Lena Headey

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Lena Headey
Headey at the 2007 Scream Awards.
Born	3 October 1973 (1973-10-03) (age 36) Bermuda
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1992–present

Lena Headey (born October 3, 1973) is an English actress known for playing Sarah Connor on Fox's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, as well as appearing in such films as The Remains of the Day, Possession, The Brothers Grimm and 300.

Contents 1 Background 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Background

Headey was born in Bermuda, where her father, an English police officer, was sent to train as a policeman. The family returned to Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, when she was eight years old. She had her first taste of acting as a pupil at Shelley College and had her first big break at the age of 17 when she was spotted performing in a school production at the Royal National Theatre being picked for a role opposite Grant Warnock in the 1992 film Waterland.^[1]

[edit] Career

Headey has appeared in such films as James Ivory's Academy Award-nominated The Remains of the Day (alongside Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson), Stephen Sommers' The Jungle Book, Mrs Dalloway, Gossip, Aberdeen, The Parole Officer, Possession and Ripley's Game.

Headey co-starred with Matt Damon and Heath Ledger in Terry Gilliam's The Brothers Grimm, and played Queen Gorgo in Zack Snyder's 300, based on Frank Miller's graphic novel. She also appeared in two films with Piper Perabo: The Cave and Imagine Me & You. Recent roles include the German film The Red Baron, a biopic of the legendary World War I fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen, and as stuffy Miss Dickinson in the 2007 rebooting of the St. Trinian's franchise (for which she received third billing for a relatively minor role). She appeared alongside Matthias Schweighöfer and Joseph Fiennes. She also has a small role in the horror movie Laid to Rest, which will be released on DVD on 21 April 2009.^[2]

In addition to her film work, Headey headlined Fox's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, a television spin-off from James Cameron's popular Terminator franchise. Headey played Sarah Connor from January 2008 to April 2009. The show ran two seasons consisting of 31 episodes until its cancellation in May 2009.

Over the past couple of years, during downtime on the Terminator set, the actress worked on her own project which she describes as a "quirky ensemble comedy."^[2] Headey wrote and directed a short to promote the project, which features Piper Perabo and John Cleese. She now hopes to direct and produce a feature length version.^[2]

It has been confirmed by the Chicago Tribune that Headey will play Cersei Lannister in the upcoming HBO pilot Game of Thrones, based on the first book of the series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin.^[3][4]

[edit] Personal life

Headey dated actor Jason Flemyng for nine years. She and Flemyng met during the filming of The Jungle Book. She is close friends with actress Piper Perabo.^[5] Since 2007, she has been married to musician Peter Paul, with whom she is currently (as of November, 2009) expecting her first child.^[6]She currently lives in California.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1992	Clothes in the Wardrobe	Margaret
	Waterland	Young Mary
1993	Century	Miriam	TV series
	Soldier Soldier	Shenna Bowles - Base Details (1993) - Live Fire (1993) - Shifting Sands (1993)	TV series
	Spender	Emily - Best Friends (1993) - The More Things Change (1993)	TV series
	The Remains of the Day	Lizzie
1994	Fair Game	Ellie	TV series
	MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday	Elise Moran
	The Jungle Book	Katherine Anne 'Kitty' Brydon
1995	Devil's Advocate	Clare Rigby	TV series
	Band of Gold	Colette	TV series
	Loved Up	Sarah
	The Grotesque	Cleo Coal
1996	Ballykissangel	Jenny - The Things We Do for Love (1996)	TV series
1997	Kavanagh QC	Natasha Jackson - Diplomatic Baggage (1997)	TV series
	The Hunger	Steph Reynolds - Menage a Trois (1997)	TV series
	Face	Connie
	Mrs Dalloway	Young Sally
1998	Merlin	Queen Guinevere	Television film
	The Man with Rain in His Shoes	Sylvia Weld
1999	Inside-Out		Short film
	Onegin	Olga Larina
2000	Ropewalk	Allison
	Gossip	Cathy Jones
	Aberdeen	Kairo 'Kaisa' Heller
2001	Round About Five	Girlfriend	Short film
	Anazapta	Matilda
	The Parole Officer	Emma
2002	The Gathering Storm	Ava Wigram
	Possession	Blanche Glover
	Ripley's Game	Sarah Trevanny	Television film
2003	The Actors	Dolores
	No Verbal Response	Dr. Megan Pillay	Short film
2004	The Long Firm	Ruby Ryder	TV series
2005	The Brothers Grimm	Angelika
	The Cave	Kathryn
	Imagine Me & You	Luce
2006	Ultra	Penny/Ultra	TV series
2007	300	Queen Gorgo
	The Contractor	Inspector Annette Ballard
	St. Trinian's	Miss Dickinson
2008	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Sarah Connor	TV series 2008-2009, Star, Narrator
	The Broken	Gina McVey
	The Red Baron	Käte Otersdorf
2009	Laid to Rest	Cindy
	Tell-Tale	Elizabeth	forthcoming film
	The Super Hero Squad Show	Black Widow, Mystique	Animated Series On Cartoon Network

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Lena Headey

• Lena Headey at the Internet Movie Database

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NAME	Headey, Lena
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PLACE OF BIRTH	Bermuda
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