Biography
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).
Filmography
all 100
Movies 67
TV Shows 33
self 10
Voice 6
Director 3
Producer 2
Narrator 1
Masters of the Universe: Revolution (2024)
Beacon 23 (2023)
The Trap (2023)
SmartLess: On the Road (2023)
White House Plumbers (2023)
DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
9 Bullets (2022)
Masters of the Universe: Revelation (2021)
Revelations: The Masters of the Universe: Revelation Aftershow (2021)
Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)
Twist (2021)
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia (2020)
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019)
The Trap (2019)
Infinity Train (2019)
The Flood (2019)
Under A Rock with Tig Notaro (2019)
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch (2019)
Fighting with My Family (2019)
Sally4Ever (2018)
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2018)
Walk Like a Panther (2018)
Leading Lady Parts (2018)
Thumper (2017)
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016)
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
Danger Mouse (2015)
Zipper (2015)
Unity (2015)
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience (2015)
Running Wild with Bear Grylls (2014)
300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Low Down (2014)
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (2013)
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
The Purge (2013)
Grimm Fairy Tales Animated (2012)
Dredd (2012)
Game of Thrones (2011)
Pete Smalls Is Dead (2010)
White Collar (2009)
Tell-Tale (2009)
Laid to Rest (2009)
RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
The Broken (2008)
Whore (2008)
The Red Baron (2008)
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008)
St. Trinian's (2007)
The Contractor (2007)
300 (2007)
Ultra (2006)
Imagine Me & You (2005)
Round About Five (2005)
The Brothers Grimm (2005)
The Cave (2005)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005)
The Long Firm (2004)
The Actors (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Black Plague (2002)
Ripley's Game (2002)
Possession (2002)
The Gathering Storm (2002)
The Parole Officer (2001)
Aberdeen (2000)
Gossip (2000)
Onegin (1999)
Inside-Out (1999)
Twice Upon a Yesterday (1998)
Merlin (1998)
Face (1997)
Mrs. Dalloway (1997)
The Hunger (1997)
Ballykissangel (1996)
The Grotesque (1995)
Loved Up (1995)
Band of Gold (1995)
Band of Gold (1995)
Devil's Advocate (1995)
Kavanagh Q.C. (1995)
The Jungle Book (1994)
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday (1994)
Fair Game (1994)
Century (1993)
The Summer House (1993)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Waterland (1992)
Spender (1991)
Shark Week (1988)
The Abandons
Ballistic
Rita
Ballerina Overdrive
Violet
Ultra
Jacqueline Ess
Crooks
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1973-10-03 (50 years old)
Birth PlaceHamilton, Bermuda
LifestyleVegetarianism
ReligionAnglicanism
RelationshipsPeter Loughran (2007-01-01 - 2013-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known As레나 헤디, Λίνα Χίντι, Лина Хиди, Лена Хеди, Лена Хиди, Lena Heady, Lena Kathren Headey, 琳娜·海蒂
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