Having to contend with two brain aneurysms while filming the HBO series "Game of Thrones", Emilia Clarke – known to fans worldwide as "Daenerys Targaryen" or "Khaleesi" – has spoken about it once more. The actress discussed how she managed to survive the potentially fatal aneurysms in 2011 and 2014 in a 2019 New Yorker piece.

Emilia Clarke talked about how difficult the experience was but expressed gratitude for "Game of Thrones" and for being alive in an interview with BBC's Sunday Morning. "'Game of Thrones' sweeping me up and giving me that purpose was really helpful." When it comes to certain areas of her brain, she also said, "there's quite a bit missing", Deadline reported.

She explained that strokes fundamentally happen when any part of the brain loses blood for a brief period of time. Therefore, the blood chooses a different path to go, but whatever was absent is now gone.

She went on to describe in more detail the seriousness of what had happened to her body and mind. Her recovery was "unbelievable", according to Clarke, especially the fact that she was still able to communicate thereafter. "I am in the really, really, really small minority of people that can survive that."

Emilia Clarke is currently in "The Seagull" – an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's play – playing in London's West End.