‘Game Of Thrones’ Star Who Suffered Brain Haemorrhages And Her Mother Awarded In UK New Years Honours List
deadline.comBritish actress Emilia Clarke, best known for her role of Daenerys Targaryen in all eight seasons of Game of Thrones, has been awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) gong in the New Year’s Honors List, Clarke will attend a British royal palace to receive the award, alongside her mother Jenny, after the pair set up a charity together supporting people with brain injuries.
The actress, now 37, suffered two brain haemorrhages, in 2011 and 2013 when she was in her twenties. Following her surgery, she was shocked by the lack of after-care support available, and she and her mother were inspired to create the SameYou charity.
Now, they are believed to be the first mother-daughter pairing to receive the same award in the same honors list. Clarke told BBC News: “I can say for both of us that the MBE is for the cause and the charity, and for that it’s wicked.
For that it’s amazing,” She explained the reasons for forming the charity: “In hospital, every day you’re told you’re going to die.
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