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Lena Headey

"I'm ambitious, but I don't necessarily equate success with being a huge Hollywood star. The dream is to have both a long career and a normal life."
Lena Headey was born on October 3, 1973, in Bermuda, where her father, a Yorkshire police cadet, was sent shortly before she was born. 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 Waterland (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 in clubs in south London, where a former boxer had been teaching her to spar. During her film career, spanning over 15 years, Headey showed her range in a variety of roles, playing characters from Amazon-type warriors and action-minded women in The Cave (2005) and The Brothers Grimm (2005), to a lesbian lover in Imagine Me & You (2005).
Headey's film career took her all over the world. She was in India for the filming of The Jungle Book (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 The Brothers 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 The Contractor (2007) (V), then she went to locations in Germany and in Czech Republic for filming Rote Baron, Der (2008).
In addition to her film-work, Headey currently stars as Sarah Connor in the TV series "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles". A spin-off of the popular "Terminator" film franchise. The series began January 13, 2008.
| | | Birth Name: | Lena Headey | | Hair Color: | Brown | Eye Color:
| Green
| Height:
| 5' 5½" | | Nickname: | Lena | Family:
| Husband: Pete Paul (since May 19, 2007) | Resides in:
| London and Los Angeles | | Star Sign: | Libra | Interests/hobbies:
| Vegetarian, Boxing, Yoga | | Charities/Causes: |
Lena appears in a new anti-circus public service announcement (PSA) for PETA.
| | Notable features: | TATTOOS:
- Water Lilly: Back
- Fantasy tattoo: Lower Back
- Stars on both inner, and lower arms
- Butterfly: right upper arms (used to be Jason in Thai, when she was in the throes of first love: since altered to a butterfly)
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| AfterEllen: "I saw a photo of you recently and you have some really great tattoos. Have you gotten anything new lately?"
 LH: "Yes. I got — well, I've always wanted my back done, all of my back. So I went and did it. This wonderful guy in Brooklyn called Chops [did it], and he's just fantastic. He just kind of free-hands, and I just said, "These are the themes I want." I want birds, and I want peonies, and I want movement, and he just drew this … on my back. And I love it, it makes me feel so happy." | | |