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Emilia Clarke shares personal photos from hospital after life-threatening aneurysms

Cape Town – Emilia Clarke has shared personal photos taken during her hospitalisation for two brain aneurysms.

The Game of Thrones actress appeared in a special feature on CBS Sunday Morning to discuss her character, Daenerys Targaryen as well as how she nearly died during the filming of the popular HBO series.

Emilia first spoke about having two life-threatening aneurysms, and two brain surgeries in an op-ed published in The New Yorker in March.

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'Game of Thrones' star Emilia Clarke reveals she survived two life-threatening aneurysms while working on the show

New York - Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke revealed in an op-ed on Thursday that she has had two life-threatening aneurysms, and two brain surgeries, since the show began. Clarke had just finished filming her first season as Daenerys Targaryen, the 'Mother of Dragons', on the HBO fantasy series when she had the first aneurysm in 2011 at age 24 while working out at a London gym.

In her Sunday interview - during which she shared photos from her time in the hospital - the 32-year-old elaborated on her fears revealing that doctors told her a part of her brain died after her second aneurysm.

"So, with the second one there was a bit of my brain that actually died. If a part of your brain doesn't get blood to it for a minute, it will just no longer work… I had that."

Emilia adds that for a very long time she thought the part of her brain that stopped working was the part that enabled her to act.

WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE:

(Forward to 05:12 to see the photos)

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