Lena Headey Net Worth, age, Height, Profile, Family

Lena Headey on 3 October 1973 in Hamilton, Bermuda is an English Actress is known for her movies, 300, 300: Rise of an Empire, White Collar, as Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones which earned her three back to back Emmy award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2014–2016) and Golden Globe Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2016. Lena Headey net worth is $54 Million.

Lena Headey was engaged to Johhny Cicco and dated Jason Flemyng for nine years, from 1994 to 2003. She has a Thai tattoo of his name on her arm and dated Marcos Domina. She also had relationship with Game of Thrones co-star Jerome Flynn. Headey is married to musician Peter Loughran in May 2007 and have a son.

She got divorced in 2013 and currently single now. She has number of tattoos on her back and ribs. She is a vegetarian but seldom eats meat. Lena is 5 ft 5 in (1.66 m), Libra, follow Roman Catholic church, is 166 cm – 5.5 ft.

Lena Headey at 17 was spotted by an acting agent during her Shelley College play and was chosen for TV drama Waterland and later in The Remains of the Day, for which she received eight Academy Awards nominations in 1993. In 1994 she was played Katherine in Disney’s The Jungle Book which was a big hit in USA and getting positive reviews from James Berardinelli.

While filming she met actor Jason Flemyng. In 2005 Headey worked with Matt Damon in Terry Gilliam’s The Brothers Grimm which got good reviews throughut and during an interview she said “The character in film is my life”.

But her career started hike with Zack Snyder’s 300 in which she played role of Queen Gorgo which later got her role in Fox’s Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, a television spin-off of James Cameron’s popular Terminator franchise.

For which she was later nominated  twice for Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television. In 2008 Lena Headey started in Academy Award-nominated Sean Ellis horror movie, The Broken which was screened at the midnight portion of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and her performance was praised by many critics including Kim Koynar of Cinematical.

But Lena got her best project in 2011 when she played the role of Cersei Lannister on the HBO series Game of Thrones. She was casted in the role after being recommended by her friend and eventual co-star, Peter Dinklage and she never led them down.

Her performance of ruthless queen got her nominated for Scream Award in Best Fantasy Actress and nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2014 to 16 three times in row.