Emilia Clarke

**Emilia Clarke** (born October 23, 1986) is a British actress, best known for her role as Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO series *Game of Thrones*, for which she received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2013.

Emilia rose to prominence for her breakthrough role as Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO fantasy television series *Game of Thrones* (2011–2019). The role garnered her critical acclaim, international recognition, and several accolades, including four Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Three were for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, with the fourth nomination being for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2019.

Clarke made her Broadway debut as Holly Golightly in the 2013 play *Breakfast at Tiffany's* and played Nina in a West End production of The Seagull that began previews in 2020 before being suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Her film roles include Sarah Connor in the science fiction film *Terminator Genisys* (2015) and Qi'ra in the Star Wars film *Solo: A Star Wars Story* (2018). She has also starred in the romantic films *Me Before You* (2016) and *Last Christmas* (2019). In 2018, she was honoured 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.

## Nude scenes

Emilia has shown her bare breasts and butt on the HBO TV show *Game of Thrones* and in the movie *Voice from the Stone.*

## Personal life

Clarke lives in Hampstead, London. In 2016, she purchased a $4.64 million house in Venice Beach, California. In 2019, she purchased another home in Islington, London.

In a March 2019 article she wrote for *The New Yorker*, she revealed she had a subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by a ruptured aneurysm, in February 2011. She underwent urgent endovascular coiling surgery and subsequently suffered from aphasia; at one point she was unable to recall her own name. She had a second aneurysm surgically treated 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* magazine's Sexiest Woman Alive, and was recognized with the *GQ* Woman of the Year Award that same year. Men's lifestyle magazine *FHM* named Clarke one of the 100 sexiest women in 2015, 2016, and 2017. She was also named in *Glamour* magazine's list of Best Dressed Women in 2017.

Once filming concluded on the final season of *Game of Thrones*, Clarke, as a tribute to her role as Daenerys Targaryen, commemorated her time on the show with a wrist tattoo featuring a trio of flying dragons.

Clarke sings in her spare time and has a contralto voice range.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 IMDb entry. Retrieved on 2014-08-19.
2. ↑ Markovitz, Benjamin. "The Gorgeous Balance of Emilia Clarke, Sexiest Woman Alive 2015", *Esquire*, Hearst Communications, October 13, 2015. Retrieved on June 10, 2020.
3. ↑ Emilia Clarke Purchases Venice Beach Mansion. Vox Media (October 13, 2016). Retrieved on June 10, 2020.
4. ↑ Clarke, Emilia. "A Battle for My Life", *The New Yorker*, Condé Nast, March 21, 2019. Retrieved on March 22, 2019.
5. ↑ McGurk, Stuart (25 July 2016). Emilia Clarke uses gangster rap to get into character. Condé Nast. Retrieved on 22 November 2019.
6. ↑ Oldenburg, Ann (11 February 2014). Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2014 are .... Gannett.
7. ↑ "The Gorgeous Balance of Emilia Clarke, Sexiest Woman Alive 2015", *Esquire*, Hearst Communications, 13 October 2015.
8. ↑ "FHM 100 sexiest women in the world 2015", *MSN.com*, Microsoft, April 28, 2015. Retrieved on May 13, 2020.
9. ↑ "The 100 Sexiest Women in the World, 2016", *FHM*, Bauer Media Group, 29 December 2016. Retrieved on 13 May 2020.
10. ↑ "The 100 Sexiest Women In The World, 2017", *FHM*, Bauer Media Group, 30 December 2017. Retrieved on 13 May 2020.
11. ↑ "It's Official: These are the best dressed women of 2017", *Glamour*, Condé Nast, 26 October 2017.
12. ↑ Greenberg, Isabel (September 20, 2018). Emilia Clarke Just Got a Game of Thrones Tattoo and It's So Perfect. Hearst Communications. Retrieved on April 2, 2020.
13. ↑ 42 Fiery Facts About Emilia Clarke (6 February 2018).
14. ↑ Style Profile: Emilia Clarke (June 7, 2013). Retrieved on June 10, 2020.
## External links

* Emilia Clarke Biography
* Emilia Clarke links at FreeOnes
* Emilia Clarke at Babepedia
* Emilia Clarke article at *Wikipedia*