Lena Headey (born October 3, 1973) is an English actress best known for playing Sarah Connor on FOX's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, as well as appearing in such films as The Remains of the Day, Possession, The Brothers Grimm and 300.

Biography

Her father, an English 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. She got her first taste of acting as a pupil at Shelley College and got her big break at the age of 17 when she was spotted performing in a school production at the Royal National Theatre and was picked for a role opposite Jeremy Irons in the 1992 film Waterland.

This was followed by roles in James Ivory's Academy Award-nominated The Remains of the Day (alongside Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson), Stephen Sommers' The Jungle Book, Mrs Dalloway, Gossip, Aberdeen, The Parole Officer, Possession and Ripley's Game.

Headey has co-starred with Matt Damon and Heath Ledger in Terry Gilliam's The Brothers Grimm, and played Queen Gorgo in Zack Snyder's 300, based on Frank Miller's graphic novel. She also appeared in two films with Piper Perabo: The Cave and Imagine Me & You. Next up is The Red Baron with Joseph Fiennes.

In addition to her film work, Headey is currently headlining Fox's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, a television spin-off from James Cameron's popular Terminator franchise.

Personal life

Headey dated actor Jason Flemyng for nine years. She and Flemyng met during the filming of The Jungle Book. She married musician Peter Paul Loughran on May 19, 2007 and is close friends with actress Piper Perabo. She is currently a resident of California, USA.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1992	Clothes in the Wardrobe	Margaret
	Waterland	Young Mary
1993	The Summer House	Margaret	Film
1993	Century	Miriam	TV series
	Soldier Soldier	Shenna Bowles - Base Details (1993) - Live Fire (1993) - Shifting Sands (1993)	TV series
	Spender	- Best Friends (1993) - The More Things Change (1993)	TV series
	The Remains of the Day	Lizzie
1994	Fair Game	Ellie	TV series
	MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday	Elise Moran
	The Jungle Book	Katherine Anne 'Kitty' Brydon
1995	Devil's Advocate	Clare Rigby	TV series
	Band of Gold	Colette	TV series
	Loved Up	Sarah
	The Grotesque	Cleo Coal
1996	Ballykissangel	Jenny - The Things We Do for Love (1996)	TV series
1997	Kavanagh QC	Natasha Jackson - Diplomatic Baggage (1997)	TV series
	The Hunger	Steph Reynolds - Menage a Trois (1997)	TV series
	Face	Connie
	Mrs Dalloway	Young Sally
1998	Merlin	Queen Guinevere	Television film
	The Man with Rain in His Shoes	Sylvia Weld
1999	Inside-Out		Short film
	Onegin	Olga Larina
2000	Ropewalk	Allison
	Gossip	Cathy Jones
	Aberdeen	Kairo 'Kaisa' Heller
2001	Round About Five	Girlfriend	Short film
	Anazapta	Matilda
	The Parole Officer	Emma
2002	The Gathering Storm	Ava Wigram
	Possession	Blanche Glover
	Ripley's Game	Sarah Trevanny	Television film
2003	The Actors	Dolores
	No Verbal Response	Dr. Megan Pillay
2004	The Long Firm	Ruby Ryder	TV series
2005	The Brothers Grimm	Angelika
	The Cave	Kathryn
	Imagine Me & You	Luce
2006	Ultra	Penny/Ultra	TV series
2007	300	Queen Gorgo
	The Contractor	Inspector Annette Ballard
	St. Trinian's	Miss Dickinson
2008	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Sarah Connor	TV series 2008-Present
	The Brøken	Gina McVey
	The Red Baron	Käte
2009	Tell-Tale	Elizabeth	post-production
	Laid to Rest	Cindy	post-production

References

External links

• Lena Headey at the Internet Movie Database