Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke on Thursday revealed she suffered two brain aneurysms during her early years with the hit television show that left her convinced she would die.
The British actress said her first brain aneurysm happened in early 2011 at age of 24, shortly after she finished filming the first season of Game of Thrones. The second occurred in 2013, after she finished filming for Season 3.
“Even before we began filming Season 2, I was deeply unsure of myself. I was often so woozy, so weak, that I thought I was going to die,” Clarke wrote, saying she took morphine between interviews while promoting the acclaimed show.
During a routine brain scan doctors found her growth had doubled in size and decided to operate — a seemingly simple procedure that resulted in major complications and another month in the hospital.
Today, Clarke says she has “healed beyond my most unreasonable hopes,” and helped develop a charity to offer treatment to patients recovering from stroke and brain injuries.
"There is something gratifying, and beyond lucky, about coming to the end of Thrones," she wrote. "I’m so happy to be here to see the end of this story and the beginning of whatever comes next."
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