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blithe spirit; Actress Lena Headey brings her irrepressible charm to a romantic comedy with a twist.(Brief article)
Byline: Boris Fishman
After four hours of modeling "frock coats and frilly dresses" for a photo shoot, the British actress Lena Headey has returned to her natural state-torn jeans, striped tee, and pigtails-and is working through a piece of chocolate cake with disarming abandon.
"I look like Oliver Twist," she says, laughing. The 32-year-old Headey, who was plucked from a London theater stage by a casting agent at seventeen, has produced an eclectic series of widely admired performances without losing her Yorkshire lack of pretension. In 2000's Aberdeen, she was blistering as Kaisa, a troubled London woman who must shepherd her alcoholic father to a last meeting with her dying mother. Last summer, in Terry Gilliam's The Brothers ...
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- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England) Feinstein, Sharon November 15, 1998 700+ words
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Lena Headey ("Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles") just wrapped on Anchor Bay's slasher pic "Laid to Rest," directed by Robert Hall. Headey next will be seen in "Six Bullets From Now" and Geoffrey Sax's "Black Death." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
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- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Perry, Byron February 14, 2008 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) October 28, 2005 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Esquire Headey, Lena February 1, 2008 700+ words
...says, "Who's that?" And she pulls out a newspaper that reads, SAHARA PIPELINE LAID BY 230 MEN. ABOUT THE JOKESTERS If Lena Headey isn't the First Lady of comic-book-reading sci-fi dweebs, she will be soon. The British actress recently portrayed...
- Quote of the week: Lena Headey.(Features)
- Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England) August 10, 2001 700+ words
The Parole Officer has challenged me to take it lightly, which goes against my instincts sometimes as I haven't done that much comedy before. I liked the idea that the Brits were going to make an old-fashioned caper comedy. The Parole Officer's leading lady Lena gets to grips with Steve Coogan and
- Superhero role in US for Lena.(Entertainment)
- Newspaper article from: Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) February 15, 2006 700+ words
new role Lena Headey ACTRESS Lena Headey has joined the cast of a pilot programme being made for American TV. The former Shelley High School pupil will appear in Ultra, based on a comic book. She will play a superhero who must contend with saving...
