History Creator / LenaHeadey

* ''Series/TheWhiteHousePlumbers'' (2023) as Dorothy Hunt

* ''Film/StTrinians'' (2007) as Miss Dickinson

* ''Series/{{Merlin| 1998}}'' (1998) as Queen Guinevere

** ''VideoGame/TelltalesGameOfThrones'' (2014, voice)

** Oddly specific in certain roles: in ''Series/{{Merlin| 1998}}'' (1998), she plays Queen Guinevere, a queen who is unfaithful to her husband, King Arthur, who is subsequently killed. Later in ''Film/ThreeHundred'' (2007), she plays Queen Gorgo, a queen who is unfaithful to her husband (albeit coerced to do so), King Leonidas, who is subsequently killed. Finally, in ''Series/GameOfThrones'' (2011-2019), she plays Queen Cersei Lannister, a queen who is unfaithful to her husband, King Robert Baratheon, who is subsequently killed.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'' (2009) as Natasha Romanoff / ComicBook/BlackWidow, Raven Darkhölme / [[Characters/MarvelComicsMystique Mystique]] (voice)

** Oddly specific in certain roles: in ''Series/{{Merlin| 1998}}'' (1998), she plays Queen Guinevere, a queen who is unfaithful to her husband, King Arthur, who is subsequently killed. Later in ''Film/ThreeHundred'' (2007), she plays Queen Gorgo, a queen who is unfaithful to her husband, King Leonidas, who is subsequently killed. Finally, in ''Series/GameOfThrones'' (2011-2019), she plays Queen Cersei Lannister, a queen who is unfaithful to her husband, King Robert Baratheon, who is subsequently killed.

* ''WesternAnimation/MastersOfTheUniverseRevelation'' (2021) as Evil-Lyn

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* ''[[Series/MacGyver MacGyver]]: Trail to Doomsday'' (1994) as Elise Moran

* DyeingForYourArt: She is a natural brunette, but her most recognizable role as [[Series/GameOfThrones Cersei Lannister]] is a blonde.

* ''Literature/TheRemainsOfTheDay'' as Lizzie
* ''Film/{{The Jungle Book|1994}}'' (1994) as Katherine

* ''Film/TheBrothersGrimm'' (2005) as Angelica

* ''Film/TheBroken'' (2008) as Gina Mcvey

* ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' (2008-2009) as Sarah Connor
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'' (2009) as Black Widow
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'' (2011-2019) as Queen Cersei Lannister

* ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' (2012) as Callista Curnow

* ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' (2014) as Aunt Grandma (guest role)
* ''Anime/KingsglaiveFinalFantasyXV'' (2016) as Lunafreya Nox Fleuret

* ''Franchise/TalesOfArcadia'' (2016-2020) as Morgana
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'' (2016-2018)

* ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' (2018) as Big Mama

* ''Series/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance'' (2019) as Maudra Fara
* ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' (2019-2020) as Amelia/[[spoiler:The Conductor]]

* ''Film/ThePurge'' (2013) as Mary Sandin

Lena Kathren Headey (born October 3, 1973 in Hamilton, Bermuda) is an English actress.

** She was Creator/SteveCoogan's love interest in Film/TheParoleOffice in 2001.

* CartwrightCurse: Her on-screen love interests/husbands tend to have high mortality rates. Notable examples are ''Film/ThreeHundred'', ''Film/RipleysGame'', ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' (she begins the series as a single mother with the child's father long dead), ''Series/GameOfThrones'' (her husband [[YourCheatingHeart wasn't]] her [[{{Twincest}} main love interest]] in this series though) and ''Film/ThePurge'' -- but [[BuryYourGays notably]] ''[[BuryYourGays not]]'' in ''Film/ImagineMeAndYou''.

* ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' (2019) as Amelia/[[spoiler:The Conductor]]

** Fans of ''Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}'' may recall that the last conversation [=MacGyver=] ever has with another character (in the closing scene of the final TV movie ''Trail to Doomsday'') was with the {{Adorkable}} daughter of the character whose death set the plot in motion. Guess who that was beneath the terrible haircut and ugly glasses.

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Wizards}}'' (2020)

Lena Kathren Headey (born October 3, 1973) is an English actress.

** Fans of ''Series/{{MacGyver}}'' may recall that the last conversation [=MacGyver=] ever has with another character (in the closing scene of the final TV movie ''Trail to Doomsday'') was with the {{Adorkable}} daughter of the character whose death set the plot in motion. Guess who that was beneath the terrible haircut and ugly glasses.

She was discovered at age 17 performing in a one-off show at the Royal National Theatre. Her first major role was in ''Film/TheJungleBook'' as Katherine. Other major roles of hers include Queen Gorgo of Sparta in ''Film/ThreeHundred'', Sarah Connor in ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'', and Queen Cersei Lannister in ''Series/GameOfThrones''.

* ''Film/TheJungleBook'' (1994) as Katherine

** She was the female lead of 1994's ''Film/TheJungleBook''.

From 2007 to 2012, she was married to musician Peter Paul Loughran, with whom she has a son named Wylie.

* ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' (2019) as Amelia/[[spoiler: The Conductor]]