Lena Headey

Also known as Lena Kathren Headey, Cersei Lannister

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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Lena Headey is a British actor, voice actor, film actor, and film director. She was born in Hamilton, Bermuda, on October 3, 1973. Her professional career began in 1992. She speaks English and follows a vegetarian lifestyle. She is an Anglican and is married to Marc Menchaca.

Headey has received several award nominations, including the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

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Hamilton, Bermuda

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…

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Instance of: human
Given name: Lena
Gender: female
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Hamilton
Spouse: Marc Menchaca
Occupation: film director
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: Anglicanism
Image: Headey, Lena (2007) (headshot).jpg

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nominated for: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Commons category: Lena Headey
date of birth: 1973-10-03
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lifestyle: vegetarianism
start of work period: 1992-00-00
name in native language: Lena Headey
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Lena Kathren Headey (/ˈliːnə ˈhiːdi/ LEE-nə HEE-dee; born 3 October 1973) 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).

Headey made her film debut in the mystery drama Waterland (1992), and appeared in the British television play, The Clothes in the Wardrobe (US: The Summer House) (1993). 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 (2006). 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).

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