Lena Headey is probably famously known for her role as Cersei Lannister in the critically-acclaimed HBO series Game of Thrones, but the Bermudan-English beauty already has a lot of credits to her name before joining the show.
Long before she did the hit series, she had already made a name for herself. So, in her 30 years in the business, how much net worth has Lena Headey already amassed?
The Start of Lena Headey’s Career
The actress was first discovered when she was 17 while performing in a school play at London’s Royal National Theater.
She was subsequently asked to audition for a role in the 1992 movie Waterland and got the part, playing along with Ethan Hawke and Jeremy Irons.
After a year, she had guest-starring roles in Splendor, How We Used to Live and Soldier Soldier and had a minor role in The Remains of the Day.
In 1994, she did the movie The Jungle Book, followed by the TV films Fair Game and MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday. She then became a part of Band of Gold in 1996 and Face, Mrs. Dalloway, Gold, The Hunger and Kavanagh QC in 1997 and Onegin in 1999.
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Lena Headey began the 2000s with a bunch of projects, like Aberdeen, Gossip, Possession, Ripley’s Game and The Actors. She started working with some of the most prominent actors in the business and got much larger roles.
She started to gain prominence when she played the role of Terry Gilliam in The Brothers Grimm. She next did The Cave, followed by Imagine You & Me.
Her biggest role came in the epic war film 300 in 2006. Her next projects were St. Trintians, The Red Baron, Broken and Laid to Rest.
She played the titular role in the TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, received heaps of praise from the critics, and earned a couple of Saturn Award nominations.
Lena Headey’s Game of Thrones Success
Come 2011, Lena Headey was cast in Game of Thrones, thanks to Peter Dinklage, who suggested her to casting directors.
Fans and critics alike had nothing but good words for her incredible portrayal of the powerful and evil queen. She even received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations and one Golden Globe nomination for her work.
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She continuously worked on the sideline while doing the series. She did Dredd, The Purge, 300: Rise of an Empire, Uncle Grandpa and Danger Mouse.
For the much of 2010s, she did voice acting for Danger Mouse, Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.
Lena Headey’s Game of Thrones Salary and Net Worth
The mother-of-two earned a whopping $1.1 million per episode for the Game Of Thrones Season 7 and Season 8, earning $14.3 million for the 14-episode two seasons.
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It’s the sixth-highest amount any actor has ever earned on a TV series. For Seasons 5 and 6, she got $500,000 per episode, while her total earnings for the entire run of the show were $30 million before taxes.
That probably helped Lena Heady be $12 million rich today, per Celebrity Net Worth.
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