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Emilia Clarke from Games of Thrones and 50 facts from her life.
1. Is an English actress, best known for her role as Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO series Game of Thrones.
2. Her father is a theatre sound engineer.
3. Her mother is a businesswoman.
4. Has a younger brother.
5. Interest in acting began at the age of three after seeing the musical Show Boat, on which her father was working at the time.
6. She received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2013.
7. Made her Broadway debut in Breakfast at Tiffany's as Holly Golightly in March 2013.
8. Was educated at Rye St Antony School and at St Edward's School, Oxford.
9. Attended and graduated at attended Drama Centre London.
10. One of her first on film roles was for a University of London students short film.
11. In 2010, Clarke was cast as Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO medieval fantasy series Game of Thrones, which is based on the book series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin.
12. Was cast after fellow British actress Tamzin Merchant was replaced for undisclosed reasons.
13. Did the funky chicken and robot dance during her audition.
14. Was voted the most desirable woman in the world by Askmen readers in 2014.
15. Starred in Dom Hemingway alongside Jude Law.
16. In May 2014, it was announced that she had joined the feature film Garden of Last Days alongside James Franco, but the movie was scrapped two weeks before production was due to begin.
17. In December 2013, Clarke was cast as Sarah Connor in 2015's Terminator Genisys opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger.
18. Was offered the role of Anastasia Steele in last year's Fifty Shades of Grey movie but she turned it down.
19. She turned the role down because of nudity.
20. She said she has no regrets about turning down the movie.
21. Clarke used to work as licensed real estate agent when she was a student at New York University.
22. While being a student she had other 5 jobs to pay the rent.
23. She had only 24 hours to prepare for the audition for Games of Thrones.
24. In order to make the audition she called sick to her catering job.
25. Tested also for the role of Sharon Carter/Agent 13 in Captain America but lost to Emily VanCamp.
26. Will star as Verena in new Eric D. Howell's Voice from the Stone, a Hitchcockian fairy-tale taking place in 1950's Tuscany.
27. Clarke was bullied for her eyebrows at school.
28. Her mom had a rule when Clarke was growing up. The rule was "Don't do drugs, don't have sex, and don't touch your eyebrows."
29. Her mom told her that Clarke would be thankful for her eyebrows when she gets older. And that turned out as her mom said.
30. Her brother studies politics.
31. When she told her parents she wanted to be an actor they were getting for a life of unemployment.
32. The school she studied drama was also attended by Paul Bettany, Colin Firth and Pierce Brosnan.
33. If she wouldn't be an actress she would be an architect, a singer, or a graphic designer.
34. She first appeared on TV in Doctors.
35. She is also musically talented. Clarke can sing, play piano, flute and guitar.
36. She is also skilled at ballads, blues and jazz singing.
37. Her favorite TV series is Girls.
38. If she could she would like to be even a random extra on Girls.
39. Clarke likes sports. She can do horseback-riding, ice skating, rowing and running among others.
40. Once she starred in Samaritans charity advert.
41. What she liked about her role Daenarys was that it gave her an opportunity "to fly the flag for young girls and women, to be more than just somebody's wife and somebody's girlfriend."
42. Although her role in Games of Thrones is blonde, Emilia is dark haired and therefore she is never recognized while walking on the streets.
43. Worked as a bartender.
44. In 2012 there were more than 160 baby girls legally named after Clarke's character Khaleesi after Daenerys Targaryen.
45. Researchers who discovered new species of sea slug named it after Emilia Clarke's character Khaleesi. They named the new species Tritonia khaleesi.
46. After the Broadway performances she usually met fans and signed autographs.
47. What she likes about the character she portrayed in Games of Thrones was that she was had feminine side expressed not with sexuality but with her inner strength.
48. Dated Seth Macfarlane.
49. Has a dog named Roxy.
50. Ranked #1 on the Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2012.
