Emilia Clarke Opens up About Suffering 2 Brain Hemorrhages in Her 20s
The actress said one in three people will suffer a brain injury and called for more specialist rehabilitation services and aftercare.
- On Wednesday, Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke addressed the Variety Power of Women London event, calling for urgent improvements to brain injury aftercare systems.
- Clarke, who survived two brain hemorrhages in 2011 and 2013, revealed she initially felt "ashamed and overwhelmed" by the diagnosis and struggled to reflect on the trauma.
- While doctors effectively save lives during acute crises, Clarke said the path to long-term recovery feels like "falling off the edge of a cliff without anyone there to catch you."
- Comparing current brain injury rehabilitation to cancer care a century ago, Clarke founded the charity SameYou to support survivors and address systemic rehabilitation gaps.
- Fifteen years after her first bleed, Clarke now has the "energy and positivity I had in my twenties" after working with neuroscientist David Putrino at Mount Sinai Hospital.
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For years, Hollywood star Emilia Clarke didn't speak publicly about suffering two brain hemorrhages in her twenties. “It still took me years to face my truth,” she said Wednesday in a speech after being honored at the event…
Emilia Clarke opens up about suffering 2 brain hemorrhages in her 20s
For years, Hollywood star Emilia Clarke didn’t speak publicly about suffering two brain hemorrhages in her twenties. “It still took years for me to grapple with my truth,” she said in a speech Wednesday after she was honored at Variety’s Power of Women London event.
The actress, who in the midst of filming ‘Game of Thrones’ suffered two aneurysms, has been sincere about her 15 years in recovery, which is not yet over
Actress Emilia Clarke, star of the series "Game of Thrones", gave an exciting speech in a gala about strong women, explaining in London how she managed to get over the fact that she suffered two brain bleeds during her time of less than 20 years, reports Variety. Actress now 39 years old ...
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