A star-struck fan became a car-struck fan when she was hit by an automobile just moments after posing with “Game of Thrones” actress Natalie Dormer during a Tribeca Film Festival event.
The unidentified victim met Dormer, who portrayed the seductive scheme-queen Margaery Tyrell on HBO’s “Game of Thrones” for five seasons, outside the SVA Theatre at the School of Visual Arts in Chelsea on Thursday night.
Dormer was on her way inside for a panel discussion following the screening of her new Amazon Studios miniseries, “Picnic at Hanging Rock,” according to witness Diane Cohen, a celebrity photographer who took pictures of the duo just before the accident.
In one, the victim is smiling next to a beaming Dormer as they pose outside the theater.
It was raining outside, and the woman appears to be holding an umbrella over herself and Dormer.
Moments later, at around 8:15 p.m., the woman ran into the middle of West 23rd Street and a gray SUV traveling west slammed into her, according to police.
“All of a sudden, I hear a screech of tires and a really, really loud thump,” Cohen told The Post.
“[The victim] kind of flew in the air and onto the ground. She was hit really hard.”
Cohen said Dormer was nearby when the crash happened, and even tried to help the poor woman before the actress’ handlers ushered her inside to the screening.
“She seemed very moved and shocked,” Cohen said.
“She said, ‘Oh, my God! Oh, my God!’ and when she saw people were trying to move [the victim] before help arrived, she said, ‘Don’t move her.’
“She seemed to genuinely care, but was kind of being coaxed away.”
Photos taken after the crash show friends, good Samaritans and Tribeca Film Festival security trying to aid the woman, as she sat upright on the ground.
The 27-year-old victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where she was listed in stable condition and treated for an injury to her right elbow, police said.
The woman appeared conscious as she was carted off in an ambulance, Cohen said.
The driver was not charged, cops said.
“They were upset, they were in shock, too,” Cohen said of the unidentified person behind the wheel.
Reps for Dormer did not respond to a request for comment on Sunday.
Additional reporting by Max Jaeger
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