Emilia Clarke is a British actress. 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. In 2024, Clarke and her mother received MBEs for their charity work with SameYou.

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations received by Emilia Clarke

Award	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref(s)
Britannia Awards	2018	British Artist of the Year	Emilia Clarke	Won
Critics' Choice Television Awards	2013	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Game of Thrones	Nominated
	2016			Nominated
	2018			Nominated
Empire Awards	2015	Empire Hero Award	Game of Thrones	Won
EWwy Awards	2011	Best Supporting Actress – Drama	Game of Thrones	Won
Golden Nymph Awards	2012	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series	Game of Thrones	Nominated
Gracie Awards	2012	Outstanding Female Rising Star in a Drama Series or Special	Game of Thrones	Won
IGN Awards	2011	Best TV Actress	Game of Thrones	Nominated
IGN People's Choice Awards	2011	Best TV Actress	Game of Thrones	Nominated
Jupiter Awards	2016	Best International Actress	Terminator Genisys	Nominated
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	2019	Favorite Butt-Kicker	Solo: A Star Wars Story	Nominated
MTV Movie & TV Awards	2017	Best Performance in a Show	Game of Thrones	Nominated
		Tearjerker	Me Before You	Nominated
	2018	Best Hero	Game of Thrones	Nominated
	2019	Best Performance in a Show	Game of Thrones	Nominated
People's Choice Awards	2014	Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress	Game of Thrones	Nominated
	2016			Nominated
	2017			Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards	2013	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Game of Thrones	Nominated
	2015			Nominated
	2016			Nominated
	2019	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated
Satellite Awards	2013	Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Game of Thrones	Nominated
Saturn Awards	2015	Best Supporting Actress on Television	Game of Thrones	Nominated
	2019	Best Actress on Television		Won
Scream Awards	2011	Scream Award for Breakout Performance – Female	Game of Thrones	Won
		Scream Award for Best Ensemble		Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards	2012	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Game of Thrones	Nominated
	2014			Nominated
	2015			Nominated
	2016			Nominated
	2017			Nominated
	2018			Nominated
	2020			Nominated
Screen International Stars of Tomorrow	2010	UK Star of Tomorrow	Triassic Attack	Won
SFX Awards	2013	Best Actress	Game of Thrones	Won
Shorty Do Good Awards	2018	Influencer & Celebrity Partnerships	Emilia Clarke Takes You Behind the Scenes of Game of Thrones to Support Royal College of Nursing	Gold Distinction
		Comedy Video		Finalist
	2019		Emilia Clarke x Omaze	Won
Teen Choice Awards	2015	Choice Summer Movie Star: Female	Terminator Genisys	Nominated
	2016	Choice Movie Liplock	Me Before You	Nominated
	2018	Choice Summer Movie Actress	Solo: A Star Wars Story	Nominated
TIME 100 Most Influential People in the World	2019	Artist	Emilia Clarke	Won
Young Hollywood Awards	2014	Fan Favorite Actor – Female	Game of Thrones	Nominated

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