SANTA MONICA, CA – JANUARY 11: Actor Emilia Clarke attends The 23rd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on January 11, 2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Emilia Clarke
Daenerys of the House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, The Unburnt, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, Queen of Meereen, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Protector of the Realm, Lady Regnant of the Seven Kingdoms, Breaker of Chains and Mother of Dragons! But her friends just call her Emilia Clarke.
Yes, we know Clarke is not Daenerys from Game of Thrones in real life, but that doesn’t make her any less amazing just for playing the role. That is a woman who will sic her dragons on you and watch as your entire civilization burns to the ground and not even bat an eye. It takes a badass to play a character like that, so we have a lot of respect for Emilia.
Outside of the GoT universe, Emilia got her chance to be part of another legendary universe when she appeared in Solo: A Star Wars Story. Imagine having someone at your dinner table, sitting next to your grandma or something, who is the star of one of the best shows of all time and was in a Star Wars movie? That’s like nerd heaven!
The casts of Game of Thrones and Star Wars probably get up to some pretty wild hijinx when they’re filming, so Emilia is probably used to wild parties and group dinners. That also means she can spill the beans and the gossip you can’t hear anywhere else! Maybe we just want to invite all these people to dinner to get juicy stories out of them, but can you blame us?