Emilia Clarke is a British actress known for her roles in film, television and theater. Over her career she has received various accolades including a Britannia Award as well as nominations for seven Actors Awards, three Critics' Choice Television Awards, and four Primetime Emmy Awards. Clarke and her mother were appointed as Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for their charity work in 2024.
Clarke's first credited television role was a bit part in the BBC One series Doctors in 2009. She appeared in the 2010 television film Triassic Attack and was named a Star of Tomorrow by the film magazine Screen International. She was subsequently cast as Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO series Game of Thrones in 2010, a role for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series three times (2013, 2015, and 2016) and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for the final season in 2019. Clarke won the Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television in 2019. She also, along with the other Game of Thrones cast members, received the Empire Hero Award in 2015 and seven nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2012, 2014–2018, and 2020).
Clarke played Sarah Connor in the 2015 science fiction action film Terminator Genisys for which she received a nomination for the Teen Choice Award for Choice Female Summer Movie Star. She starred alongside Sam Claflin in the 2016 romantic drama film Me Before You, which gained them nominations for a MTV Movie & TV Award and Teen Choice Award for their performances. For her role of Qi'ra in the 2018 film Solo: A Star Wars Story, she was nominated for Favorite Butt-Kicker at the 2019 Kids' Choice Awards. In 2019, Time magazine recognised Clarke as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in the "Artist" category. She also won the Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year at the 2018 ceremony. Clarke has also been honoured for her charitable work. In 2019, she won the Shorty Do Good Award for Best Comedy Video for a video she made to spread awareness of her charity SameYou and the Royal College of Nursing.
Major associations Actor Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2011Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama SeriesGame of Thrones 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2019
Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Critics' Choice Television Awards 2013 Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Game of Thrones 2016 2018
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 2013 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Game of Thrones (episode: "And Now His Watch Is Ended") 2015 Game of Thrones (episode: "The Dance of Dragons") 2016 Game of Thrones (episode: "Book of the Stranger") 2019Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Game of Thrones (episode: "The Last of the Starks")
Awards and nominations +Awards and nominations received by Emilia Clarke Award Year Category Work Result Empire Awards2015 Empire Hero Award Game of Thrones EWwy Awards2011 Best Supporting Actress – Drama Game of Thrones Golden Nymph Awards2012 Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Game of Thrones Golden Tomato Awards2019Fan Favorite ActressEmilia ClarkeGracie Awards2012 Outstanding Female Rising Star in a Drama Series or Special Game of Thrones IGN Awards2011 Best TV Actress Game of Thrones IGN People's Choice Awards2011 Best TV Actress Game of Thrones Jupiter Awards2016 Best International Actress Terminator Genisys MTV Movie & TV Awards2017 Best Performance in a Show Game of Thrones Tearjerker Me Before You 2018 Best Hero Game of Thrones 2019 Best Performance in a Show Game of Thrones National Film Awards2020Best ActressLast ChristmasNickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards2019 Favorite Butt-Kicker Solo: A Star Wars Story People's Choice Awards2014Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV ActressGame of Thrones 2016 2017 Satellite Awards2013 Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Game of Thrones Saturn Awards2015 Best Supporting Actress on Television Game of Thrones 2019 Best Actress on Television Scream Awards 2011 Scream Award for Breakout Performance – Female Game of Thrones Scream Award for Best Ensemble Screen International Stars of Tomorrow2010 UK Star of Tomorrow Triassic Attack SFX Awards2013 Best Actress Game of Thrones Shorty Do Good Awards2018 Influencer & Celebrity PartnershipsEmilia Clarke Takes You Behind the Scenes of Game of Thrones to Support Royal College of Nursing Comedy Video 2019 Emilia Clarke x Omaze Teen Choice Awards2015 Choice Summer Movie Star: Female Terminator Genisys 2016 Choice Movie Liplock Me Before You 2018 Choice Summer Movie Actress Solo: A Star Wars Story Young Hollywood Awards2014 Fan Favorite Actor – Female Game of Thrones
Special awards Organizations Year Notes Result Britannia Awards2018 British Artist of the Year TIME Magazine2019 100 Most Influential People in the World King Charles III 2024 Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
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External links List of awards and nominations at IMDb