According to Variety and CNN, the former “Game of Thrones” star’s comments about the life-threatening incidents, which occurred in 2011 and 2013, came during this week’s episode of BBC’s “Sunday Morning.”
“The amount of my brain that is no longer usable – it’s remarkable that I am able to speak, sometimes articulately, and live my life completely normally with absolutely no repercussions,” Clarke, 35, said on the program.
The actress, who is currently playing Nina in the London West End production of “The Seagull,” added that her brain scans showed “there’s quite a bit missing,” according to the news outlets.
“Strokes, basically, as soon as any part of your brain doesn’t get blood for a second, it’s gone,” she said in the interview.
In the years that followed, Clarke formed SameYou, a charitable organization that aims to help patients recover from strokes and brain injuries, Variety reported. She said she also learned to accept herself as she is, according to the entertainment outlet.
“I thought, ‘Well, this is who you are. This is the brain that you have,’” she told the BBC. “So there’s no point in continually wracking your brains about what might not be there.”
Photos: Emilia Clarke through the years Here are some memorable photos of actress Emilia Clarke through the years. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
Photos: Emilia Clarke through the years 2011: Emilia Clarke (left) and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (right) arrive to attend the closing ceremony of the 51st Monte Carlo TV Festival at the Grimaldi forum on June 10, 2011, in Monaco. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
Photos: Emilia Clarke through the years 2012: Actress Emilia Clarke arrives at the 64th annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on September 23, 2012, in Los Angeles. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Photos: Emilia Clarke through the years 2013: Actor Dean Norris and actress Emilia Clarke speak onstage during the 65th annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on September 22, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Photos: Emilia Clarke through the years 2014: Actress Emilia Clarke attends the 20th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on January 18, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Photos: Emilia Clarke through the years 2015: Actress Emilia Clarke attends the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on January 25, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Photos: Emilia Clarke through the years 2016: Actress Emilia Clarke attends the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 28, 2016, in Beverly Hills, California. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
Photos: Emilia Clarke through the years 2017: Stella Artois hosts Emilia Clarke and David Tennant at the Championships, Wimbledon as official beer of the tournament at Wimbledon on July 16, 2017, in London. (John Phillips/Getty Images for Stella Artois)
Photos: Emilia Clarke through the years 2018: Emilia Clarke attends the screening of "Solo: A Star Wars Story" during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 15, 2018, in Cannes, France. (Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)
Photos: Emilia Clarke through the years 2019: Emilia Clarke attends the 91st annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on February 24, 2019, in Hollywood, California. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Photos: Emilia Clarke through the years 2020: Emilia Clarke attends the EE British Academy Film Awards 2020 at Royal Albert Hall on February 2, 2020, in London. (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
Photos: Emilia Clarke through the years 2021: Emilia Clarke attends the Alexander McQueen SS22 Womenswear show at Tobacco Dock on October 12, 2021, in London. (David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Alexander McQueen)
Photos: Emilia Clarke through the years 2022: Emilia Clarke (left) and Daniel Monks celebrate the opening of "The Seagull" at the Harold Pinter Theatre on July 7, 2022, in London. (David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)