Emilia Clarke
Birthday: 23 October 1986, London, England, UK
Height: 157 cm
British actress Emilia Clarke was born in London and grew up in Berkshire, England. Her father is a theatre sound engineer and her mother is a businesswoman. Her father was working on a theatre produc ...Show More
I told my parents I wanted to be an actor and they were getting ready for a life of unemployment so Show more
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! Hide
My father always said "Never trust anyone whose television is bigger than their bookshelf".
My father always said "Never trust anyone whose television is bigger than their bookshelf".
One of the many things I love about Daenerys [from Game of Thrones (2011)] is she's given me an oppo Show more
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. Hide
[on her role as Sarah Connor] Let's see, there's driving a bus off a bridge, rolling out in an armor Show more
[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. Hide
I looked around one stage school when I was maybe nine. It just scared the bejesus out of me. I was Show more
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. Hide
[on her Game of Thrones (2011) character] I felt for Daenerys. I felt for her situation as a woman. Show more
[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. Hide
Not to sound too much like an obnoxious actor, but the character never really leaves me. I've read a Show more
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. Hide
[on what it was like working with Arnold Schwarzenegger on Terminator Genisys (2015)] Definitely qui Show more
[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. Hide
Because of my hair I rarely, rarely get recognized, but I was in America, in L.A., a couple of weeks Show more
Because of my hair I rarely, rarely get recognized, but I was in America, in L.A., a couple of weeks ago and I was in a lift [elevator] in a department store 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. Hide
When I told my dad I wanted to be an actress, he replied that there was only one line I needed to le Show more
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?". Hide
[on not knowing that the photo for the Terminator Genisys poster was being taken] I don't remember t Show more
[on not knowing that the photo for the Terminator Genisys 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. Hide
[on Sarah Connor, the heroine from the Terminator franchise] The most iconic female action figure ev Show more
[on Sarah Connor, the heroine from the Terminator franchise] The most iconic female action figure ever. Hide
[on her role as Daenerys Targaryen on the Game of Thrones (2011) series] Sometimes, I feel like the Show more
[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. Hide
[on being unaware that the Terminator Genisys poster focuses on her butt] I wasn't thinking that the Show more
[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. Hide
[on the classic movie The Terminator (1984)] It's really scary.
[on the classic movie The Terminator (1984)] It's really scary.
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