Emma D’Arcy is one of the actors appearing on the new Game of Thrones prequel, House of The Dragon.
The ten-part series will be available to watch on Sky Atlantic and NOW TV from Monday, August 22 in the UK. The spin-off show is set about 200 years before the War of the Five Kings, from The Game of Thrones, and focuses on House Targaryen.
Other actors who star alongside Emma D’Arcy in House of The Dragon include Matt Smith, Milly Alcok, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Paddy Considine, and more. The series tells the story of House Targaryen and how its reign began.
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Who is Emma D’Arcy?
Emma D’Arcy is 30 years old and identifies as non-binary, using the pronouns they/ them. D’Arcy attended the Ruskin School of Art at the University of Oxford, where she studied Fine Art.
Other programmes D’Arcy has appeared on include the comedy horror series Truth Seekers and BBC’s Wanderlust. She has also appeared in several theatre productions, including Romeo and Juliet. Who does Emma D’Arcy play in House of The Dragon?
In House of The Dragon, D’Arcy plays Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen. D’Arcy’s character is part of the House Targaryen.
Rhaenyra plays a key role in House of The Dragon as she starts a battle for succession after being named the first female heir to the Iron Throne. The princess, although it makes her stand out, rejects the idea of being born to birth heirs, rather than to rule over the Seven Kingdoms.
Speaking on the relationship between Rhaenyra and Alicent’s (Olivia Cooke’s character) in House of The Dragon, Emma told Vogue: “The foundations for everything that happens are in the wounds and the trauma that are enacted on both of them early on in the story, and those wounds become the mechanism that drives behaviors later.”
The actor continued: “When there's been a fundamental hurt that has come to define you, forgiveness is a big ask—even with someone who's been what Alicent is to Rhaenyra.”
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