GoT star Emilia Clarke reveals she's missing 'quite a bit' of brain after surviving two surgeries

Emilia Clarke has now opened up on how parts of her brain are missing ever since she underwent surgery for brain aneurysm. The actress revealed she's among the few who survived it.

In a recent interview, Emilia Clarke gave quite some shocking revelation about her personal life. The GoT star opened up about how her life has been affected since surviving two brain aneurysms. The actress is popular for her portrayal of Daenerys Targaryen on Game Of Thrones. She survived two brain aneurysms while filming for GoT. Emilia said that she is among the very few who survived this surgery, and that it's remarkable how she can still speak.

Brain aneurysms is a weakness in a blood vessel in the brain that balloons and fills with blood. It can cause bleeding into the brain when they explode. Emilia Clarke's first aneurysm burst in 2011, which caused a stroke. She had to be operated on after the second burst in 2013 when her aneurysm had doubled in size.

In a recent appearance on BBC1, the actress spoke about how a part of her brain is missing since the surgery. She said, "You gain a lot of perspective. The amount of my brain that is no longer usable - it’s remarkable that I am able to speak, sometimes articulately, and live my life completely normally with absolutely no repercussions. I am in the really, really, really small minority of people that can survive that." The actor further explained her condition, "There’s quite a bit missing, which always makes me laugh. Because strokes, basically, as soon as any part of your brain doesn’t get blood for a second, it’s gone. And so the blood finds a different route to get around but then whatever bit it’s missing is therefore gone."

Emilia Clarke recently made her debut on the West End stage as Nina in The Seagull.