Lena Kathren Headey (/ˈliːnə ˈhiːdi/ LEE-nə HEE-dee; born 3 October 1973) is a Bermuda-born English actress and voice actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Cersei Lannister on HBO\'s Game of Thrones (2011–present), and for playing Sarah Connor on the television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–09). For the former, she has received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe nomination. In 2017, Headey became one of the highest paid actors on television, earning up to £2 million per episode of Game of Thrones. \n', '

Headey made her debut in the 1992 film Waterland. She continued to work steadily in films and on British television throughout the decade, before finding fame with her lead performances in a succession of fantasy and action-adventure features, such as The Brothers Grimm (2005), 300 (2007) and its sequel (2014), Tell-Tale (2009), and Dredd (2012). Her other film credits include The Remains of the Day (1992), The Jungle Book (1994), Face; Mrs Dalloway (1997), The Man with Rain in His Shoes (1998), Onegin (1999), \n', 'Gossip; Aberdeen (2000), The Parole Officer (2001), Ripley\'s Game (2002), The Cave; Imagine Me & You (2005), St Trinian\'s (2007), The Broken; The Red Baron (2008), The Purge (2013), The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box; Low Down (2014), Zipper (2015), and Thumper (2017).\n', '

Headey has provided voices for the role-playing video game Risen (2009) and the video game tie-in film Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016), as well as the animated series\' Danger Mouse (2015–17) and Trollhunters (2017–18).\n', '

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