Emilia Clarke reflects on "remarkable" ability to speak despite losing "quite a bit" of her brain to aneurysms
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About a decade after undergoing surgeries for two ruptured aneurysms, Emilia Clarke revealed that "quite a bit" of her brain no longer functions. The actor called her complete recovery from repeated bouts of internal bleeding "remarkable" in a recent interview.
Known best for her long tenure on the HBO Max series "Game of Thrones," Clarke reflected on the life-threatening health challenges she faced in her mid-twenties during an appearance on BBC Sunday Morning this week. As Clarke has previously shared, she was hospitalized in 2011, and again in 2013, for brain hemorrhages that could have been fatal without surgical repair.
"It was the most excruciating pain," Clarke explained in her conversation with the BBC, referencing the severe headache that came on suddenly during a workout in February of 2011, when she had just finished filming the first season of "Game of Thrones." The rupture was detected early and prompt treatment allowed Clarke to return to work weeks later, but she faced complications of another aneurysm two years after that, which was more serious.
