page_title: Lena Headey
hierarchical_section_title: Lena Headey
caption_attribution_description: Español: La actriz Lena Headey en la gala de los Premios Primetime Emmy de 2014.
context_page_description: Lena Kathren Headey is an English actress. She is best known for her acclaimed portrayal of Cersei Lannister on the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones, for which she has received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award nomination.
  Headey made her film debut in the mystery drama Waterland. 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 and 300. Her other film credits include The Remains of the Day, The Jungle Book, Mrs Dalloway, Ripley's Game, Imagine Me & You, Dredd, The Purge, 300: Rise of an Empire, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and Fighting with My Family.
  Outside of film, Headey starred as Sarah Connor in the science fiction television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. She provided voices for the role-playing video game Risen and the video game tie-in film Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV, as well as the animated series Danger Mouse and Trollhunters, and puppet-animated series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.
context_section_description: Lena Kathren Headey (/ˈliːnə ˈhiːdi/ LEE-nə HEE-dee; born 3 October 1973) is an English actress. She is best known for her acclaimed portrayal of Cersei Lannister on the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which she has 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). 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).
caption: Headey in 2014
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