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After the premiere of her new series, Netflix viewers are intrigued by the Game of Thrones actress.

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Everything you need to know about Lena Headey from The Abandons

A brand-new Netflix drama series about the conflicts between illegal groups in the Old West is set in the year 1850. The seven-part series, which has received positive reviews from both the critics and viewers, has just recently been released, and viewers have already been rushing to binge it.
• Lena Headey, the renowned Game of Thrones actor Fiona Nolan, and Gillian Anderson, the series’ lead, face an uphill battle between Constance Van Ness and Sex Education and The Crown. Headey portrays a devout Catholic woman who has adopted four orphans and is quickly faced with Constance, who tries to take Fiona’s new home in Oregon as her own.
• A star-crossed love, an untold story, an untold secret, and, most importantly, a valuable piece of land are the two families’ ties. Nick Robinson, Diana Silvers, Lamar Johnson, Natalia del Riego, Lucas Till, and Aisling Franciosi are also on the Abandons cast. Here’s the lowdown on Headey’s life outside of the cameras and her partner, which many people are curious about.
• Headey was the child of Susan and John Headey, a police officer from Yorkshire stationed in Hamilton at the time as part of the Bermudan Border Force.
• Bermuda Police Force. The family moved back to England and settled in Somerset when the star was five, along with a younger brother named Tim.
• When she was 17 years old, she began acting in the 1992 film Waterland while working in a production at the Royal National Theatre. Throughout the 1990s, she put a strong foundation on various films and TV projects. In addition to other roles, she also appeared in the popular period drama The Remains of the Day, the television series Soldier Solider, Band of Gold, Mrs. Dalloway, and Onegin.
• She had appeared in The Brothers Grimm, 300, and The Sarah Connor Chronicles by the 2000s. However, it was her now-famous role in HBO’s Game of Thrones as Cersei Lannister, which made her a household name. Headey has appeared in movies like Gunpowder Milkshake, Bullets, White House Plumbers, and Normal since the fantasy drama is over, with The Abandons firmly putting her in the spotlight.
• Headey and Marc Menchaca, who she first started dating in 2020, have been married to each other since 2022. Some of her former Game of Thrones co-stars, including Sophie Turner and Peter Dinklage, were present for the private ceremony. Menchaca is best known for his roles in The Sinner, Manifest, and The Outsider as well as Russ Langmore’s in Ozark.
• Between 2007 and 2013, she married musician Peter Loughran. The actress and her ex-husband Loughran have two children, Wylie and Teddy, both of whom she co-wrote the short film The Devil’s Wedding. Although Headey and Cadan had already dated in 2019, they had already split up.
• Headey has openly described her postpartum depression struggles and said she was struggling during some of the most upsetting scenes in Game of Thrones’ first season. She sought help, which helped her through her postpartum depression as she juggled working on what would become one of the world’s biggest TV shows, and motherhood.
• LEARN THE FULL STORY: From acting husband to postpartum depression.