The actress Emilia Clarke underwent two brain aneurysms in 2011 and 2013 and revealed that “it’s remarkable that I can talk” after losing part of her brain due to the accident.
Emilia Clarke, 38, admitted in an interview with the BBC’s Sunday Morning program that “it’s remarkable that I can talk” after surviving two brain aneurysms.
A brain aneurysm is an expansion of blood vessels in the brain that can rupture and cause a fatal internal bleed, also known as a stroke.
In 2011, at the age of 25, the actress suffered her first stroke during the filming of the first season of the series “Game of Thrones.” She underwent an emergency surgery and temporarily had problems with her speech.
During a routine scan in 2013, doctors discovered another aneurysm that later ruptured. Clarke had to undergo another surgery.
“Actually, when a part of the brain is without blood for a second, it disappears. The blood finds another route, but that specific part doesn’t work anymore,” the actress explained.
“I belong to a very, very small minority of people who can survive this,” she told them.
Emilia Clarke and her mother have set up a charity to help people with brain injuries called SameYou. Both were awarded the title of Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2023.
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