Emilia Isabelle Euphemia Rose Clarke, the First of Her Name, Mother of Dogs, Lady Regent of Acting, Queen of Beauty, Singer of Jazz, and so much more.
When she was three, her father was working on the musical ‘Show Boat’, which is what first got her interested in acting.
The actress attended drama school at Drama Centre London. Big names including Paul Bettany, Colin Firth, and Pierce Brosnan also attended here.
Emilia has central heterochromia, meaning both of her irises are grey on the outer rim, but they are hazel on the inner rim.
Aside from acting, Emilia is also quite the singer. She enjoys ballads, blues, and cabaret and jazz singing.
Emilia Isabelle Euphemia Rose Clarke was born in London, England. She grew up in Berkshire. Her mother was a charity director and her father was a sound engineer.
She wasn’t always Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea. Actress Tamzin Merchant played Daenerys in the pilot episode, but the role was recast and given to Emilia.
She turned down the part of Anastasia Steele in the ‘Fifty Shade of Grey’ series because she didn’t want to be pigeonholed as an actress who always goes nude for roles.
On her first day of filming GOT, Emilia fell off of her horse. She describes it as ‘mildly falling to the ground’, but when the actress saw the whole crew looking at her, she burst into tears.
She was voted AskMen’s ‘Most Desirable Woman in the World’ in 2014 and Esquire’s ‘Sexiest Woman Alive’ in 2015.
Emilia was made fun of for her big beautiful eyebrows in school, but her mother wouldn’t let her change them. In fact, her mom’s rules were, “Don’t do drugs, don’t have sex, and don’t touch your eyebrows.”
She’s an avid backpacker and has traveled through lots of places including South Africa, Vietnam, India, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.
She’s acted in films including ‘Me Before You’, ‘Terminator Genisys’ and ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’.
Her younger brother is a cameraman on GOT. She’s had to tell him not to drop in on set a few times while filming intimate scenes. That sh#t may fly Westeros, but in the real world it’s extremely awkward to watch your sister in such a… compromising position.
She spent a day walking around New York City as Jon Snow asking people questions about the show.
Emilia suffered two brain aneurisms during her time on Game of Thrones and underwent multiple surgeries. The actress kept this information private for years, but recently opened up about her health journey.
Fans often don’t recognize her in public. When she doesn’t have on the beautiful silver-blonde wig of Daenerys Stormborn, she’s harder to spot.
Emilia is an animal lover, and has a dog named Roxy.
Emilia said filming the intimate moments with Kit Harington on GOT were kind of awkward because the two hadn’t done a lot of scenes together yet.
In addition to English, Emilia speaks French and German.
She only had one day to prepare for her audition as Daenerys Targaryen. Obviously, she nailed it.
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