Parts of Emilia Clarke's brain unusable

Emilia Clarke said yesterday that two aneurysms left parts of her brain "no longer

useable," and as a result, she shouldn't be able to talk.

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The actress, 35, claimed she was among a "very tiny number" of survivors

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who had had "no consequences."

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Her first aneurysm ruptured in 2011 after the completion of the first season of Game of Thrones,

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resulting in a stroke, and her second aneurysm, which had quadrupled in size, required surgery in 2013.

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You acquire a lot more perspective, Miss Clarke said to Sophie Raworth on BBC1's Sunday Morning.

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She is making her West End debut in The Seagull. How much of my brain is no longer functional...

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The fact that so much is missing always makes me giggle.

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