Emilia Clarke and her mother made MBEs for setting up brain injury charity
Game Of Thrones star Emilia Clarke, who thought she was going to die after a brain bleed, has been made an MBE for setting up a charity to help others with similar conditions.
The 37-year-old and her mother Jenny have both been recognised in the New Year Honours for their work setting up the brain injury charity SameYou.
The actress said she still briefly feels as though she is having another brain haemorrhage every time she gets a headache, and described how not being able to speak after surgery made her think “let this end now”.
Speaking from her London home, Clarke told the PA news agency that surviving two brain haemorrhages, which happened while she was filming the hit fantasy series, made her realise how “misunderstood and under-represented” brain injuries are, even though they affect one in every three people.
Her first brain haemorrhage, a bleed on the brain, happened while working out in a north London gym in 2011.
Clarke said she felt “fragile, sensitive and scared” after her brain injury and was
