{"id":2123,"date":"2026-05-14T15:07:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/emilia-clarke-thought-she-was-meant-to-die-after-suffering-multiple-brain-aneurysms\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T15:07:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:07:42","slug":"emilia-clarke-thought-she-was-meant-to-die-after-suffering-multiple-brain-aneurysms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/emilia-clarke-thought-she-was-meant-to-die-after-suffering-multiple-brain-aneurysms\/","title":{"rendered":"Emilia Clarke thought she &#8216;was meant to die&#8217; after suffering multiple brain aneurysms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/emilia.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Emilia Clarke \u201cshut down emotionally\u201d after <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/03\/21\/emilia-clarke-suffered-life-threatening-aneurysms-during-game-of-thrones\/\">suffering multiple life-threatening brain aneurysms<\/a> \u2014 and \u201cconvinced\u201d herself she \u201cwas meant to die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d alum detailed her near-fatal health battle on Wednesday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zSUqrOAMMDU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cHow to Fail\u201d podcast<\/a> episode.<\/p>\n<p>The actress, 39, had surgery in 2011 and 2013 for aneurysms, which are \u201cbulges or ballooning in the wall of a blood vessel,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/aneurysms\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20354633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per Mayo Clinic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Emilia Clarke on Imposter Syndrome, Brain Aneurysms, Recovery and the Pressure of Fame\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zSUqrOAMMDU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Emilia Clarke believed she was \u201cmeant to die\u201d after suffering two brain aneurysms, she told \u201cHow to Fail\u201d podcast listeners Wednesday. <span class=\"credit\">How To Fail with Elizabeth Day\/ Youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The actress \u201cshut down emotionally\u201d after her life-threatening health scares in 2011 and 2013.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The second time around, the Emmy nominee had the \u201copposite experience\u201d of feeling like she \u201csurvived\u201d and was \u201cgreat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clarke, who felt she had \u201ccheated death\u201d and \u201cwasn\u2019t meant to be here,\u201d recalled thinking, \u201cThis is going to come and get me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She recalled, \u201cIt became this thing where I just couldn\u2019t look anyone in the eye. \u2026 It just cuts you off from the outside world because you\u2019re walking around knowing that your body has failed you. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour brain has failed you. This thing that you know to be where your perception of yourself lies has failed you,\u201d the \u201cSecret Invasion\u201d star continued. \u201cAnd no one else can see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d alum kept thinking, \u201cThis is going to come and get me.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">How To Fail with Elizabeth Day\/ Youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>After feeling like she \u201ccheated death,\u201d Clarke couldn\u2019t \u201clook anyone in the eye.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After the health scares, Clarke became \u201creally sensitive\u201d to headaches, constantly becoming convinced it was \u201chappening again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She once told her publicist she thought she was \u201cgoing to die\u201d \u2014 but went forward with an MTV interview anyway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no other option but to carry on,\u201d Clarke recalled of her mindset at the time. \u201cI was raised by a family that did not partake in self-pity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Looking back, she now understands she did \u201d not take care of\u201d herself or give \u201cgrace\u201d during her recovery.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She felt \u201cno other option but to carry on.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">How To Fail with Elizabeth Day\/ Youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Emmy nominee did not \u201ctake care of\u201d herself mentally during her recovery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Clarke <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/03\/22\/emotional-emilia-clarke-thanks-fans-for-support-after-aneurysm-reveal\/\">went public with her aneurysms<\/a> in a 2019 New Yorker essay.<\/p>\n<p>The first, she revealed, caused a stroke and required emergency surgery \u2014 while the second led to a \u201cfailed\u201d surgery and a \u201cmassive bleed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe doctors made it plain that my chances of surviving were precarious if they didn\u2019t operate again,\u201d she recalled in the poignant piece. \u201cThis time they needed to access my brain in the old-fashioned way \u2014 through my skull.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clarke, who has since launched a SameYou charity inspired by her journey, called her recovery \u201cgruesome\u201d and revealed \u201cbits of [her] skull had been replaced by titanium.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Clarke went public with her health struggles in 2019 and launched her SameYou charity. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In 2022, the 39-year-old (pictured above in November 2025) revealed \u201cquite a bit\u201d of her brain is \u201cmissing.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2022, Clarke made headlines for telling BBC One\u2019s \u201cSunday Morning\u201d viewers that \u201cquite a bit\u201d of her <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/07\/18\/emilia-clarke-missing-parts-of-brain-after-two-aneurysms\/\">brain is missing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe amount of my brain that is no longer usable \u2014 it\u2019s remarkable that I am able to speak, sometimes articulately, and live my life completely normally with absolutely no repercussions,\u201d she marveled during the 2022 sitdown.<\/p>\n<p>Clarke referred to herself as being \u201cin the really, really, really small minority of people that can survive that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/14\/celebrity-news\/emilia-clarke-thought-she-was-meant-to-die-after-suffering-multiple-brain-aneurysms\/\" 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