Lena Headey filmography

Lena Headey is an English actress and producer. Headey studied acting at Shelley College where she performed in a number of school productions at the Royal National Theatre. She made her film debut in the 1992 mystery drama Waterland. After appearing in a series of supporting parts throughout the 1990s, she went on to find fame for lead performances in big-budget films such as the fantasy film The Brothers Grimm (2005) and the action film 300 (2007), portraying Gorgo, Queen of Sparta, a role she yet again played in 300: Rise of an Empire (2014).

She gained international recognition in 2011 with the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones for her portrayal of Cersei Lannister. As of 2016, Headey has received consecutive Primetime Emmy nominations from 2014 to 2016 and 2018 to 2019, and one Golden Globe Award nomination. In 2017, Headey became one of the highest paid actors on television and earned £2 million per episode of Game of Thrones.

Headey played the villain Ma-Ma in the science fiction action film Dredd (2012). The following year she appeared in the horror film The Purge (2013). She then starred in the historical comedy horror Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016).

Film

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1992	Waterland	Young Mary		^[1]
1993	The Remains of the Day	Lizzie
	Century	Miriam
	The Summer House	Margaret
1994	The Jungle Book	Katherine "Kitty" Brydon		^[2]
1995	The Grotesque	Cleo Coal
1997	Face	Connie
1997	Mrs Dalloway	Young Sally		^[3]
1998	The Man with Rain in His Shoes	Sylvia Weld
1999	Inside-Out	Window Dresser	Short film	^[4]
1999	Onegin	Olga		^[5]
2000	Ropewalk	Allison		^[6]
	Gossip	Cathy Jones		^[7]
	Aberdeen	Kaisa		^[8]
2001	The Parole Officer	Emma		^[9]
2002	Anazapta	Lady Matilda Mellerby		^[10]
	Possession	Blanche Glover		^[11]
	Ripley's Game	Sarah Trevanny		^[12]
2003	The Actors	Dolores		^[13]
2003	No Verbal Response	Dr. Megan Pillay	Short film
2005	The Brothers Grimm	Angelika		^[14]^[15]
	The Cave	Dr. Kathryn Jennings		^[16]
	Round About Five	Girlfriend	Short film
	Imagine Me & You	Luce		^[17]^[18]^[19]
2006	Vacancy	Pam Bishop	Short film
2007	300	Gorgo, Queen of Sparta		^[20]^[21]
	The Contractor	DI Annette Ballard	Direct-to-DVD
	St Trinian's	Miss Dickinson		^[22]
2008	The Broken	Gina McVey		^[23]^[24]
	The Red Baron	Käte Otersdorf		^[25]^[26]
	Whore	Mom
2009	The Devil's Wedding	The Devil's Bride	Short film; Also executive producer	^[27]
	Laid to Rest	Cindy	Direct-to-DVD	^[28]^[29]
	Tell-Tale	Elizabeth Clemson		^[30]
2010	Pete Smalls Is Dead	Shannah		^[31]
2012	Dredd	Madeline "Ma-Ma" Madrigal		^[32]^[33]
2013	The Purge	Mary Sandin		^[34]
2013	The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones	Jocelyn Fray
2014	The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box	Monica		^[35]
	Low Down	Sheila Albany
	300: Rise of an Empire	Gorgo, Queen of Sparta		^[36]
2015	Zipper	Jeannie Ellis		^[37]
2015	Unity	Narrator	Documentary
2016	Pride and Prejudice and Zombies	Lady Catherine de Bourgh		^[38]
2016	Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV	Lunafreya Nox Fleuret	Voice; English dub	^[39]^[40]
2017	Thumper	Ellen		^[41]
2018	Leading Lady Parts	Herself	Short film
2019	Fighting with My Family	Julia Bevis
	The Flood	Wendy	Also executive producer	^[42]
	The Trap	—	Short film; Director and writer
2021	Twist	Sikes		^[43]
2021	Gunpowder Milkshake	Scarlet		^[44]
2022	9 Bullets	Gypsy		^[45]
	Thor: Love and Thunder	Unknown	Deleted scenes	^[46]
	DC League of Super-Pets	Lara	Voice	^[47]^[40]
TBA	Ballistic †		Filming ^[48]	^[49]
TBA	Long Pork †		Post-production; short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1993	Screen Two	Margaret	Episode: "The Clothes in the Wardrobe"	^[50]^[51]
	Spender	Emily Goodman	2 episodes
	How We Used To Live	Grace Palmer	3 episodes
	Soldier Soldier	Shenna Bowles	3 episodes
1994	Fair Game	Ellie	Television film
1994	MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday	Elise Moran
1995	Devil's Advocate	Clare Rigby
1995	Loved Up	Sarah		^[52]
1996	Ballykissangel	Jenny Clark	Episode: "The Things We Do for Love"	^[53]
1996–1997	Band of Gold	Colette	8 episodes
1997	Kavanagh QC	Natasha Jackson	Episode: "Diplomatic Baggage"	^[54]
1997	The Hunger	Steph Reynolds	Episode: "Ménage à Trois"
1998	Merlin	Queen Guinevere	2 episodes
2002	The Gathering Storm	Ava Wigram	Television film
2004	The Long Firm	Ruby Ryder	2 episodes
2006	Ultra	Penny / Ultra	Pilot
2008–2009	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Sarah Connor	31 episodes	^[55]^[56]
2009	The Super Hero Squad Show	Black Widow / Mystique	Voice, episode: "Deadly Is the Black Widow's Bite!"	^[57]
2011	White Collar	Sally	Episode: "Taking Account"	^[58]
2011–2019	Game of Thrones	Cersei Lannister	62 episodes	^[59]
2013	Sesame Street	Herself	Episode: "Simon Says"	^[60]
2014–2017	Uncle Grandpa	Aunt Grandma	Voice, 4 episodes
2015–2019	Danger Mouse	Jeopardy Mouse	Voice, 9 episodes	^[61]
2017–2018	Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia	Morgana le Fay/The Pale Lady	Voice, 13 episodes	^[62]^[40]
2018	Sally4Ever	Herself	Episode: "Episode 4"
2018–2020	Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Big Mama	Voice, 9 episodes	^[63]^[40]
2019	The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance	Maudra Fara	Voice, 6 episodes	^[64]^[40]
2019–2021	Infinity Train	Amelia, The Conductor, Teacher	Voice, 9 episodes	^[40]
2020	Wizards: Tales of Arcadia	Morgana le Fay	Voice, 9 episodes	^[65]^[40]
2021–present	Masters of the Universe: Revelation	Evil-Lyn, Majestra	Voice, 14 episodes	^[66]^[40]
2023	White House Plumbers	Dorothy Hunt	5 episodes	^[67]
2023–present	Beacon 23	Aster Calyx	9 episodes
TBA	The Abandons	Fiona Nolan
	Ballistic	Nance Redfield	In production	^[68]
	New-Gen	Thea	Voice; in production	^[69]

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Notes	Ref.
2004	"Bellissimo"	Ilya
2017	"Ill Ray (The King)"	Kasabian		^[70]^[71]
2019	"You Mean the World to Me"	Freya Ridings	Director	^[72]
2020	"Miracle"	Madeon	Director	^[73]

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Ref.
2009	Risen	Patty / Cathy / Jasmin / Lily
2012	Dishonored	Callista Curnow	^[74]^[40]
2014–2015	Game of Thrones	Cersei Lannister	^[40]
2021	The Artful Escape	Tastemaker

Audio

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2023	White House Plumbers Podcast	Herself	Episode 4

References

External links

Lena Headey at IMDb

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