Esquire’s ‘Sexiest Woman Alive’
Esquire gives its cover to Clarke for its annual Sexiest Woman Alive issue. In the interview she says she had to look up the Game of Thrones series online before auditioning for the role.
I had two scenes which told me nothing and not very much time in which to read all those [George R.R. Martin] books. So I did what every good actor does and Wikipedia’d the living crap out of it.
Emmy nomination
Clark is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama for Game of Thrones.
Thank you. I was, hilariously, I was at the doctor’s waiting to go in. It was a very embarrassing moment. There’s a lovely British girl waiting in the doctor’s office, and you’ve got the best news ever, and you’re very excited and a bit loud on the phone. All you want to do is just scream and shout, and you have all these people glaring at you thinking, ‘What is that woman on?’ So, yeah, I had to try and contain my excitement for that moment. But it was pretty brilliant nonetheless.
Emmy nomination
Clarke is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards for portraying Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones.
6 am rolls around this morning and my alarm in my hotel went off randomly — and I never set it. So I was in a daze, finding things to throw at this machine that I couldn’t get to stop beeping. Then my phone was ringing… I’ve kind of just been laughing and smiling ever since…