Short answers, pulled from the story.
Emilia Isobel Euphemia Rose Clarke was born on the 23rd of October 1986 in London. She grew up in Oxfordshire with a father named Peter Roderick Clarke who worked as a theatre sound engineer from Wolverhampton.
Emilia Clarke portrayed Daenerys Targaryen throughout all eight seasons running from April 2011 until May 2019. She was cast in her third professional role in 2010 after actress Tamzin Merchant was replaced during the re-shoot of the pilot episode.
Emilia Clarke suffered a subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by a ruptured aneurysm in February 2011 which required urgent endovascular coiling surgery. She had a second aneurysm surgically treated in 2013 and subsequently suffered from aphasia at one point being unable to say her name.
In 2019 upon revealing the brain aneurysms she suffered in 2011 and 2013 Clarke launched her own charity named SameYou. The organisation aims to broaden neurorehabilitation access for young people after a brain injury or stroke.
In the 2024 New Year Honours Clarke and her mother Jennifer Susan Dodd Clarke were both made Members of the Order of the British Empire in the civil division for their role in the creation of SameYou. She was invested with the Insignia on the 21st of February 2024 at Windsor Castle by the Prince of Wales.