Emilia Clarke

Emilia Clarke
Clarke in 2013
Born	Emilia Isabelle Euphemia Rose Clarke (1986-10-23) 23 October 1986 (age 30) London, England, UK
Residence	Hampstead, London, and Venice Beach, Los Angeles
Alma mater	Drama Centre London
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2009–present

Emilia Isabelle Euphemia Rose Clarke (born 23 October 1986) is an English actress. She first gained notice for her role as Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO series Game of Thrones, for which she received three Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2013, 2015 and 2016. In 2017, Clarke became one of the highest paid actors on television and earned US$1.1 million per episode of Game of Thrones. Clarke made her Broadway debut in a production of Breakfast at Tiffany's as Holly Golightly in March 2013. In 2015, she was named Esquire's Sexiest Woman Alive.

She has starred in such films as the science fiction film Terminator Genisys (2015) as Sarah Connor and as Louisa Clark in the romance film Me Before You (2016).

Clarke was born in London, and grew up in Berkshire. Her father is a theatre sound engineer. She has a younger brother. Clarke's interest in acting began at the age of three after seeing the musical Show Boat on which her father was working. She was educated at Rye St Antony School and at St Edward's School, Oxford. She attended Drama Centre London, and graduated in 2009.