Lena Headey

Sarah Connor

About Lena Headey

Lena Headey stars as the intrepid Sarah Connor in the drama Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which picks up where Terminator 2: Judgment Day left off.

Lena Headey may be best known for her role in the box office mega hit 300 as Queen Gorgo. Most recently, Headey has taken on a dream role of director and is in the process of shooting her first feature film called Sophisticates, starring John Cleese, Jason Lewis and Ever Carradine. Headey's other recent work includes the features Telltale opposite Josh Lucas and St. Trinian's, with Rupert Everett and Colin Firth, a contemporary update of the popular 1950s film franchise about an all-girls school.

Headey's upcoming films include the psychological horror The Brøken, in which she stars as a woman whose life is thrown into turmoil when she sees her exact double on the streets of London, and The Red Baron. Headey also co-produced and appears in the short film The Devil's Wedding, along with Steve Graham. She also stars, alongside Jamie Foreman and Bill Sykes, in Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist. Headey's previous credits include the horror thriller The Cave, the fantasy-adventure The Brothers Grimm and the British romantic comedy Imagine Me & You.

Headey made her feature film debut in 1992's Waterland, as the younger version of Jeremy Irons' character's wife. She was also seen that year in the BBC telefilm The Summer House. In 1993, she appeared in the period drama Century and the award-winning Merchant Ivory film The Remains of the Day. Her first leading role came in the live-action version of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. She has starred in the independent films Mrs. Dalloway, Face, Onegin, Gossip, Possession, Ripley's Game and The Actors.

Headey has also starred in a wide range of television projects, including The Long Firm, which was nominated for several BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) awards, The Gathering Storm, Merlin, Loved Up and Band of Gold.