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Headey in 2011, photo by Starfrenzy /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Lena Kathren Headey
Place of Birth: Hamilton, Bermuda
Date of Birth: 3 October, 1973
Ethnicity: English, some Irish
Lena Headey is an English actress and film producer. Her roles include the series Band of Gold , Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles , Game of Thrones , Danger Mouse , Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia , Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance , Infinity Train , Wizards: Tales of Arcadia , Masters of the Universe , White House Plumbers , Beacon 23 , and The Abandons ; the films Waterland , The Remains of the Day , Century (1993), The Jungle Book (1994), The Grotesque , Face , Mrs Dalloway (1997), The Man with Rain in His Shoes , Onegin (1999), Gossip , Aberdeen (2000), The Parole Officer , Anazapta , Possession (2002), Ripley’s Game , The Actors (2003), The Brothers Grimm , The Cave (2005), Imagine Me & You , 300 , and its follow-up, 300: Rise of an Empire ; The Contractor , St Trinian’s (2007), The Broken , The Red Baron (2008), Laid to Rest , Tell-Tale , Dredd , The Purge (2013), The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones , The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box , Low Down (2014), Zipper , Pride and Prejudice and Zombies , Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV , Thumper , Fighting with My Family , The Flood (2019), Twist (2021), Gunpowder Milkshake , 9 Bullets , DC League of Super-Pets , Normal , and Ballistic (2025); the made-for-tv movie The Gathering Storm ; and the video games Risen , Dishonored , and The Artful Escape . She has directed the music videos for “You Mean the World to Me” and “Miracle.”
She was born in Bermuda, to English parents, Sue and John Headey, a police officer. Her family moved to England during her early childhood, and she was raised in Somerset, and later Shelley, West Yorkshire. Lena is married to American actor, writer, and director Marc Menchaca . She has a son with her former husband, musician Peter Loughran; and a daughter with filmmaker Dan Cadan.
Her surname is pronounced heedy .
Lena’s paternal grandfather was William Henry Headey (the son of Percy Headey and Annie/Arrie Billington). William was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. Percy was born in Huddersfield, the son of William Henry Headey and Elizabeth Barclay, who was born in Sligo, Ireland. Annie was born in Huddersfield.
Lena’s paternal grandmother was Eugenia/Ena Patricia Blake (the daughter of John Blake and Mary Hannah Iredale). Eugenia was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. John was born in Ballinasloe, Ireland, the son of John William Blake. Mary was born in Huddersfield, the daughter of Enoch Iredale and Mary Barrowclough.
Lena’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Brown.
Sources: Genealogies of Lena Headey (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com https://gw.geneanet.org
Information about Lena’s paternal great-grandfather, Percy Headey – https://blogs.ancestry.ca