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Emilia Clarke Warns: One-Third Face Brain Injuries, Aftercare Crisis

6/4/2026

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Emilia Clarke was honored at Power of Women London and warned that one in three will suffer a brain injury.
She suffered her first hemorrhage at 22 and a second at 24 while filming Game of Thrones.
Clarke and mother Jenny founded SameYou in 2019, now serving tens of thousands of survivors.
She said aftercare is a crisis because rehab lasts weeks, neuropsychologists are scarce, and patients fall through cracks.

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Emilia Clarke was honored at Power of Women London and warned that one in three will suffer a brain injury.
She suffered her first hemorrhage at 22 and a second at 24 while filming Game of Thrones.
Clarke and mother Jenny founded SameYou in 2019, now serving tens of thousands of survivors.
She said aftercare is a crisis because rehab lasts weeks, neuropsychologists are scarce, and patients fall through cracks.