Like
the
elevated-overnight
Khaleesi,
Emilia
Clarke
learned
on
the
go
as
her
character’s
power
trip
became
the
focal
point
of
the
show,
racking
up
four
Emmy
nominations
in
the
process.
Daenerys
Targaryen,
Mother
of
Dragons,
became
so
popular
that
Beyoncé,
Mother
of
Blue
Ivy, once
came
up
to
her
and
said, “Oh,
my
goodness,
it’s
so
wonderful
to
meet
you.
I
think
you’re
brilliant.”
Ahead
of
the
premiere
of
GOT‘s
final
season
in
2019,
Clarke
revealed
in
a
New
Yorker essay
that,
years
beforehand,
she
had
suffered
two
aneurysms
after
filming
the
show’s
first
season
and
underwent
brain
surgery
at
24.
“It
saved
my
life,
literally,”
she
wrote
of
the
life-changing
series. “The
entire
show,
the
family
that
is
a
part
of
this
show,
and
the
show
itself,
saved
me,
and
Khaleesi,
Mother
of
Dragons,
saved
my
life
for
sure.”
After
Jon
Snow
put
an
end
to
Danaery’s
fiery
power
trip
on
the
series
finale, Clarke
has
since
starred
in
the
twisty
tear-jerker
Last
Christmas and
played
Nina
in
a
West
End
production
of
Chekhov’s
The
Seagull.
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