Lena Headey
Acting
Born 1973-10-03
Hamilton, Bermuda
108 credits
Awards
Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award
Primetime Emmy Awards 1 nominated
- 2014 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated Game of Thrones
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2 nominated
- 2014 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated Game of Thrones
- 2012 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated Game of Thrones
MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance 1 nominated
- 2007 Best Breakthrough Performance Nominated 300
Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress 1 nominated
- 2007 Best Supporting Actress Nominated 300
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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).
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Filmography
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Acting
58 credits
Game of Thrones
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
RuPaul's Drag Race
White Collar
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Uncle Grandpa
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Screen Two
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Shark Week
Normal
300
Infinity Train
The Purge
300: Rise of an Empire
The Hunger
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Soldier Soldier
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Dredd
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
White House Plumbers
Danger Mouse
Kavanagh Q.C.
Beacon 23
DC League of Super-Pets
Ballykissangel
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
The Brothers Grimm
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
The Abandons
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Merlin
Gunpowder Milkshake
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
The Jungle Book
The Cave
Fighting with My Family
Band of Gold
The Contractor
The Remains of the Day
Ballistic
Imagine Me & You
Spender
St Trinian's
Ripley's Game
The Red Baron
9 Bullets
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
Sally4Ever
Zipper
The Long Firm
Laid to Rest
New-Gen
Under A Rock with Tig Notaro
Gossip
Producing
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