Lena Headey
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| Date of birth | October 3, 1973 |
| Place of birth | Bermuda |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Spouse(s) | Peter Paul Loughran (2007–present) |
Lena Headey portrays Sarah Connor in the TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Lena is a British actress of theater and film who is best known for her appearances in The Brothers Grimm (2005), Possession (2002), and The Remains of the Day (1993). Headey also starred as Queen Gorgo, a heroic Spartan woman in the period drama 300 (2006) by director Zack Snyder.
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Early life
Lena Headey was born on October 3, 1973 in Bermuda, where her father, a Yorkshire police cadet, was sent shortly before she was born. She was raised in Bermuda living on the ocean, until she was 5. Back in England, she was brought up in Yorkshire, before moving to London in her teens. Headey had not gone to drama school before she became an actress. At the age of 17, Headey's performance in a one-off show in the company of six school friends caught the attention of a casting agent, who took a photo and asked her to audition. Eventually, Headey was cast in Waterland (1992), which became her big-screen debut. She honed her natural acting talent while filming and also took archery classes and horse training. She also took boxing in clubs in south London, where a former boxer had been teaching her to spar.
Career
During her film career, spanning over 15 years, Headey showed her range in a variety of roles, playing characters from Amazon-type warriors and action-minded women in The Cave (2005) and The Brothers Grimm (2005), to a lesbian lover in Imagine Me & You (2005).
Appearances
Filmography
Movies
- Waterland (1992)
- Century (1993)
- The Remains of the Day (1993)
- The Jungle Book (1994)
- The Grotesque (1995)
- Mrs Dalloway (1997)
- Face (1997)
- The Man with Rain in His Shoes (1998)
- Inside-Out (1999)
- Onegin (1999)
- Ropewalk (2000)
- Gossip (2000)
- Aberdeen (2000)
- Round About Five (2001)
- Anazapta (2001)
- The Parole Officer (2001)
- Possession (2002)
- Ripley's Game (2002)
- The Actors (2003)
- No Verbal Response (2003)
- Imagine Me & You (2005)
- The Brothers Grimm (2005)
- The Cave (2005)
- 300 (2006)
- The Contractor (2007)
- St. Trinian's (2007)
- The Brøken (2008)
- The Red Baron (2008)
- Tell-Tale (2009)
- Laid to Rest (2009)
Television
- Spender (1993)
- Soldier Soldier (1993)
- Ballykissangel (1996)
- Kavanagh QC (1997)
- The Hunger (1997)
- The Long Firm (2004)
- Ultra (2006)
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008)
