress shared the post on her Instagram Stories and posted a 'fingers crossed emoji' and a winking smile emoji.
Melisandre is the protagonist of the novels and series. She comes from Asshai which is far from Westeros in eastern Essos.