
When young Australian actress Milly Alcock scored the pivotal role of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragon, she was washing dishes in a Sydney restaurant and living in her mother’s attic.
She had already won the Casting Guild of Australia’s Rising Star Award in 2018 for the TV drama Upright (Foxtel), in which she starred alongside the very talented singer-songwriter Tim Minchin (Matilda), but that was about it.