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Lena Headey
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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 dra…
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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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2026
Ballistic
Movie Nance Redfield
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2026
Normal
Movie Moira
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2025
The Abandons
TV show Fiona Nolan
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2025
H Is for Hawk
Movie Producer
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2025
Long Pork
Movie Lily
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2024
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
TV show Evil-Lyn (voice)
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2023
Beacon 23
TV show Aster Calyx
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2023
The Trap
Movie Executive Producer
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2023
SmartLess: On the Road
TV show
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2023
White House Plumbers
TV show Dorothy Hunt
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2022
DC League of Super-Pets
Movie Lara (voice)
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2022
9 Bullets
Movie Gypsy Moon
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2021
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
TV show Evil-Lyn (voice)
- 2021
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2021
Gunpowder Milkshake
Movie Scarlet
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2021
Twist
Movie Sikes
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2020
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
TV show Morgana (voice)
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2019
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
TV show Maudra Fara (voice)
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2019
The Trap
Movie Director
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2019
Infinity Train
TV show The Conductor / Amelia (voice)
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2019
The Flood
Movie Wendy
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2019
Under A Rock with Tig Notaro
TV show Self - Guest
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2019
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
Movie Self
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2019
Fighting with My Family
Movie Julia 'Sweet Saraya' Knight
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2018
Sally4Ever
TV show Lena Headey
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2018
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TV show Big Mama (voice)
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2018
Walk Like a Panther
Movie Miss Winters
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2018
Leading Lady Parts
Movie Actress #6
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2017
Thumper
Movie Ellen
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2016
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
TV show Morgana / The Pale Lady (voice)
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2016
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV
Movie Lunafreya Nox Fleuret (Voice: English version)
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2016
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Movie Lady Catherine de Bourgh
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2015
Danger Mouse
TV show Jeopardy Mouse (voice)
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2015
Zipper
Movie Jeannie Ellis
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2015
Unity
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2015
Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life
Movie Self
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2015
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Movie Cersei Lannister
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2014
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
TV show Self
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2014
300: Rise of an Empire
Movie Queen Gorgo
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self
