Emilia Clarke had a 'full mental breakdown' after Game of Thrones ended

Emilia Clarke had a "full mental breakdown" after Game of Thrones ended.

The 39-year-old actress shot to fame playing Daenerys Targaryen in the fantasy drama series from 2011 to 2019 and she admitted she was grateful for the COVID-19 pandemic because it gave her the time to reflect on a decade which had also seen her suffer two brain haemorrhages and her dad pass away in 2016.

She told the New York Times newspaper: “It was the first time in my professional life that I stopped.

“I had a full mental breakdown. It was almost as if the timing of the pandemic was bang on...

“It forced me to answer some questions I probably could have put off answering for another 10 years...

“[During the show] there was never any time to stop and consider the meaning of it. I never had the foresight to think, ‘You’re going want to take a minute.’ "

The Last Christmas actress admitted she is unlikely to ever star in another fantasy project.

She said: “You’re highly unlikely to see me get on a dragon, or even in the same frame as a dragon, ever again."