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Emilia Clarke Says She Believed She Was ‘Meant to Die’ After Second Emergency Brain Surgery
Clarke said she felt she had cheated death after a first collapse at a gym and a second aneurysm that required emergency surgery.
- Actress Emilia Clarke recently shared details about surviving two life-threatening brain hemorrhages while starring as Daenerys Targaryen on HBO's 'Game of Thrones,' admitting she believed she was "meant to die" after the second emergency.
- Clarke suffered her first hemorrhage shortly after completing the first season of 'Game of Thrones,' keeping the diagnosis private because she feared HBO executives would view her as weak or unreliable after landing her dream role.
- A second aneurysm occurred while she was performing in a Broadway play in New York; the initial procedure failed, forcing emergency surgery while her parents were repeatedly warned, "We think she's going to die."
- The ordeal left Clarke struggling with intense anxiety, convinced she "cheated death" every day, though continuing work on the production ultimately became one of the few stabilizing forces in her life.
- Now in a "very good spot," Clarke gets her brain scanned annually and co-founded the charity SameYou in 2019 to support survivors, noting she is among the "0.001 percent" who recover without real repercussions.
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