Emilia Clarke was born October 23, 1986 is an English actress. She studied at the Drama Center London, appearing in a number of theatrical productions, including one by the Company of Angels. Her television debut came with an appearance in an episode of the British medical soap opera Doctors in 2009. The following year, she was named one of the “UK Stars of Tomorrow” by Screen International magazine for her role in the film Syfy Triassic Attack (2010).

Clarke has grown in importance for his revolutionary role as Daenerys Targaryen in the fantasy TV series HBO Game of Thrones (2011-2019). The role earned him critical acclaim, international recognition and several distinctions, including four Primetime Emmy Awards nominations. Three were for the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, with the fourth nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Leading Actress in a Drama Series in 2019.

she was honored by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts with the British Artist of the Year award. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019.

In a March 2019 article she wrote for The New Yorker, she revealed that she had had a subarachnoid hemorrhage caused by a ruptured aneurysm in February 2011. She underwent urgent endovascular surgery. winding and then suffered from aphasia; at one point, she could not remember her own name. She had a second aneurysm treated surgically in 2013.

Clarke is a feminist. She was voted the most desirable woman in the world by AskMen readers in 2014. In 2015, she was named Esquire’s sexiest woman and received the GQ Woman of the Year award the same year. . She was also named to the Glamor List of Best Dressed Women in 2017.

After filming on the final season of Game of Thrones, Clarke, in tribute to his role as Daenerys Targaryen, commemorated his passage in the series with a wrist tattoo with a trio of flying dragons.