Milly Alcock set Twitter on fire this week thanks to her drunken appearance on stage at the Golden Globes.
The House Of The Dragon star is a rising star thanks to her role as a young Rhaenyra Targaryen in the hit Game Of Thrones prequel.
His leading role has meant a move around the world, trading his mother’s penthouse in Sydney for an apartment in London’s quaint Primrose Hill, where he shares a postcode with his HotD co-star Matt Smith.
‘She’s drunk as HELL!’ Milly Alcock (center of photo) set Twitter on fire this week thanks to her drunken appearance on stage at the Golden Globes.
Milly started her acting career young, admitting that she has always been independent and driven growing up in Sydney with her mum, dad and two siblings.
An early school production of Little Red Riding Hood Rocking lit the fire, with a young Milly chasing ‘that euphoric feeling’ she found on stage.
She enrolled in a performing arts high school without telling her parents and became an agent at age 13.
“I called the agency, like, ‘Hey, can I audition?’ ‘Cause I learned very young that no one would do it for me,” she said.
Breakout Role: The House Of The Dragon star is a rising star thanks to her role as a young Rhaenyra Targaryen in the hit Game Of Thrones prequel.
She made her first appearance on the small screen in the Channel 10 series Wonderland, which premiered in 2014. She later appeared in the Australian series Janet King.
His film roles include The School (2018), The Gloaming (2020) and Reckoning (2019), while hosting his own show, The BF Chefs, which aired on Disney Channel and was filmed in his native Sydney.
The actress also has a number of TV commercials to her name for major brands like Cadbury, KFC, and Woolworths.
It was when she was cast as troubled teen Meg opposite comedian Tim Minchin in the Australian road trip comedy series Upright that she made a major decision: drop out of school to film the project.
Rising star: It was when she was cast as troubled teen Meg opposite comedian Tim Minchin in the Australian road trip comedy series Upright that she made the important decision to leave school.
“I knew this opportunity would be a much more valuable experience than getting my part,” he said of Fashion.
‘I never doubted it for a second. He was almost too impulsive. I was like, ‘No, this is what I’ve been working on and I’ve been given this incredible opportunity with this incredible cast, with this beautiful script.
she also said Gold Coast Newsletter in 2020 that school was never for her, and she’s glad she discovered acting.
‘That was not my place. I never did it right. I really struggled and really wanted to do well,” said Milly. It just wasn’t for me. I didn’t really have great teachers watching me until I found acting, which was where I felt safe. So, yes, it was the right decision.’
Upright was an eight-part series about two misfits, Lucky (Tim) and Meg (Milly), who meet and forge an unlikely friendship. They bond during a road trip through the Australian desert while transporting a valuable piano across the country.
Chance: Milly was living in the attic of her mother’s country house in Australia, washing dishes between acting roles when she submitted two tapes for an ‘unknown HBO project’ (pictured aged 19 in 2019)
In March 2022, Milly traveled back to Australia to film the second series of the critically acclaimed comedy.
Following the success of Upright, Milly decided that she needed to leave Australia to really pursue her dreams.
‘There is no budget,’ he told the evening standard of their country of origin’s attitude towards the arts.
‘The government doesn’t really fund the arts. No appreciation of the arts at all. People don’t go to the theater, really; they can’t afford it.
He was living in the attic of his mother’s country house in Australia, washing dishes in between acting roles when he submitted two tapes for an ‘unknown HBO project’.
Big move: Milly moved to the UK in early 2021, amid the pandemic to start filming for the HBO series, befriending her co-stars in a city where she hardly knew anyone (pictured) on set with co-star Emily Carey)
He recorded the audition tape with the help of a friend, having no idea what the project was since HBO had removed the names from the script.
However, her friend quickly figured it out, telling her, “This is a scene from Game of Thrones.” This is the scene with Arya Stark.
Speaking to Stellar magazine, Milly recalled the moment she heard she had won the role of The House Of The Dragon: “I never thought this would happen to me. I was washing dishes in a restaurant, living in my mother’s penthouse. .
“This doesn’t happen to people like me, so it was incredibly fast. I froze, took a deep breath and said to my friend: ‘Do you have any wine?’ Then I called my mother.
Milly moved to the UK in early 2021, in the midst of the pandemic, to begin filming the HBO series and to befriend her co-stars in a city where she barely knew anyone.
Fast forward to 2023 and the now-famous face traveled to Los Angeles with his co-stars to watch the show pick up the Golden Globe for Best Drama Series.
Big production: Speaking to Stellar magazine, Milly recalled the moment she heard she had won the role for The House Of The Dragon: “I never thought this would happen to me” (pictured filming in 2021)
Milly stole the spotlight during the show’s acceptance speech, looking heavily run-down as she clung on to co-star Emma D’Arcy (who took over the role of Alcock’s older version of Rhaenyra).
Viewers begged ‘drunk as hell’ Milly to ‘eat some bread’ while she, Emma and director Miguel Sapochnik accepted Best Television Series for the hit show, with clips of the moment going viral.
Milly is moving on to new ventures after House Of The Dragon went into a 10 year time skip after episode six.
Rhaenyra Targaryen has been replaced by her aging counterpart Emma D’Arcy and series creator Ryan Condal has admitted he’s not sure if Milly will be able to return to the role.
‘[Flashbacks] they’re not part of the story we’re telling yet,’ he told Variety.
Milly is not interested in returning to the fantasy genre at all, revealing that while she is “grateful” for the freedom her role has given her in choosing future projects, she will be moving away from similar roles.
‘I don’t want to do any of that. I’ve done it and I don’t need to do it again. I’m just waiting for the right project. I’m in no rush to jump on something,” he told the Herald Sun.
I would prefer not to work too much and do work that I am really proud and passionate about. When you sign up for a project you have to get used to talking about it for six months or a year of your life, so you want to make sure that you really love it and I’m waiting for that project to come along and surprise me. ‘
Glam: Fast forward to 2023 and Milly traveled to Los Angeles with her co-stars to watch their show pick up the Golden Globe for Best Drama Series this week.