Lena Headey
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1973-10-03 (51 years old)
Place of Birth
Hamilton, Bermuda
Lena Headey
Biography
Lena Kathren Headey (born October 3, 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).
Known For
Acting
Rita
as Rita
Normal
as Moira
Ballistic
as Nance Redfield
Jacqueline Ess
as Jacqueline Ess
Crooks
as Blanche
The Devil's Wedding
as The Devil's Bride
(2022)
DC League of Super-Pets
as Lara (voice)
(2022)
9 Bullets
as Gypsy Moon
(2021)
Gunpowder Milkshake
as Scarlet
(2021)
Twist
as Sikes
(2019)
Fighting with My Family
as Julia 'Sweet Saraya' Knight
(2019)
(2019)
The Flood
as Wendy
(2018)
Leading Lady Parts
as Actress #6
(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)
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
(2015)
Zipper
as Jeannie Ellis
(2015)
(2014)
300: Rise of an Empire
as Queen Gorgo
(2014)
Low Down
as Sheila Albany
(2013)
The Purge
as Mary Sandin
(2013)
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
as Jocelyn Fray
(2013)
(2012)
Dredd
as Ma-Ma
(2012)
Grimm Fairy Tales Animated
as Sela Mathers
(2010)
Pete Smalls Is Dead
as Shannah
(2009)
Laid to Rest
as Cindy
(2009)
Tell-Tale
as Elizabeth
(2008)
The Red Baron
as Käthe
(2008)
Whore
as Mom
(2008)
The Broken
as Gina McVey
(2007)
300
as Gorgo
(2007)
The Contractor
as DI Annette Ballard
(2007)
St. Trinian's
as Miss Dickinson
(2006)
Imagine Me & You
as Luce
(2006)
Ultra
as Penny / Ultra
(2005)
The Brothers Grimm
as Angelika
(2005)
The Cave
as Dr. Kathryn Jennings
(2005)
Round About Five
as Girlfriend
(2003)
The Actors
as Dolores
(2002)
The Gathering Storm
as Ava Wigram
(2002)
Possession
as Blanche Glover
(2002)
Ripley's Game
as Sarah Trevanny
(2002)
Black Plague
as Lady Matilda Mellerby
(2001)
The Parole Officer
as Emma
(2000)
Gossip
as Cathy Jones
(2000)
Aberdeen
as Kaisa
(1999)
Onegin
as Olga
(1999)
Inside-Out
as Window-dresser
(1998)
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
as Sylvia Weld
(1997)
Mrs. Dalloway
as Young Sally
(1997)
Face
as Connie
(1997)
Menage a Trois
as Steph Reynolds
(1995)
The Grotesque
as Cleo Coal
(1995)
Loved Up
as Sarah
(1994)
The Jungle Book
as Katherine 'Kitty' Brydon
(1994)
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
as Elise Moran
(1994)
Fair Game
as Ellie
(1993)
The Remains of the Day
as Lizzie
(1993)
Century
as Miriam
(1993)
The Summer House
as Margaret
(1992)
Waterland
as Young Mary