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Emilia Clarke Emilia Clarke is an English actress, best
known for her role as Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO series Game of Thrones for which she
has received an Emmy Award nomination. Early life
Clarke was born in London and grew up in Berkshire with her parents, her father is a theatre
sound engineer, and her mother is a businesswoman. She had one 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 at the time. She was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford from 2000 to
2005, and Rye St Antony School. She then studied at Drama Centre London, graduating in 2009.
Career Clarke's early work includes two plays at
St. Edwards, ten plays at Drama Centre London, the 2009 Company of Angels production of Sense,
and a 2009 commercial for Samaritans. Her first television roles were Saskia Mayer in
a 2009 episode of Doctors and Savannah in Syfy's 2010 film Triassic Attack. Screen International
magazine named her as one of the "UK Stars of Tomorrow".
In 2010, Clarke was cast as Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO medieval fantasy series Game of
Thrones which is based on the book series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin.
She was cast as a replacement to fellow British actress Tamzin Merchant, who was replaced
for undisclosed reasons. The show debuted in April 2011 to positive reviews and was
quickly picked up by the network for a second season. Clarke won the 2011 EWwy Award for
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama for her role as Daenerys. In 2013, she was nominated
for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards.
In 2012, Clarke appeared in Spike Island, a film named after the location of The Stone
Roses' seminal 1990 gig. From March to April 2013, Clarke played Holly Golightly in a Broadway
production of Breakfast at Tiffany's. In May, it was announced that she had joined the feature
film Garden of Last Days. Filmography
Theatre Awards and nominations