Lena Headey Highlights

  • 2008: Played the titular character in the FOX series, "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles"
  • 2007: Cast as Queen Gorgo in Zack Snyder's "300"; an adaptation of the Frank Miller graphic novel
  • 2006: Co-starred in the romantic comedy "Imagine Me & You"
  • 2005: Cast in Terry Gilliam's "The Brothers Grimm" with Matt Damon and Heath Ledger
  • 2002: Acted in "Ripley's Game"
  • 2002: Had featured role in "Possession"
  • 2001: Co-starred with Steve Coogan in the British comedy caper, "The Parole Officer"
  • 2000: Co-starred with Ian Hart and Charlotte Rampling in Hans Petter Moland's "Aberdeen"
  • 2000: Cast as a bitchy college student in the dark comedy, "Gossip"
  • 1999: Had pivotal role as Liv Tyler's spirited sister Olga in Martha Fiennes' directorial debut, "Onegin"
  • 1998: Cast as Guinevere, opposite Sam Neill in the title role, in the NBC miniseries "Merlin"
  • 1998: Played the female lead in "The Man with Rain in His Shoes"
  • 1997: Portrayed Sally Seton, the best friend of a young Clarissa (Natascha McElhone) in "Mrs. Dalloway"
  • 1997: Was underused as Robert Carlyle's idealistic girlfriend in Antonia Bird's "Face"
  • 1995: Played a troubled lesbian prostitute in the British miniseries, "Band of Gold"
  • 1995: Played an Ecstacy-fueled raver in the BBC-2 cautionary drama, "Loved Up"
  • 1994: Portrayed the virginal heroine in Disney's live-action version of "Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book"
  • 1994: Made American TV debut in "MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday" (ABC)
  • 1993: Played a passive teenager engaged to an older man in the BBC TV-movie, "The Summer House"
  • 1993: Appeared opposite Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins in James Ivory's Academy Award-nominated "The Remains of the Day"
  • 1992: Made film debut as a sexually precocious schoolgirl, opposite Jeremy Irons, in "Waterland"
  • Lived in Bermuda until age eight, and then family returned to Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
  • Spotted by a casting agent at age 17, while performing in a school production at the Royal National Theatre