Emilia Clarke has shut down rumors that she earned $300,000 each time she appeared in an episode of HBO 's Game of Thrones . Throughout the show's seven-season run from 2011 to 2019, the actor played Daenerys Targaryen, dubbed "Mother of Dragons" among the show’s fandom. Despite the character’s popularity, Clarke claims she didn’t receive the six-figure salary, "We didn’t earn that much. Can you imagine? I’d have been driving a couple of Porsches!" Clarke told Variety , adding that she was, however, able to pay off her parents’ mortgage. The entertainer added that she struggled to "understand" her international fame, which she described as fitting a "formula." "The less you’re on TV, the less famous you are. It comes and it goes," she continued. In a 2025 FandomWire article , Clarke and GoT co-lead Kit Harington , who played Targaryen’s nephew and lover Jon Snow, were reported to have received $1.2 million per episode.…