Clarke has been nominated for numerous awards throughout her career. She was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2019, for her role in Game of Thrones. She has received several Critics’ Choice Awards nominations, the most recent in 2018. She also received the BAFTA Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year at the 2018 ceremony.
In 2018, Clarke was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in 2019. Clarke has also been honoured for her charitable work. In 2019, she won a Shorty Award for a video that was made to raise awareness for her charity SameYou and the Royal College of Nursing.
She appeared in the 2010 television film Triassic Attack and was named a Star Of Tomorrow by the film magazine Screen International. She was subsequently cast as Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO series Game of Thrones in 2010, a role for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series three times and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for the final season in 2019. Clarke won a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television in 2019. She also, along with the other Game of Thrones cast members, received the Empire Hero Award in 2015 and seven nominations for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
Clarke played Sarah Connor in the 2015 science fiction action film Terminator Genisys for which she received a nomination for an Teen Choice Award for Choice Female Summer Movie Star. She starred alongside Sam Claflin in the 2016 romantic drama film Me Before You, which gained them nominations for an MTV Movie & TV Award and a Teen Choice Award for their performances. For her role of Qi’ra in the 2018 film Solo: A Star Wars Story, she was nominated for Favorite Butt-Kicker at the 2019 Kids’ Choice Awards.
2010
Won – Screen International Stars of Tomorrow – UK Star of Tomorrow for ‘Triassic Attack’
2011
Won – EWwy Awards – Best Supporting Actress, Drama for ‘Game of Thrones’
Nominated – IGN Awards – Best TV Actress for ‘Game of Thrones’
Nominated – IGN People’s Choice Awards – Best TV Actress for ‘Game of Thrones’
Won – Scream Awards – Scream Award for Breakout Performance – Female for ‘Game of Thrones’
Nominated – Scream Awards – Scream Award for Best Ensemble for ‘Game of Thrones’
2012
Nominated – Golden Nymph Awards – Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for ‘Game of Thrones’
Won – Gracie Awards – Outstanding Female Rising Star in a Drama Series or Special for ‘Game of Thrones’
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Awards – Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for ‘Game of Thrones’
2013
Nominated – Critics’ Choice Television Awards – Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for ‘Game of Thrones’
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for ‘Game of Thrones’
Nominated – Satellite Awards – Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for ‘Game of Thrones’
Won – SFX Awards – Best Actress for ‘Game of Thrones’
2014
Nominated – People’s Choice Awards – Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress for ‘Game of Thrones’
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Awards – Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for ‘Game of Thrones’
Nominated – Young Hollywood Awards – Fan Favorite Actor–Female for ‘Game of Thrones’
2015
Won – Empire Awards – Empire Hero Award for ‘Game of Thrones’
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for ‘Game of Thrones’
Nominated – Saturn Awards – Best Supporting Actress on Television for ‘Game of Thrones’
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Awards – Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for ‘Game of Thrones’
Nominated – Teen Choice Awards – Choice Summer Movie Star: Female for ‘Terminator Genisys’
2016
Nominated – Critics’ Choice Television Awards – Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for ‘Game of Thrones’
Nominated – Jupiter Awards – Best International Actress for ‘Terminator Genisys’
Nominated – People’s Choice Awards – Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress for ‘Game of Thrones’
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for ‘Game of Thrones’
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Awards – Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for ‘Game of Thrones’
Nominated – Teen Choice Awards – Choice Movie Liplock for ‘Me Before You’
2017
Nominated – Critics’ Choice Television Awards – Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for ‘Game of Thrones’
Nominated – MTV Movie & TV Awards – Best Performance in a Show for ‘Game of Thrones’
Nominated – MTV Movie & TV Awards – Tearjerker for ‘Me Before You’
Nominated – People’s Choice Awards – Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress for ‘Game of Thrones’
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Awards – Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for ‘Game of Thrones’
2018
Nominated – BreakTudo Awards – International Actress for ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’
Won – Britannia Awards – British Artist of the Year
Nominated – MTV Movie & TV Awards – Best Hero for ‘Game of Thrones’
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Awards – Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for ‘Game of Thrones’
Gold Distinction – Shorty Do Good Awards – Influencer & Celebrity Partnerships: Emilia Clarke Takes You Behind the Scenes of Game of Thrones to Support Royal College of Nursing
Finalist – Shorty Do Good Awards – Comedy Video: Emilia Clarke Takes You Behind the Scenes of Game of Thrones to Support Royal College of Nursing
Nominated – Teen Choice Awards – Choice Summer Movie Actress for ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’
2019
Nominated – Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards – Favorite Butt-kicker for ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’
Nominated – MTV Movie & TV Awards – Best Performance in a Show for ‘Game of Thrones’
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award – Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for ‘Game of Thrones’
Won – Saturn Awards – Best Actress on Television for ‘Game of Thrones’
Won – Shorty Do Good Awards – Comedy Video: Emilia Clarke x Omaze
Won – TIME 100 Most Influential People in the World – Artist
2020
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Awards – Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for ‘Game of Thrones’