Emilia Clarke Talks Latest ‘Game of Thrones’ Shocker

Emilia Isabelle Euphemia Rose Clarke was born in London on October 23, 1986. Her father, who died in July last year, was a sound engineer and he was working on the musical Show Boat when Emilia was three years old. That was the moment when she got stuck with acting as her main passion.

Later on, she received an education at Rye St Antony School and then at St Edward’s School, Oxford, from where she graduated in 2005. Afterwards she continued with the praised St Martin’s Drama Centre London, from which she graduated in 2009. During her studies, she appeared in many stage productions, counting as her early work before landing better roles in film and television.

After getting her first television and film roles in the BBC series Doctors and 2010’s movie Triassic Attack, Emilia landed the role of Daenerys Targaryen in the acclaimed HBO series Game of Thrones, for which she received the EWwy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama in 2011.