Lena Headey

'Lena Headey' (qv) is a Bermudian-British actress. Headey is best known for her role as "Cersei Lannister" in _Game of Thrones (2011)_ (qv) (2011-2019) and _The Brothers Grimm (2005)_ (qv), _Possession (2002)_ (qv), and _The Remains of the Day (1993)_ (qv). Headey stars as "Queen Gorgo", a heroic Spartan woman in the period film, _300 (2006)_ (qv), by director 'Zack Snyder' (qv).Headey was born in Hamilton, Bermuda, to British parents Sue and John Headey. Her father, a Yorkshire police cadet, was stationed in the Bermuda Police Service. She was raised there until age five, when her family returned to 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 seventeen, 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)_ (qv), 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 classes in clubs in south London, where a former boxer had been teaching her to spar. During her film career, spanning over 15 years, Headey has shown her range in a variety of roles, playing characters from Amazon-type warriors and action-minded women in _The Cave (2005)_ (qv) and _The Brothers Grimm (2005)_ (qv), to a lesbian florist in _Imagine Me & You (2005)_ (qv).Headey's film career has taken her all over the world. She was in India for the filming of _The Jungle Book (1994)_ (qv), then in St. Petersburg, Russia, for filming _Onegin (1999)_ (qv), and in Norway for filming of _Aberdeen (2000)_ (qv). In 2005 Headey was filming in Romania and in Mexico, then spent four months in Prague, Czech Republic, where a forest was designed and built for filming _The Brothers Grimm (2005)_ (qv), with Matt Damon and Heath Ledger. During 2006 Headey was in Canada for the filming of _300 (2006)_ (qv), then went to locations in Bulgaria for shooting _The Contractor (2007)_ (qv), and Germany and in Czech Republic for the filming of _The Red Baron (2008)_ (qv).She also played Gina McVey in the horror thriller _The Broken (2008)_ (qv), and Elizabeth in _Tell Tale (2009)_ (qv). In addition to her film-work, Heady appeared as Sarah Connor in a TV spin-off of the popular "Terminator" film franchise, the FOX's television series _Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008)_ (qv).Outside of her acting profession, Headey continued taking boxing lessons in London. She is a vegetarian and also remains loyal to yoga, which she discovered during her work in India. She has never been back to her birthplace in Bermuda; she shares her time between her homes in London, England, and Los Angeles, California.::Steve Shelokhonov