Queen of Dragons
EMILIA Clarke was propelled to fame as the powerful and beautiful Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones.
And now she's starring in what's set to be this year's ultimate festive flick. But what else has the English actress starred in and who is she dating?
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Did Emilia Clarke have a brain aneurysm?
Yes- Emilia opened up suffering two brain aneurysms - sharing never-before-seen pictures of when she was hospitalised.
The British actress suffered the ordeal in 2011 when she was 24 - the same year the first season of Game of Thrones began - and at her lowest she asked medical staff to "let me die."
She made the admission in an essay for the New Yorker last month.
She said: "The diagnosis was quick and ominous: a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), a life-threatening type of stroke, caused by bleeding into the space surrounding the brain.
"I’d had an aneurysm, an arterial rupture. As I later learned, about a third of SAH patients die immediately or soon thereafter."
Emilia also revealed how she also suffered from aphasia as a consequence of the brain trauma, adding: "In my worst moments, I wanted to pull the plug. I asked the medical staff to let me die."
Photos of the now 32-year-old in hospital appeared on screen while she chatted to presenter Tracy Smith on US chat show CBS Sunday Morning.
She revealed during her chat: "With the second [aneurysm], there was a bit of my brain that actually died.
"If a part of your brain doesn't get blood to it for a minute, it will just no longer work, it's like, you short circuit.
"So I had that, and they didn't know what it was. So they literally were looking at my brain going 'well we think it could be her concentration, it could be her peripheral vision.'"
The actress then joked: "I always say it's my taste in men. It's no longer there."
The actress - who plays Daenerys Targaryen in the hit HBO series - feared she wouldn't be able to act any more after her two aneurysms.
She explained: "There was all these funny things and for a very long time I thought it was my ability to act.
"I really, really did. That was a deep paranoia from the first one as well, what if something has short circuited in my brain and I can't act any more.
"I mean literally it's been my reason for living for a very long time."
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Who is Emilia Clarke? What's her background?
Emilia Clarke was born in London on October 23, 1986.
The actress shot to international fame in 2011 thanks to her role as Daenerys Targaryen in Game Of Thrones.
Emilia first took an interest in acting after seeing the musical Show Boat when her father was working as a sound engineer for the production.
She splits her time between London and Los Angeles as she steps further into the Hollywood A-list.
Speaking to Rolling Stone Magazine in June 2017, Emilia confirmed that she lost her father to cancer on July 10, 2016.
Emilia has frequently spoken out against sexism and gender equality in the film industry.
Who does Emilia play in Last Christmas?
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Game of Thrones fans will be thrilled to see their beloved Daenerys back on their screens, in a totally different character to the Mother of Dragons, mind.
Emilia Clarke takes on the lead character of cynical Kate who suffers from a rare heart condition.
She stars alongside Crazy Rich Asians hunk Henry Golding who plays her character's love interest Tom.
Crazy Rich Asian fans will also be pleased to see Michelle Yeoh in the movie - though she won't be playing Henry's overbearing mother and strict matriarch this time round.
Emma Thompson also stars as Emilia's character's eccentric mum Adelia.
When is the Last Christmas movie out?
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The wait is almost over as fans will be able to see the new Crimbo flick in cinemas from TOMORROW (November 15th).
The official synopsis of the movie on IMDb is:
"Kate is a young woman subscribed to bad decisions. Her last date with disaster?
"That of having accepted to work as Santa's elf for a department store. However, she meets Tom there.
"Her life takes a new turn. For Kate, it seems too good to be true."
Plus if that doesn't sound romcom dreamy enough, it also features an incredible soundtrack - with all George Michael songs including as yet unreleased music by the late star! What's not to love about that?
Who did Emilia Clarke play in Game Of Thrones?
Emilia Clarke won rave reviews for her portrayal of Daenerys Targaryen in Game Of Thrones.
At the show's beginning, Daenerys is an exiled princess who is forced to marry a warlord.
After receiving three dragon eggs as a gift, Daenerys becomes the Mother of Dragons after her husband's death.
To mark the series responsible for her immense fame, the actress got three dragons tattooed on her right wrist in September, 2018.
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What else has Emilia Clarke starred in?
Prior to landing the role of Daenerys Targaryen in Game Of Thrones, Emilia only had a guest appearance on BBC drama Doctors on her CV.
Emilia has since had cameo roles on Futurama and Robot Chicken.
She's found success on the big screen with Hollywood roles in Terminator Genisys (2013) and Me Before You (2016).
Emilia's journey continued to a galaxy far, far away after landing the female lead role in the Han Solo movie Solo: A Star Wars Story.
Emilia made her Broadway debut as Holly Golightly in Breakfast At Tiffany's in March 2013.
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Who has Emilia Clarke been romantically linked to?
Emilia is dating English actor Charlie McDowell - the son of actors Mary Steenburgen and Malcolm McDowell.
The couple confirmed they were dating on her birthday in an Instagram post.
Prior to that Emilia dated Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane in 2012 and their relationship lasted six months.
The actress, 32, has also been linked to James Franco, Jared Leto and her Breakfast At Tiffany's co-star, Cory Michael Smith.
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Emilia spoke out to deny the James Franco rumours, telling The Guardian: "It's hilarious. He is, of course, beautiful.
"But I feel there's only a handful of women who could form an engagement after two meetings, and I'm not one of them."
MORE GAME OF THRONES
Emilia was voted the most desirable woman in the world by AskMen readers in 2014.
At the beginning of her career, there was heavy speculation that Emilia was romantically involved with Game Of Thrones actor Kit Harington who plays Jon Snow in the fantasy epic.
However Kit has been in a relationship with former Thrones actress Rose Leslie since 2012 - who he is now married to.