How Old Is Rhaenyra Targaryen on 'House of the Dragon'? Ages of More Characters Revealed Too!

Milly Alcock was one of the first stars to grace the screen when House of the Dragon debuted and fans are certain she’s set to be one of the show’s biggest breakout stars.WATCH: House of the Dragon official trailerBut who is the young actress when she’s not sporting a white-blonde wig and flying around on dragon back as Rhaenyra Targaryen?The Aussie actress is no stranger to streaming and you may have even spotted her before on some other big TV hits.Keep reading for everything you need to know about House of The Dragon’s breakout star – and our new favourite TV Targaryen – Milly Alcock.Catch up on all the episodes of House Of The Dragon Milly stars in on BINGE, as well as on Foxtel.Milly Alcock as Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragon.Born on April 11, 2000, Milly is just 22 years old but already has an impressive acting career under her belt.The striking young actress was born and raised in Sydney, New South Wales and still has her signature Australian accent despite appearing in several US productions.Like many aspiring young Aussie stars, Milly attended Sydney’s Newtown High School of the Performing Arts until she *gasp* dropped out in 2018. But she wasn’t being rebellious – Milly actually dropped out to take a role in the Australian drama series Upright alongside Tim Minchin.Milly dropped out of Sydney’s Newtown High School of the Performing Arts to take a role in Upright.Not even close! Before landing the role of young Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of The Dragon, Milly starred in a series of Australian projects as well as a few abroad.After a few presenting and background roles, Milly landed multi-episode jobs on shows like Janet King, A Place To Call Home and The Gloaming.

House of the Dragon” vs. Amazon’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” It’s such fun, isn’t it? Warner Bros. and Jeff Bezos ruthlessly vying for our attention and money like we’re the hottest girl in school.

David Tennant's eldest son Ty is following in his father's footsteps as he is set to star in the Game of Thrones prequel House Of The Dragon.

With two episodes of the Game Of Thrones sequel ‘House Of The Dragon’ now airing on HBO Max, fans are wondering one thing. Where are the other great houses from Game Of Thrones? Where are the Starks, The Lannisters, and The Baratheons? The simple answer would be they are all just ruling their own territories. House Of The Dragon, at least the first two episodes have been focused on Kings Landing and the Targaryens.

famously loves its incest — and Sunday night’s episode of “House of the Dragon” set up the most extreme keep-it-in-the-family plot yet. The following contains spoilers for Episode 2 of HBO Max’s new smash hit. It also contains spoilers for where the story is heading, based on George R.R. Martin’s book “Fire & Blood.” Turn back now if you want to stay in the dark.[Warning: Spoilers below]The second episode of “HOTD” — which is set around 200 years before the events of “GoT” — shows the exiled Prince Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) being a bad boy.

Jordan Moreau SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the second episode of “House of the Dragon,” titled “The Rogue Prince,” now streaming on HBO Max. In the dating world of Westeros, age is just a number. After losing his wife Queen Aemma last episode —which took place six months ago in the “House of the Dragon” timeline” — King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) felt the pressure to find a new wife and start making royal heirs. Any Westeros king would do the same thing, but the disturbing part is that Viserys’ cousin Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best) was playing matchmaker with her own daughter, the way-underage Lady Laena Velaryon (Nova Foueillis-Mose). Incest isn’t new to the world of “Game of Thrones” or the Targaryens, but the age difference between Viserys and Laena was almost as stomach-churning as last week’s medieval C-section performed on the queen.

HBO’s long-awaited “Game of Thrones” prequel “House of the Dragon” premiered to a huge audience last Sunday, courting nearly 10 million viewers on premiere night, and making actress Milly Alcock, who plays Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, not one, but two of the top Google trending topics related to the show.“What?! Oh my God,” Alcock replies when TheWrap makes her aware that fans were clamoring to know more about the Australian actress, searching “Milly Alcock,” and “How old is Milly Alcock?” (“I’m 22,” she laughs, “I look really young”), as she was boldly introduced to viewers from atop a dragon, and quickly made an impression as the quietly astute daughter to the king, looking to carve her own path in a realm ruled by men. When TheWrap catches up with Alcock just days after “House of the Dragon’s” debut, she’s just finished up some work responsibilities, and a handful of errands, including buying socks. No, she wasn’t recognized on the outing, but with her face on billboards across the world – that intimidating dragon behind her – and an impression-making premiere performance (seen by 20 million viewers by week’s end) things are about to change.“I was in Paris, when the premiere came out.

House of the Dragon has been renewed for a second season, HBO announced on Friday. This news comes as no surprise, considering debuted to record-breaking numbers for HBO, luring more than 20 million viewers across platforms—the largest audience for any new original series in network history.“We are beyond proud of what the entire House of the Dragon team has accomplished with season one,” Francesca Orsi, executive vice president of HBO programming, said in a statement. “Our phenomenal cast and crew undertook a massive challenge and exceeded all expectations, delivering a show that has already established itself as must-see TV.”The highly anticipated prequel series centers on the Targaryen family and takes place about 200 years before ’s Daenerys Targaryen ascended the iron throne.

Emma D’Arcy says there is only one incident of sexual violence in ‘Game of Thrones’ spin-off ‘House of the Dragon’. The actress, 30, said the new HBO series also focuses on “patriarchal structures from the point of view of women who have no control over those structures and for whom they were not made”. Emma, who plays Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in the prequel series, which started Sunday (21.

hit HBO series “House of the Dragon,” deleted her Twitter account after she was inundated with criticism about “humanizing” her villainous character.The controversy erupted last month when Carey appeared at Comic-Con in San Diego alongside fellow “House of the Dragon” cast members to promote the “Game of Thrones” prequel.Carey plays the younger version of Alicent Hightower, who is locked in a battle for succession with her childhood friend-turned-rival Rhaenyra Targaryen. The younger version of Targaryen is played in the spin-off by Milly Alcock.As in “Game of Thrones,” when viewers sided with either the Starks or the Lannisters, the premiere of “House of the Dragon” ignited a similar dynamic in which fans lined up behind either House Targaryen or House Hightower.At Comic-Con, Carey made a seemingly innocuous comment about having the “freedom” to portray the young Alicent.“There were some gaps that we had to fill, so to figure it all out I sort of started journaling, and … managed to come up with some form of backstory, and it proved to be very useful,” Carey said.“I’ve never had the freedom to create a whole human being like this before.

“House of the Dragon,” HBO has released a new trailer teasing the adventures to come in the weeks ahead, which include ample amounts of fire and blood. The new series, which takes place roughly 200 years before “Game of Thrones,” invites audiences into an era of relative peace and prosperity in Westeros under the rule of the Targaryen dynasty.

House Of The Dragon star Emma D’Arcy has spoken about the more central role of women in the new Game Of Thrones spin-off.The star, who is non-binary, plays the role of female Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in the new prequel show, and spoke to NME about the series.When asked about a quote from co-star Steve Toussaint where he spoke about being able to tell that House Of The Dragon has been made post-MeToo given the more central role of women, D’Arcy suggested it was not “any accident”.“[Showrunners] Ryan [Condal] and Miguel [Sapochnik] spoke very clearly and determinedly to both of us, even in the midst of the audition process in saying that this is a story structured around two women,” they said.“And Miguel says a nice thing about that being a good enough reason to return to Westeros, which is a universe that requires such respect that he needed a good enough reason to brave the return journey.”D’Arcy and fellow star Olivia Cooke also spoke about what will surprise people most about the series, the latter admitting how “intimate” it is.“It’s such an intimate excavation of this one family,” Cooke said. “There’s a real closeness.”D’Arcy added: “Within that family environment, the show is quite brave and exacting in its investigation of how sort of structural the patriarchy is.“There’s a fundamental groundwork within even a family unit.

Warning: Spoilers ahead for the first episode of “House of the Dragon.”Sunday nights in Westeros are back.The “Game of Thrones” spinoff show, “House of the Dragon,” kicked off with a bang on HBO Sunday night, with fans tuning catch up with the dragon riding, incestuous Targaryen family and their questionable platinum wigs.“Game of Thrones” made fantasy TV appointment viewing during its run from 2011 to 2019, and it looks like “House of the Dragon” might bring that back. The show takes place around 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones” and is based on George R.

[Warning: Spoilers for episode 1 of “House of the Dragon”, “Heirs of the Dragon”, written by Ryan Condal and directed by Miguel Sapochnik.]

, the prequel, premiered with the first episode on Sunday, bringing to life George R.R. Martin’s.

Jordan Moreau SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the series premiere of “House of the Dragon,” titled “The Heirs of the Dragon.”“Game of Thrones” is back, and it’s as violent and stomach-churning as ever — as evidenced in the bloody C-section performed on Queen Aemma Arryn (Sian Brooke) in the series premiere of HBO’s “House of the Dragon.” Aemma, already the mother of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Milly Alcock), dies in childbirth while hoping she’d give birth to a male heir for King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine). She appears only in a few scenes, and the last we see of her (for now, anyway), she’s laid to rest on a funeral pyre alongside her newborn son’s lifeless body.“Probably as every actor, you just think, ‘Oh come on, can I not be in it a little bit more?'” Brooke tells Variety about her role.