Lena Headey Biography

Fast Facts

• Lived in Bermuda until she was 5, when her family moved back to England
• First spotted by a casting agent who saw her in a publicity photo for a Shelley High School production at the Royal National Theatre
• Made her big-screen debut opposite Jeremy Irons in the 1992 drama Waterland
• Took a year off from acting after a difficult experience filming Terry Gilliam's 2005 fantasy The Brothers Grimm
• Experienced a career revival in 2007, starring in surprise box-office smash 300 and Fox's Terminator TV series The Sarah Connor Chronicles
• Has suffered bouts of clinical depression since the age of 15
• Is an advocate for animal welfare and has worked with PETA