Lena Headey

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Birth Name: Lena Mary Headey

Age: 49, born 3 October 1973

Country of origin: Bermuda

Currently Residing In: United Kingdom

Height: 5' 5"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Marc Menchaca

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The Making of 300 - Lena Headey

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Description: Lena Headey is a actress who is best known for her appearances in El secreto de los hermanos Grimm (2005), Posesión (2002), and Lo que queda del día (1993). Headey stars as Queen Gorgo, a heroic Spartan woman in the period film 300 (2006), by director Zack Snyder. Her father, was a Yorkshire police cadet, before He was sent to Bermuda shortly before her birth. She was raised in Bermuda, living on the ocean until she was 5. Back in England, she was brought up in Yorkshire before moving to London in her teens. Headey had not gone to drama school before she became an actress. At the age of 17, Headey's performance in a one-off Lena Headey is a actress who is best known for her appearances in El secreto de los hermanos Grimm (2005), Posesión (2002), and Lo que queda del día (1993). Headey stars as Queen Gorgo, a heroic Spartan woman in the period film 300 (2006), by director Zack Snyder.

Her father, was a Yorkshire police cadet, before He was sent to Bermuda shortly before her birth. She was raised in Bermuda, living on the ocean until she was 5. Back in England, she was brought up in Yorkshire before moving to London in her teens. Headey had not gone to drama school before she became an actress. At the age of 17, Headey's performance in a one-off show in the company of six school friends caught the attention of a casting agent, who took a photo and asked her to audition. Eventually, Headey was cast in El país del agua (1992), which became her big-screen debut. She honed her natural acting talent while filming and also took archery classes and horse training. She also took boxing classes in clubs in south London, where a former boxer had been teaching her to spar. During her film career, spanning over 15 years, Headey has shown her range in a variety of roles, playing characters from Amazon-type warriors and action-minded women in La caverna maldita (2005) and El secreto de los hermanos Grimm (2005), to a lesbian florist in Rosas rojas (2005).

Headey's film career has taken her all over the world. She was in India for the filming of El libro de la selva: la aventura continúa (1994), then in St. Petersburg, Russia, for filming Onegin (1999), and in Norway for filming of Aberdeen (2000). In 2005 Headey was filming in Romania and in Mexico, then spent four months in Prague, Czech Republic, where a forest was designed and built for filming El secreto de los hermanos Grimm (2005), with Matt Damon and Heath Ledger. During 2006 Headey was in Canada for the filming of 300 (2006), then went to locations in Bulgaria for shooting La trampa del asesino (2007), and Germany and in Czech Republic for the filming of Der rote Baron (2008).

She also played Gina McVey in the horror thriller The Broken (2008), and Elizabeth in Tell-Tale (2009). In addition to her film-work, Heady appeared as Sarah Connor in a TV spin-off of the popular "Terminator" film franchise, the FOX's television series Terminator: las crónicas de Sarah Connor (2008).

Outside of her acting profession, Headey continued taking boxing lessons in London. She is a vegetarian and also remains loyal to yoga, which she discovered during her work in India. She has never been back to her birthplace in Bermuda; she shares her time between her homes in London, England, and Los Angeles, California. ... (more)