Game of Thrones’ Emilia Clarke to receive MBE for co-founding brain injury recovery charity

Among the boldest and most committed actors in the movie business is Emilia Clarke from Game of Thrones. Her two possibly catastrophic brain aneurysms during the Game of Thrones production didn’t stop her. She persevered in the face of extreme temperatures and lengthy workweeks. All because, more than her own mortality, she worried about disappointing the showrunners. Clarke will soon be receiving the MBE for her efforts in raising awareness about brain injuries.

Emilia Clarke to receive New Year Honours

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A number of well-known performers have been revealed by Buckingham Palace as being included in the 2024 New Year’s Honours list. Emilia Clarke from Game of Thrones and Paul Hollywood, a judge on the Great British Bake Off, are two of the honorees. After suffering two brain hemorrhages herself, Clarke and her mother Jenny will share an MBE for co-founding the brain injury recovery organization SameYou.

Emilia Clarke reacts to being awarded the MBE

Clarke, famous for playing the role of Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones, said she was honored to be selected for Britain’s one of the most prestigious awards. She said, “It’s such an incredible honour, such an incredible privilege, and the most important thing for us is that it’s for everybody with brain injury. To have this near-death experience and to have gone through the sort of the darkness of it all, and then come out of it, we’re so lucky.”

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