LENA HEADEY

'Lena Headey' (born on 3 October, 1973, in Bermuda) is a British actress.

Contents

Biography

Personal life

Filmography

Short films

References

External links

Biography

Her father, a British police officer, was sent to train police in Bermuda where Headey was born. The family returned to Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, when she was eight years old.
Headey has appeared in ''Possession'', ''Gossip'', ''Onegin'', ''The Remains of the Day'', and numerous other films. She appeared in two films with Piper Perabo: ''The Cave'', where they played the only female characters in the film, and ''Imagine Me & You'', where they portrayed love interests.
Most recently, Lena was chosen to play Sarah Connor in the upcoming TV series ''The Sarah Connor Chronicles''. She also played Queen Gorgo in the 2007 film ''300''.

Personal life

She has several tattoos including one on her right upper arm saying 'Jason' in Thai (for actor Jason Flemyng). The couple met on the 1994 film ''The Jungle Book'' and dated until 2001. The tattoos have since been changed into butterflies, a star on the inside of each of her lower arms,a large lotus flower on her upper back and a tribal piece on her lower back These were all concealed during ''300''. She got married to Pete Paul on May 19th 2007 and is very close friends with actress Piper Perabo, her co-star in The Cave and Imagine Me & You.^[1]

Filmography

'Year'	'Title'	'Role'	'Other notes'
2008	''Vivaldi''	Norina	Pre-production
	''The Brøken''	Gina McVey	Pre-production
2007	''The Red Baron''	Käte	Post-production
	''The Sarah Connor Chronicles''	Sarah Connor	TV series
	''300''	Queen Gorgo
2006	''Ultra''	Penny/Ultra	TV series
	''The Contractor''	Inspector Annette Ballard
2005	''Imagine Me & You''	Luce
	''The Cave''	Kathryn
	''The Brothers Grimm''	Angelika
2004	''The Long Firm''	Ruby Ryder	TV series
2003	''No Verbal Response''	Dr. Megan Pillay
	''The Actors''	Dolores
2002	''Ripley's Game''	Sarah Trevanny	Television film
	''Possession''	Blanche Glover
	''The Gathering Storm''	Ava Wigram
2001	''The Parole Officer''	Emma
	''Anazapta''	Matilda
	''Round About Five''	Girlfriend
2000	''Aberdeen''	Kairo 'Kaisa' Heller
	''Gossip''	Cathy Jones
	''Ropewalk''	Allison
1999	''Onegin''	Olga Larina
	''Inside-Out''
1998	''The Man with Rain in His Shoes''	Sylvia Weld
	''Merlin''	Queen Guinevere	Television film
1997	''Mrs. Dalloway''	Young Sally
	''Face''	Connie
	''The Hunger''	Steph Reynolds - ''Menage a Trois'' (1997)	TV series
	''Kavanagh QC''	Natasha Jackson - ''Diplomatic Baggage'' (1997)	TV series
1996	''Ballykissangel''	Jenny - ''The Things We Do for Love'' (1996)	TV series
1995	''The Grotesque''	Cleo Coal
	''Loved Up''	Sarah
	''Band of Gold''	Colette	TV series
	''Devil's Advocate''	Clare Rigby	TV series
1994	''The Jungle Book''	Katherine Anne 'Kitty' Brydon
	''	Elise Moran
	''Fair Game''	Ellie	TV series
1993	''The Remains of the Day''	Lizzie
	''Spender''	- ''Best Friends'' (1993) - ''The More Things Change'' (1993)	TV series
	''Soldier Soldier''	Shenna Bowles - ''Base Details'' (1993) - ''Live Fire'' (1993) - ''Shifting Sands'' (1993)	TV series
	''Century''	Miriam	TV series
1992	''Waterland''	Young Mary
	''Clothes in the Wardrobe''	Margaret

Short films

★ ''Round About Five / Bellissimo'' (2001) (directed by Guard Brothers)

★ ''Inside Out'' (1999) (directed by Guard Brothers)

References

1. http://www.radiofree.com/profiles/piper_perabo/interview03.shtml

External links

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