<P> Clarke has received widespread praise for her performance . Her acting, as she closed Daenerys's arc initiated in the first episode from a frightened girl to an empowered woman, was praised . Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe called her scenes "mesmerizing", adding that "Clarke doesn't have a lot of emotional variety to work with as Daenerys, aside from fierce determination, and yet she is riveting ." Todd VanDerWerff for The A.V. Club commented on the difficulty of adapting such an evolution from page to screen, but concluded that "Clarke (...) more than seal (s) the deal here . In 2017, Clarke reportedly became one of the highest paid actors on television, earning £ 2 million per episode of Game of Thrones . </P> <P> In 2012, Clarke appeared in Spike Island, a film named after the location of The Stone Roses's seminal 1990 gig . From March to April 2013, Clarke played Holly Golightly in a Broadway production of Breakfast at Tiffany's . That year, she also starred in Dom Hemingway alongside Jude Law . Critical reaction to the film was mostly positive, though it was a commercial failure . </P> <P> In May 2014, it was announced that she had joined the feature film Garden of Last Days alongside James Franco, but the movie was scrapped two weeks before production was due to begin . Clarke was offered the role of Anastasia Steele in Fifty Shades of Grey but turned down the part because of the nudity required . She played Sarah Connor in Terminator Genisys (2015), opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jai Courtney, and Jason Clarke . The film grossed over $400 million worldwide, but received generally unfavorable reviews from critics, despite this she did receive nominations for awards like the Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer Movie Star - Female and Germany's Jupiter Award for Best International Actress . </P> <P> In 2016, Clarke starred as the female lead, opposite Sam Claflin, in the movie adaption of the best selling book (of the same name), Me Before You, released on 3 June 2016 . The film was a commercial success, grossing over $200 million worldwide and is Clarke's highest - rated film on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes . For her role as Louisa Clark, she shared nominations with Sam Claflin for the Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Liplock and the MTV Television Tearjerker Award . </P>

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