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Lena Headey

Lena Headey

Birthday: 1973-10-03 | Place of Birth: Hamilton, Bermuda

Lena Kathren Headey (born 3 October 1973) is a British actress. She gained international recognition and acclaim for her portrayal of Cersei Lannister on the HBO epic fantasy drama series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which she received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award nomination. Headey made her film debut in the mystery drama Waterland (1992). She continued to work steadily in British and American films and on television, before gaining further recognition with her lead performances in the films The Brothers Grimm (2005) and 300 (2007). Her other film credits include The Remains of the Day (1993), The Jungle Book (1994), Mrs Dalloway (1997), Ripley's Game (2002), Imagine Me & You (2005), Dredd (2012), The Purge (2013), 300: Rise of an Empire (2014), Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016), and Fighting with My Family (2019). Outside of film, Headey starred as Sarah Connor in the science fiction television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–2009) and had a recurring role as Amelia Hughes in the animated web series Infinity Train (2019–2021). She provided voices for the role-playing video game Risen (2009) and the video game tie-in film Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016), as well as the animated series Danger Mouse (2015–2017) and Trollhunters (2017–2018), and puppet-animated series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
9 Bullets

as    Gypsy Moon

2021
Masters of the Universe: Revelation

as    Evil-Lyn (voice)

2021
Gunpowder Milkshake

as    Scarlet

2021
Twist

as    Sikes

2020
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia

as    Morgana (voice)

2019
Fighting with My Family

as    Julia 'Sweet Saraya' Knight

2019
2019
The Flood

as    Wendy

2018
Walk Like a Panther

as    Miss Winters

2017
Thumper

as    Ellen

2016
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

as    Lady Catherine de Bourgh

2015
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

as    Cersei Lannister

2015
Zipper

as    Jeannie Ellis

2014
300: Rise of an Empire

as    Queen Gorgo

2014
Low Down

as    Sheila Albany

2013
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

as    Jocelyn Fray

2013
The Purge

as    Mary Sandin

2012
Dredd

as    Ma-Ma

2011
Game of Thrones

as    Cersei Lannister

2011
Pete Smalls Is Dead

as    Shannah

2010
The Red Baron

as    Käthe

2009
Tell-Tale

as    Elizabeth

2009
St. Trinian's

as    Miss Dickinson

2008
The Broken

as    Gina McVey

2008
2007
The Contractor

as    DI Annette Ballard

2007
300

as    Gorgo