Strong on screen and in life: biography and relationships of Game of Thrones star Lina Headey
'07.01.2021'
Source: Yandex Zen
The main "villain" from the cult TV series "Game of Thrones" never dreamed of an acting career. Nevertheless, Lena Headey earned her fame and honoraria with hard work, writes the author of the blog "Planetary Civilization" on Yandex Zen.
Lena Headey is the star of the hit TV series Game of Thrones. The power-hungry Queen Cersei Lannister in her performance was remembered by the audience as one of the most striking characters. In addition to her acting career, Lina is also engaged in production activities. It seems that readers will be interested to get acquainted with some facts from the biography of this talented personality.
Lina's childhood
The future actress was born on the coral islands in the Atlantic Ocean, owned by the UK. The girl's parents came there from Yorkshire. The father of the Headey family got to the islands on duty. Lina was born on October 3, 1973. The family returned to their homeland only in 1978.
Reading the biographies of the actors, you can see that almost all of them showed themselves as creative personalities from childhood. The same cannot be said about Lina Headey: the girl was fond of horse riding, hairdressing, and did not even think about cinema. In the future, she saw herself as a stylist.
But fate willed that the photograph of seventeen-year-old Lina accidentally fell into the hands of the assistant director of the movie "By the Water" Stephen Gyllenhaal. After the casting, the girl was approved for the role.
An unexpected start to an artistic career and success
Headey did not have any acting education, nevertheless, after the first successful work, the young actress began to receive offers from eminent directors.
Over the next few years, she performed a dozen supporting roles. The most notable of them - in the paintings "Remains of the Day" (1993) and "The Great Merlin" (1998).
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Further more. Directors began to trust Lina with more serious work. Her participation in the drama "Aberdeen" earned her an award at the 2001 European Film Festival in Brussels. Lina was named the best female performer. The tapes "Onegin" and "Gossip" followed. Headey's film "Three Hundred Spartans" brought new awards. Thanks to the role of the queen, the actress was nominated for prestigious awards three times.
According to Lina, the image of Sarah Connor in the blockbuster Terminator: Battle for the Future left the most noticeable mark on her creative destiny. After the release of the picture, the actress was nominated for the prestigious American Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film Awards.
Several of the following action-packed films with Lina's participation were also remembered by the viewer: "Reflection", "Judge Dredd 3D", "Judgment Night", "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones". But all this was just an omen of real great glory.
"Game of Thrones"
In 2007, Headey was invited to a grandiose fantasy project "Game of Thrones", the shooting of which was planned to stretch for as long as 12 years! The script for the television series is based on George Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. All the artists who participated in the filming woke up the day after the premiere as real celebrities.
The series has been nominated for an Emmy 10 times. Lena Headey is a participant in all seasons filled with a variety of storylines and the most unexpected interweaving. Now for viewers of the whole world, Lina Hindi is, first of all, the insidious Cersei Lannister. The actress was surprised that fans began to associate her with the character from "Game of Thrones" and attribute to Lina the qualities of a negative character.
But it was precisely such an amazing getting into the image that impressed the jury, which awarded the actress an Emmy in 2014.
Not so long ago, Lina starred in the new film "Flood", which tells about the work of the British immigration service.
What happens in the personal life of the actress
Lina had her first long-term romance with actor Jason Fleming, whom she met in 1994 on the set. The lovers continued their relationship for almost ten years, Lina even "immortalized" the name of Jason on her body - she made a tattoo for herself. Unfortunately, this love story was destined to end.
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In 2007, the actress married Peter Loughran, and in 2010, the actress and musician became the parents of a son, Wylie. All the more unexpected was the separation of the spouses in 2013. The divorce was accompanied by a loud division not only of property, but also of custody of little Wiley. The ex-husband tried to leave Lina without a livelihood, but, fortunately, the court restored justice.
"Game of Thrones" brought Lina to her new lover - actor Pedro Pascal. The couple did not advertise their relationship for a long time, but at the same time lived in a civil marriage. In 2015, Lina had a daughter, Teddy. The actress did not voice who the child's father is, although fans are convinced that this is Pedro Pascal.
Lena Headey has a favorite hobby - yoga, which she became interested in after a trip to India. The actress is also not indifferent to a typically male sport - boxing. Lina is not afraid to appear on social networks in an unsightly form, without makeup and hair, because she prefers everything natural to ostentatious gloss.
The original column was published in the blog "Planetary Civilization" at Yandex Zen.
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