Emily Carey Archives

Since the premiere of House of the Dragon, audiences saw the rise of the two female lead characters and best friends, Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and Queen Alicent Hightower, largely played by Milly Alcock and Emily Carey, respectively, through the first five episodes In the upcoming sixth episode, "The Princess and the Queen," the series jumps[...]

Before Emma D'Arcy and Olivia Cooke officially take over the respective roles of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and Queen Alicent Hightower, we see Milly Alcock and Emily Carey in them one last time in the episode "We Light the Way" before the time jump in HBO's House of the Dragon Alcock and Carey thrived well beyond[...]

It's something that director Clare Kilner and writer Ira Parker do such an impressive job of pulling off. Emily Carey and Milly Alcock in House of the Dragon Image courtesy of Ollie Upton / HBO It's not just Rhaenyra's story that contrasts since we also see Emily Carey's Alicent Hightower's sad acceptance of her own situation[...]

Image courtesy of Ollie Upton / HBO Despite the exciting beginning, most of it deals with the narrative of King Viserys I (Paddy Considine) dealing with Otto (Rhys Ifans) contesting that his newborn male heir produced by his new wife Alicent Hightower (Emily Carey)should be next in line of succession instead of his chosen successor in[...]