Maybe you picked up on this little tidbit when Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke was cast as Sarah Connor in this Summer's Terminator Genisys [1], or maybe it hasn't dawned on you yet, but there's a funny coincidence at play here. That is, Clarke won't be the first Game of Thrones star to play Sarah Connor, the Terminator franchise's tough mother — Lena Headey has also played her [2] in the short-lived Fox series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Since they both look so different out of their roles, let's go over each woman's transformation into the iconic character.

Emilia Clarke on Game of Thrones

On Game of Thrones, Clarke plays the Mother of Dragons, the destined-for-the-Iron-Throne Daenerys Targaryen.

Emilia Clarke in Terminator Genisys

And in this July's Terminator sequel, she's playing Sarah Connor, another very important mother.

Lena Headey on Game of Thrones

Headey is one bad mother as Cersei [3] on the HBO drama.

Lena Headey in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

In 2008, Headey starred as Sarah in the lone season of this Fox drama, which is supposed to take place after the events in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.