Emilia Clarke (born 26
October 1986) is an English 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.
Clarke made her Broadway debut in Breakfast at Tiffany's as Holly Golightly in
March 2013.
Born 26 October 1986 (age 28), London, England
Alma mater Drama Centre London
Occupation Actress
Years active 2007–present
Early life
Emilia Clarke was born in
London and grew up in Berkshire. Her father is a theatre sound engineer, and
her mother is a businesswoman. She has a younger brother. Clarke's interest in
acting began at the age of three after seeing the musical Show Boat, on which
her father was working at the time. She was educated at Rye St Antony School
and at St Edward's School, Oxford. She then attended Drama Centre London,
graduating in 2009.
Career
Clarke's early work includes
two plays at St. Edwards, ten plays at Drama Centre London, the 2009 Company of
Angels production of Sense, and a 2009 commercial for Samaritans. One of her
first on film roles was for a University of London students short film. Her
first television roles were Saskia Mayer in a 2009 episode of Doctors and
Savannah in Syfy's 2010 film Triassic Attack. Screen International magazine
named her as one of the "UK Stars of Tomorrow".
In 2010, Clarke was cast as
Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO medieval fantasy series Game of Thrones, which is
based on the book series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin. She was
cast after fellow British actress Tamzin Merchant was replaced for undisclosed
reasons. She did the funky chicken and robot dance during her audition. The
show debuted in April 2011 to positive reviews and was quickly picked up by the
network for a second season. To date, she has appeared in all five broadcast
seasons. Clarke won the 2011 EWwy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama
for her role as Daenerys. In 2013, she was nominated for Outstanding Supporting
Actress in a Drama Series at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards. She was voted the
most desirable woman in the world by Askmen readers in 2014.
In 2012, Clarke appeared in
Spike Island, a film named after the location of The Stone Roses's seminal 1990
gig. From March to April 2013, Clarke played Holly Golightly in a Broadway
production of Breakfast at Tiffany's. In 2013, she also starred in Dom
Hemingway alongside Jude Law. In May 2014, it was announced that she had joined
the feature film Garden of Last Days alongside James Franco, but the movie was
scrapped two weeks before production was due to begin. In December 2013, Clarke
was cast as Sarah Connor in 2015's Terminator Genisys opposite Arnold
Schwarzenegger. She will also play the lead as Nurse Verena, in the up-coming
movie Voice from the Stone (2015).
She is attached to the films
The Guns of August opposite Helena Bonham Carter, and Me Before You, in one of
the lead roles as the character, Lou.
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