Emilia Isobel Euphemia Rose Clarke is an English actress and voice actress, who is best known for her role as Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones (2011-2019) and Sarah Connor in Terminator Genysis (2015).
For Disney, she portrayed Qi'ra in Solo and G'iah in the 2023 Marvel Cinematic Universe TV series Secret Invasion.
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- During filming for Season One of Game of Thrones, Emilia suffered a subarachnoid brain hemorrhage, a type of aneurysm in February 2011. She also had a second aneurysm treated in 2013. As a result of these incidents, she later founded the charity SameYou in 2019 alongside her mother, Jennifer Clarke, to help other victims of stroke and brain injuries.
- Emilia Clarke is also an ambassador for the Royal College of Nursing.
- Emilia Clarke is skilled in weapons training from her roles as Qi'ra in Solo: A Star Wars Story and as G'iah in Secret Invasion, along with training from her role as Sarah Connor on Terminator: Genysis.
- Emilia Clarke and her mother, Jennifer, were made Members of the Order of the British Empire's civil division for their work in creating SameYou. Both were invested with the Insignia from William, Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle in February, 2024.
- According to interviews she gave, Emilia was particularly excited to be included in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as many of her former cast mates from Game of Thrones, such as Kit Harrington, had also been cast in various films for the MCU.
- Emilia Clarke is friends with Kit Harrington and his wife Rose Leslie in real life, with all three having first met during the filming of Game of Thrones.
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- Emilia Clarke on Wikipedia
- Emilia Clarke on IMDb
- Emilia Clarke on 𝕏
- Emilia Clarke on Instagram