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Emilia Clarke

Born 1986-10-23

Emilia Isobel Euphemia Rose Clarke, MBE (born 23 October 1986), is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which she received nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards. She is also known for playing Sarah Connor in the science fiction film Terminator: Genisys (2015) and Qi'ra in the Star Wars film Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), as well as starring in the romantic dramas Me Before You (2016) and Last Christmas (2019). Clarke studied at Drama Centre London, appearing in a number of stage productions. Her television debut was a guest appearance in the 2009 BBC One medical soap opera Doctors, at age 22. Clarke made her Broadway debut as Holly Golightly in the play Breakfast at Tiffany's (2013) and played Nina in a West End production of The Seagull that was suspended due to the COVID-19 lockdowns. She also had a role named G'iah in the Marvel Cinematic Universe miniseries, Secret Invasion (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Emilia Clarke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Game of Thrones 2011 · 9.2 Me Before You 2016 · 7.2 Solo: A Star Wars Story 2018 · 6.2 Terminator Genisys 2015 · 5.6 Last Christmas 2019 · 6.0 Secret Invasion 2023 · 5.8 The Pod Generation 2023 · 5.5 Dom Hemingway 2013 · 6.1 Voice from the Stone 2017 · 5.1 Above Suspicion 2019 · 5.6 The Amazing Maurice 2022 · 5.8 Spike Island 2012 · 6.3 The Twits 2025 · 4.8 The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland 2024 · 6.3 Murder Manual 2020 · 2.3 Ponies 2026 · 6.4