Team Jedi News sends our congratulations to actress Emilia Clarke on being named MBE in the UK’s New Years Honours 2024, alongside her mother Jenny, for establishing a charity, called SameYou, to help others who have suffered from brain injuries.
Actress Emilia Clarke has said the MBEs awarded to both her and her mother in the New Year Honours are “amazing” for raising awareness about brain injuries.
The Game of Thrones star suffered two brain haemorrhages in her 20s, then set up a charity in 2019 with mum Jenny.
They have now been appointed MBEs for services to people with brain injuries.
“I can say for both of us that the MBE is for the cause and the charity, and for that it’s wicked. For that it’s amazing,” Emilia told BBC News.
“And who doesn’t want to go to the palace? I’ve asked if I can take my dog, but apparently you can’t.”
The pair are believed to be the first mother and daughter to receive the same award in the same honours list.
Emilia, 37, said it was “a miracle” that she was here to talk about the haemorrhages she suffered in 2011 and 2013.
The first happened when she was at the gym just after she had finished filming season one of Game of Thrones, and left her fighting for her life.
But she said she discovered there was inadequate support and rehabilitation after leaving hospital.
“In hospital, every day you’re told you’re going to die. Every day you’re watched like a hawk, especially in a brain ward. You’re woken up every two hours. It’s this high-stakes scenario. And then three weeks to a month later, you’re let out.”
She was so afraid of being discharged that she “found a reason” to go back to hospital the next day, she said.
“I was fine, but I was so terrified to suddenly be at home, and I was at home with a loving family. That’s not [the same for] everyone, and the fear that you’re left with…
“I had this incredible nurse, but I was one of 400 patients that she had. She couldn’t give me more than half an hour every three weeks. This is a day-to-day experience of living after a brain injury.
“Then when I had my second brain haemorrhage, I was like, I’ve got to do something big. Looking at the fact that I’ve survived two of these with no repercussions – I’m here for a reason, let me do something about it.
“That was when we started circling around the idea of creating a charity.”
Read more here. Also, congratulations to Oliver Ford Davies, Sio Bibble in the Star Wars prequels, on being awarded an OBE for services to drama.
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