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Lena Headey
Lena Kathren Headey is a British actress. She gained international recognition and acclaim for her portrayal of Cersei Lannister on the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which she received five Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award nomination. She was nominated for a Saturn Award for her portrayal of Gorgo, Queen of Sparta, in 300 (2006).
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entertainment · British actress (born 1973) · actor · voice actor · film actor · film director · film producer · also Lena Headey, Lena Kathren Headey, Cersei Lannister, Headey
Born 3 October 1973 · Q228789
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2026· 7 entries
The Guardian: Lena Headey looks back: ‘I told Harvey Weinstein where to go. A decade of possibilities disappeared’
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Public attention spiked: 15,969 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.2× the usual 4,960, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Lena Headey looks back: ‘I told Harvey Weinstein where to go. A decade of possibilities disappeared’” (The Guardian).
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Fox News: 'Game of Thrones' star Lena Headey says outrage over infamous nude scene left her stunned
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Yahoo: Lena Headey Recalls ‘Shocking’ Backlash After Refusing Full Nudity On ‘Game Of Thrones’
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AOL: Lena Headey Says One ‘Game of Thrones’ Decision Left Fans Furious
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Superhero Hype: Thor 4: Lena Headey Reveals Details of Her Deleted Scene & Character
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2025· 3 entries
Yahoo: Lena Headey's Love Life: 'GOT' Costars to Her Husband Today
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AOL: How Lena Headey and Marc Menchaca’s Relationship Has Unfolded Over the Years
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Decider: ‘The Abandons’ Cast Guide: Netflix’s Wild Western Stars Lena Headey, Gillian Anderson And More
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2023· 1 entry
“Game of Thrones' Lena Headey Set to Star in Short Thriller Long Pork”
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2018· 1 entry
Headey did a voice-over for an advertisement by the charity Alzheimer's Research UK, which launched ahead of World Alzheimer's Day (21 September)
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2017· 1 entry
Headey appeared as a "predictably hard-boiled boss" in the crime thriller Thumper, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and provided the voiceover for Mercedes A-Class television advertisement and Morgana in Tro
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2015· 1 entry
Played the wife of a federal prosecutor running for office who cannot stop himself from sleeping with high-class escorts in the political thriller Zipper, opposite Patrick Wilson
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2014· 1 entry
Also starred in the fantasy adventure film The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box and the biographical film Low Down, which detailed the life of jazz pianist Joe Albany
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2011· 4 entries
And Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019
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Headey took on the role of the leader of a drug-dealing gang and the primary villain in the 3D sci-fi action film Dredd (2012), alongside Karl Urban and Olivia Thirlby
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And she filed for divorce in July 2012, which was finalised in December 2013
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Headey and Loughran separated in 2011 and she filed for divorce in July 2012, which was finalised in December 2013.
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2009· 1 entry
Headey played an ill-fated character in the slasher film Laid to Rest, which received a DVD release, had a part in a short film titled The Devil's Wedding, and also provided her voice for an episode of the Cartoon Networ
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2008· 1 entry
Starred alongside Matthias Schweighöfer and Joseph Fiennes in The Red Baron, a biographical film of the legendary World War I fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen, appeared in Ridley Scott-produced sci-fi drama Tell-
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2007· 2 entries
When she played Queen Gorgo in Zack Snyder's epic war film 300, based on the 1998 comic series of the same name by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley, a fictionalized retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae within the Persian W
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Also appeared as the stuffy Miss Dickinson in the sixth release of the St
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2005· 1 entry
Headey also starred with actress Piper Perabo in the films The Cave and Imagine Me & You
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2002· 1 entry
Appeared as a mousey Victorian lesbian artist with Gwyneth Paltrow and Aaron Eckhart in the mystery drama Possession, based on the 1990 novel of the same name by British author A
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2000· 1 entry
Headey played a newly promoted lawyer with no apparent emotional attachments in the romantic comedy Aberdeen, receiving the Silver Iris Award for Best Actress at the 2001 Brussels European Film Festival, and also starred
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1996· 1 entry
Was featured as Collette in Kay Mellor's Band of Gold TV series, before starring in Kavanagh QC (1997) as Natasha Jackson
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1973· 1 entry
Born 1973-10-03.
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