Emilia Clarke

Emilia Clarke was born as Emilia Isabelle Euphemia Rose Clarke on 23 October 1986 in London, United Kingdom to Jennifer Clarke and her husband. Her mother is the director of a charity organization named The Anima Foundation while her father (died 10 July 2016) served as a theatre sound engineer.

Clarke went to Rye St Antony School and St. Edward’s School. Later, she graduated from the Drama Centre London in 2009.

Talking about the actress’ love life, she dated filmmaker and comedian, Seth MacFarlane, for approximately six months before breaking up. However, Clarke remains friends with MacFarlane even after their separation. She owns a big house in California which she purchased in 2016.

Emilia Clarke's early acting work includes two stage plays at St. Edwards and ten plays at the Drama Centre London. Her initial TV performances were in an episode of the soap opera’ Doctors’ and in the television film ‘Triassic Attack’. In 2011, the actress was cast as Daenerys Targaryen in HBO’s fantasy series ‘Game of Thrones’. Her performance earned positive reviews and she won the EWwy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama in 2011.

In 2012, she did the films ‘Spike Island’ and ‘Shackled’. Soon after this, she played the role of Evelyn Hemingway in the comedy-crime drama flick ‘Dom Hemingway’. Clarke then appeared in the American science fiction movie ‘Terminator Genisys’. The movie was a commercial success though it received poor reviews. Her performance was praised by critics.

She next had a role in the flick ‘Me Before You’ in 2016. The film was a major hit. That year, she also voiced the character of Bridget in an episode of ‘Robot Chicken’. The actress then did the film ‘Voice from the Stone’ in 2017. The same year, she also did voice work for an episode each of the animated series ‘Animals’ and ‘Thunderbirds Are Go’ respectively. Clarke would soon be seen in the role of Qi’ra in the upcoming movie ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’.