Overview
- Born
- Birth name Emilia Isobel Euphemia Rose Clarke
- Nickname
- Milly
- Height 5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
Mini Bio
- British actress Emilia Clarke was born in London and grew up in Oxfordshire, England. Her father was a theatre sound engineer and her mother is a businesswoman. Her father was working on a theatre production of “Show Boat” and her mother took her along to the performance. This is when, at the age of 3, her passion for acting began. From 2000 to 2005, she attended St. Edward’s School of Oxford, where she appeared in two school plays. She went on to study acting at the prestigious Drama Centre London, where she took part in 10 plays. During this time, Emilia first appeared on television with a guest role in the BBC soap opera Doctors (2000).
In 2010, after graduating from the Drama Centre London, Emilia got her first film role in the television movie Triassic Attack (2010). In 2011, her breakthrough role came in when she replaced fellow newcomer Tamzin Merchant on Game of Thrones (2011) after the filming of the original pilot episode. From March to April 2013, she played Holly Golightly in a Broadway production of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”. She played Sarah Connor in Terminator Genisys (2015), opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jai Courtney and Jason Clarke. She played the lead role of Louisa Clark in the romantic comedy blockbuster Me Before You (2016) and went on to star in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) as Qi’ra.
Since her rise to prominence, Emilia has contributed to various charitable organisations. In 2018, she was named as the ambassador to the Royal College of Nursing because of her efforts in raising awareness about the working condition of the nurses in the UK. In 2019, she was named as the first ambassador for the global Nursing Now campaign. In 2019, in a personal essay published in The New Yorker, Emilia revealed that she had suffered from two life threatening brain aneurysms in 2011 and 2013. She launched her own charity SameYou in 2019, which aims to broaden neurorehabilitation access for young people after a brain injury or stroke.
– IMDb Mini Biography By: Ajantrik
Family
- Children No Children
- Parents Jenny ClarkeRick Clarke
- Relatives Bennett Clarke(Sibling)
Trademarks
- Eyes with central heterochromia. Both irises of her eyes are greyish blue coloured on the outer rim and hazel coloured on the inner rim.
- Petite and curvaceous figure.
- Bold and animated eyebrows.
- Pale skin and full lips.
- Happy-go-lucky personality.
Trivia
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- Was working three to six different jobs to get by before being cast in Game of Thrones (2011) including bartending, restaurant waitress, call centre, etc.
- Replaced Tamzin Merchant in the role of Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones (2011) after the original pilot episode was filmed.
- She’s an avid backpacker and has travelled through India, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and South Africa. Her sports skills include horseback-riding, ice skating, rowing, running, sailing, skiing, swimming and tennis.
- Her eyes have central heterochromia. Both irises of her eyes are greyish blue coloured on the outer rim and hazel coloured on the inner rim.
- Has said that she is often not recognized in public without the extremely long platinum blonde wig she wears on Game of Thrones (2011).
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Quotes
- [on her role as Daenerys Targaryen on the Game of Thrones (2011) series] Sometimes, I feel like the kid left out–the weirdo with the silver hair that no one likes to talk to.
- [on her Game of Thrones (2011) character] I felt for Daenerys. I felt for her situation as a woman. Being in such a male-dominated society, where she was being abused by the men around her–it was that sort of sympathy, I suppose it started off as that. But then as you track her story, the problems that she overcomes and the way that she deals with them with such grace and the way that she deals with them when she has no training. The only thing that she has is herself and her iron will–that’s just a fabulous, incredible side to her character, really. And the fact that you watch her fall in love. You know, she meets the man that she loves more than anything else. She goes through painful events but she is still this strong, independent woman. And I think that, as a female, is what I really connected with.
- One of the many things I love about Daenerys [from Game of Thrones (2011)] is she’s given me an opportunity to fly the flag for young girls and women, to be more than just somebody’s wife and somebody’s girlfriend.
- Because of my white silver hair [playing Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones (2011)], I rarely get recognized in public. But once, when I was in L.A. in America, a couple of weeks ago and I was in a lift [elevator] in a department store while shopping and the doors opened and this woman stood there, looked at me and just went, Khaleesi! and then the doors closed! So, that was mental and bizarre and rarely happens, but when it does it’s normally on that kind of crazy scale.
- I looked around one stage school when I was maybe nine. It just scared the bejesus out of me. I was incredibly open, and the girls seemed fierce and determined.
- Not to sound too much like an obnoxious actor, but the character never really leaves me. I’ve read all the “Game of Thrones” books many times over, so I sometimes find it easier being on set, because it can be hard to get out of character.
- I told my parents I wanted to be an actor and they were getting ready for a life of unemployment so they’re just happy I’m in work!
- When I told my dad I wanted to be an actress, he replied that there was only one line I needed to learn: “Do you want fries with that?”.
- My father always said “Never trust anyone whose television is bigger than their bookshelf”.
- [on being unaware that the Terminator Genisys poster focuses on her butt] I wasn’t thinking that they would chose my behind to promote the movie. I’m taking it as a compliment, that’s all I’m saying.
- [on her role as Sarah Connor] Let’s see, there’s driving a bus off a bridge, rolling out in an armored car, firing eight different kinds of weapons. It’s just kicking some general butts, really.
- [on not knowing that the photo for the Terminator Genisys (2015) poster was being taken] I don’t remember them taking that picture. I would have turned around and said, “What are you doing? What’s that! Get that camera away from my butt!” I was looking at the poster thinking, “Who is that?” It’s cool.
- [on what it was like working with Arnold Schwarzenegger on Terminator Genisys (2015)] Definitely quite surreal. Everything you know about him on screen he brings in real life as well.
- [on Sarah Connor, the heroine from the Terminator franchise] The most iconic female action figure ever.
- [on the classic movie The Terminator (1984)] It’s really scary.
- [on her maternal grandmother’s half-Indian ancestry] The fact that [my grandmother] had to hide her skin color, essentially [by wearing makeup], and try desperately to fit in with everyone else must’ve been incredibly difficult… So, yeah: history of fighters.
- I saw the other side and I’m good.
- [negative reactions from women about her nudity] I get a lot of crap for having done nudes scenes and sex scenes. That, in itself, is so antifeminist. Women hating on other women is just the problem.
- [being considered sexy] It’s weird. When people say you’re the sexiest woman alive or whatever, you’re like “Yeah, but we don’t need to talk about it.” It’s nice, but I wish so much that I could be like Beyoncé and go, “Damn straight, check out my booty.” But I can’t because that’s not who I am.
- [being open to nude roles in the future] I definitely wouldn’t say I won’t do nudity again because there’s loads in life.
- [only getting offers for nude roles] For better or worse, people loved to talk about me being naked. That’s the one thing that grinds my gears. It only happened in Game of Thrones a couple of times because it was part of the plot. I don’t walk around naked all of the time.
- [being nude in Game of Thrones] It’s awesome. I don’t have a body double: that’s the size of my bottom and we’ve all seen it.
