Emilia Clarke
Emilia Clarke
Emilia Isabelle Euphemia Rose Clarkeis an English actress. She is best known 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. Clarke made her Broadway debut in a production of Breakfast at Tiffany's as Holly Golightly in March 2013. In 2015, she starred as Sarah Connor in Terminator Genisys and in 2016 she starred in...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth26 October 1986
CityLondon, England
Living in London as a student is tough. And my heart goes out to every single drama student in London because, as an actor, it's a creative process that you are taking on, and if you don't get to do it every day, it hurts.
You have to do whatever jobs you can to pay the rent.
Personally, I'd like as many children as I can pop out, I reckon.
One of the first houses we lived in was like out of a fairy story. We had a stream that ran through our garden, and we played with the ducks - we locked them in my mum's office, and they pooed everywhere. It was crazy, picking blackberries and mushrooms, rabbits running through your legs.
My mother taught me to cleanse, tone, and moisturize twice a day, so I always do that - I could be partying or working late, but I'm never too tired to take care of my skin.
My father always said, 'Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf' - so I make sure I read.
If you spend too much time wondering what you're going to feel like in year five, you're not going to feel anything in year one.
I think as a woman it's in our nature to nurture someone else. Sometimes at the expense of ourselves.
I think the reason why strong women have such a powerful impact is that you've got the strength of a man with the heart and sensitivity of a woman.
Croatia has been glorious - it's so beautiful, and I want to go back as often as I can.
My dad took me for an audition once, to show me, 'OK, you want to be a child actor, this is what it's like.' I sang a folk song about donkeys on this West End stage with this big director, and there was a queue of 200 girls all singing 'Memory.' I was terrible. Terrible.
I learned more doing 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' than I did during three years at drama school.
I don't get much studio stuff. I'm usually on location, and I know that some people think that acting is so glamorous, but believe me, it's not!
I wear tinted moisturized since, on the stage, we tend to wear such heavy stage makeup.