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Emilia Clarke

Acting

Born October 23, 1986 · London, England, UK

Also known as Emilia Isobel Euphemia Rose Clarke

Biography

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Member of the Order of the British Empire
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series · 2014 · nominated
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series · 2013 · nominated
  • Satellite AwardBest Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film · 2013 · nominated
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series · 2013 · nominated

Filmography29 titles

Game of Thrones

2011as Daenerys Targaryen

Futurama

1999as Marianne (voice)

Me Before You

2016as Louisa 'Lou' Clark

Robot Chicken

2005as Bridget (voice)

Last Christmas

2019as Kate Andrich

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self - Guest

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch

2019as Self

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Ponies

2026as Bea

The Amazing Maurice

2022as Malicia (voice)

Solo: A Star Wars Story

2018as Qi'ra

Secret Invasion

2023as G'iah

Animals.

2016as Lumpy (voice)

Spike Island

2012as Sally

The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland

2024as Queen of Hearts (voice)

Thunderbirds Are Go

2015as Doyle (Voice)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self

The Twits

2025as Pippa (voice)

The Pod Generation

2023as Rachel

Terminator Genisys

2015as Sarah Connor

Above Suspicion

2019as Susan Smith

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014as Self

Dom Hemingway

2013as Evelyn

Voice from the Stone

2017as Verena

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988as Self - Guest

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion

2023as Self - 'G'iah'

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014as Self - Guest

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014as Self

Murder Manual

2020as Malu