Like the elevated-overnight Khaleesi, Emilia Clarke discovered on the go as her character’s energy journey turned the point of interest of the present, racking up 4 Emmy nominations in the course of.

Daenerys Targaryen, Mother of Dragons, turned so in style that Beyoncé, Mother of Blue Ivy, as soon as got here as much as her and mentioned, “Oh, my goodness, it’s so wonderful to meet you. I think you’re brilliant.”

Ahead of the premiere of GOT‘s last season in 2019, Clarke revealed in a New Yorker essay that, years beforehand, she had suffered two aneurysms after filming the present’s first season and underwent mind surgical procedure at 24.

“It saved my life, literally,” she wrote of the life-changing collection. “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 finish to Danaery’s fiery energy journey on the collection finale, Clarke has since starred in the twisty tear-jerker Last Christmas and performed Nina in a West End manufacturing of Chekhov’s The Seagull.