Emilia Clarke Net Worth

Emilia Clarke's Quotes

• [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.
• [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.
• 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.
• Because of my white silver hair [playing Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones (2011)], I rarely get recognized in public. But once, when I was in L.A. in America, a couple of weeks ago and I was in a lift [elevator] in a department store while shopping 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.
• 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.

Interesting Facts about Emilia Clarke

1. Claimed that if she weren't an actress, she would be either an architect, a singer, or a graphic designer.
2. Has one older brother.
3. Has two dogs named Roxy and Ted "Teddington".
4. Ranked #88 on AskMen's "Top 99 Women" list in 2012.
5. Ranked #15 on AskMen's "Top 99 Women" list in 2013.
6. She can sing and play some piano, flute and guitar.
7. Ranked #1 on the Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2012.
8. Is the second actress from Game of Thrones (2011) to portray Sarah Connor in Terminator Genisys (2015), her co-star Lena Headey played Sarah Connor in the short-lived television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008), which is based on the Terminator films.
9. She was born in London, but grew up in the Oxfordshire countryside. Her mother is a businesswoman and her father was a theatre sound engineer. She also grew up with her brother, who has studied political science.
10. At the age of three, she went to see "Show Boat" with her mother, a stage musical on which her father worked behind the scenes as a sound engineer at a theatre in London's West End. She has wanted to become an actress ever since.
11. Studied acting at the prestigious Drama Centre London. This acting school's alumni include Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Paul Bettany, Tom Hardy, Michael Fassbender and Gwendoline Christie.
12. Replaced Tamzin Merchant in the role of Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones (2011) after the original pilot episode was filmed.
13. Her sports skills include horseback-riding, ice skating, rowing, running, sailing, skiing, swimming and tennis.
14. Is highly skilled at alto, ballads, blues, cabaret singing and jazz singing.
15. Ranked #1 on AskMen's "Top 99 Women" list in 2014.
16. Has said that she is often not recognized in public without the extremely long platinum blonde wig she wears on Game of Thrones (2011).
17. Was working three to six different jobs to get by before being cast in Game of Thrones (2011) including bar-tending, restaurant waitress, call centre, etc.
18. Ranked #49 on Maxim's "Hot 100" list in 2014.
19. Auditioned for Sharon Carter/Agent 13 in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), but lost to Emily VanCamp.
20. Named "Sexiest Woman Alive" by Esquire magazine in 2015.