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Lena Headey Filmography
Lena Headey is an English actress and producer. Headey studied acting at Shelley College where she performed in a number of school productions at the Royal National Theatre. She made her film debut in the 1992 mystery drama ''Waterland''. After appearing in a series of supporting parts throughout the 1990s, she went on to find fame for lead performances in big-budget films such as the fantasy film ''The Brothers Grimm'' (2005) and the action film ''300'' (2007), portraying Gorgo, Queen of Sparta, a role she yet again played in '' 300: Rise of an Empire'' (2014). She gained international recognition in 2011 with the HBO fantasy drama series ''Game of Thrones'' for her portrayal of Cersei Lannister. As of 2016, Headey has received consecutive Primetime Emmy nominations from 2014 to 2016 and 2018 to 2019, and one Golden Globe Award nomination. In 2017, Headey became one of the highest paid actors on television and earned £2 million per episode of ''Game of Thrones''. Headey playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena Headey
Lena Kathren Headey ( ; born 3 October 1973) is a British actress. She gained international recognition and acclaim for her portrayal of Cersei Lannister on the HBO epic fantasy drama series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019), for which she received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award nomination, and Queen Gorgo in '' 300'' (2006). Headey made her film debut in the British film '' The Clothes in the Wardrobe'' (US: ''The Summer House'') (1992) alongside film greats Jeanne Moreau, Joan Plowright, and Julie Walters. This was followed by the mystery drama '' Waterland'' (1992). She continued to work steadily in British and American films and on television, before gaining further recognition with her lead performances in the films '' The Brothers Grimm'' (2005) and '' 300'' (2006). Her other film credits include '' The Remains of the Day'' (1993), ''The Jungle Book'' (1994), '' Mrs Dalloway'' (1997), ''Ripley's Game'' (2002), '' Imagine Me & You'' (2005 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Century (film)
''Century '' is a 1993 British film, written and directed by playwright Stephen Poliakoff. Clive Owen stars as a 19th-century Jewish doctor who, while studying at a research institute, discovers that an authoritative doctor (played by Charles Dance) is sterilizing innocent women. This features Mark Strong in his debut as a minor role. Cast *Charles Dance as Professor Mandry *Clive Owen as Paul Reisner *Miranda Richardson as Clara *Robert Stephens as Mr Reisner *Joan Hickson as Mrs Whitweather *Lena Headey as Miriam * Neil Stuke as Felix * Joseph Bennett as Edwin *Fiona Walker as Mrs. Pritchard * Ian Shaw as Meredith *Mark Strong as Policeman Release The film screened at the London Film Festival The BFI London Film Festival is an annual film festival founded in 1957 and held in the United Kingdom, running for two weeks in October with co-operation from the British Film Institute. It screens more than 300 films, documentaries and shor ... on 13 November 1993. References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ripley's Game (film)
''Ripley's Game'' is a 2002 thriller film directed by Liliana Cavani. It is adapted from the 1974 novel ''Ripley's Game'', the third in Patricia Highsmith's series about the murderous adventures of the anti-hero Tom Ripley. John Malkovich stars as Ripley, opposite Dougray Scott and Ray Winstone. It received positive reviews. Highsmith's novel was previously adapted in 1977 as ''The American Friend'' by director Wim Wenders, starring Dennis Hopper and Bruno Ganz. Plot Tom Ripley is involved in an art forgery scheme in Berlin, in partnership with British gangster Reeves. Upon finding out that Reeves has attempted to cheat him, Ripley forces Reeves' customer at gunpoint to give him the money intended for the forgeries, and kills the man’s bodyguard. He also steals back the artwork for himself, and curtly tells Reeves that their partnership is over. Three years later, Ripley is living in a lush villa in Veneto with his wife Luisa, a harpsichordist. Invited by a neighbour to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Possession (2002 Film)
''Possession'' is a 2002 romantic mystery drama film written and directed by Neil LaBute and starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Aaron Eckhart. It is based on the 1990 novel of the same name by British author A. S. Byatt, who won the Booker Prize for it the year it was published. Synopsis Literary scholars American Roland Michell and British Maud Bailey independently find that the socially antagonistic relationship between the Victorian era poets Randolph Henry Ash and Christabel LaMotte may have concealed a secret connection as lovers. Ash is traditional and conservative and LaMotte is a freethinking bisexual. Rival scholars become aware of their efforts and each seeks to be the first at the public disclosure of this major finding about the poets. In a parallel relationship, Michell and Bailey have their own deepening connection. Cast Development Three early drafts of the film's screenplay were written by American playwright David Henry Hwang in the 1990s, but the project langui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FilmAffinity
FilmAffinity is a movie recommendations website created in 2002 in Madrid, Spain by the film critic Pablo Kurt Verdú Schumann and the programmer Daniel Nicolás. As of 2016, the site listed 125,000 movies and series and had 556,000 reviews written by its users. Registered users can rate movies, find recommended films based on their personal ratings, create any kind of movie lists and — in the Spanish version — write reviews. The site also includes information about contents of the main streaming services, such as Netflix, HBO, Movistar+, Filmin and Rakuten TV. This feature is currently limited to Netflix in the English version. It has been noted that FilmAffinity users tend to rate films more severely than IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... users, resul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anazapta
''Anazapta'' is a 2002 British mystery thriller film directed by Alberto Sciamma and starring Jason Flemyng, Lena Headey, Christopher Fairbank, Ian McNeice, Jeff Nuttall. In the US the film was released as ''Black Plague''. Plot The film is set in England in 1348. While the Hundred Years War rages on between England and France, a detachment of soldiers returns to the estate of the beautiful English noblewoman Lady Matilda (Lena Headey) with news that her husband, Sir Walter de Mellerby (Jon Finch), was captured and remains hostage in France. Meanwhile, the soldiers led by her husband's nephew Nicholas (Jason Flemyng) have brought with them a prisoner, Jacques de Saint Amant ( David La Haye), the son of the one holding her husband. He can be exchanged for Sir Walter and for an additional ransom, which will save her estate from bankruptcy, as they are deeply in debt to the bishop. When Lady Matilda asks the bishop (Ian McNeice) for time to get the ransom, he informs her that he wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeen (2000 Film)
''Aberdeen'' is a 2000 Norwegian-British drama film directed by Hans Petter Moland and starring Stellan Skarsgård, Lena Headey and Charlotte Rampling. Synopsis Lawyer Kaisa Heller, just promoted, has no apparent emotional attachments, preferring nameless encounters with men. She is surprised to receive a call from Helen, her dying mother, with a final request to bring Kaisa's estranged father Tomas to see her at the hospital. The film is a bit of a road movie with encounters along the way, some confrontational, such as boozing louts who harass her father or angry stewardesses issuing ultimatums, while some are romantic, such as truck driver Clive whom Kaisa attempts to use, but instead finds herself attached to. What started as an unavoidable chore, perhaps the last she will have never been able to dodge, becomes a new starting point in her life. Cast *Stellan Skarsgård - Tomas Heller *Jean Anderson - Young Kaisa *Lena Headey - Kairo 'Kaisa' Heller *Charlotte Rampling - Hele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gossip (2000 American Film)
''Gossip'' is a 2000 American teen psychological thriller film directed by Davis Guggenheim. It is produced by Warner Bros. and stars James Marsden, Lena Headey, Norman Reedus and Kate Hudson. Plot On a Northeastern United States college campus, Derrick Webb, Cathy Jones (referred to as simply "Jones") and Travis are students, as well as roommates. Derrick and Jones share an attraction but have not acted on it. Travis is devoted to Derrick as the wealthy Derrick lets the penniless Travis live rent free in the spacious apartment and focus on his art. They all take a Communications class with Professor Goodwin, in which the subject of gossip is brought up. As they enjoy telling lies, the three decide to start a rumor for their final paper and track the results. One night, while at a party, they run into Naomi Preston and her boyfriend, Beau Edson. It is common knowledge through the campus that Naomi doesn't sleep around. Jones, in particular, has a problem with Naomi's weal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMovie
AllMovie (previously All Movie Guide) is an online database with information about films, television programs, and screen actors. , AllMovie.com and the AllMovie consumer brand are owned by RhythmOne. History AllMovie was founded by popular-culture archivist Michael Erlewine, who also founded AllMusic and AllGame. The AllMovie database was licensed to tens of thousands of distributors and retailers for point-of-sale systems, websites and kiosks. The AllMovie database is comprehensive, including basic product information, cast and production credits, plot synopsis, professional reviews, biographies, relational links and more. AllMovie data was accessed on the web at the AllMovie website. It was also available via the AMG LASSO media recognition service, which can automatically recognize DVDs. In late 2007, TiVo Corporation acquired AMG for a reported $72 million. The AMG consumer facing web properties AllMusic.com, AllMovie.com and AllGame.com were sold by Rovi in Augus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RogerEbert
''RogerEbert.com'' is an American film review website that archives reviews written by film critic Roger Ebert for the '' Chicago Sun-Times'' and also shares other critics' reviews and essays. The website, underwritten by the ''Chicago Sun-Times'', was launched in 2002. Ebert handpicked writers from around the world to contribute to the website. After Ebert died in 2013, the website was relaunched under Ebert Digital, a partnership founded between Ebert, his wife Chaz, and friend Josh Golden. Background Two months after Ebert's death, Chaz Ebert hired film and television critic Matt Zoller Seitz as editor-in-chief for the website because his IndieWire blog PressPlay shared multiple contributors with RogerEbert.com, and because both websites promoted each other's content. '' The Dissolve''s Noel Murray described the website's collection of Ebert reviews as "an invaluable resource, both for getting some front-line perspective on older movies, and for getting a better sense of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onegin (1999 Film)
''Onegin'' is a 1999 British-American romantic drama film based on Alexander Pushkin's 1833 novel in verse ''Eugene Onegin''. It was co-produced by British and American companies and shot mostly in the United Kingdom. ''Onegin'' is Martha Fiennes' directorial debut and stars her brother Ralph Fiennes in the role of Yevgeny (Eugene) Onegin, Liv Tyler as Tatiana and Toby Stephens as Lensky. Two other Fiennes siblings were involved in the project: Magnus Fiennes wrote the music and Sophie Fiennes appeared in a minor role. Plot In early 19th century Russia, a bored St. Petersburg socialite named Onegin inherits his uncle's estate in the country. There, he meets a neighbouring landowner and aspiring poet, Lensky, and a widowed mother and her two daughters. The poet is engaged to the elder daughter Olga. Her sister, Tatiana (Tanya), writes Onegin a passionate love letter but he turns her down because of her youth and inexperience. He instead dances with her sister, which the jealous Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, distribution, and education. It is sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and partially funded under the British Film Institute Act 1949. Purpose It was established in 1933 to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and the moving image generally, and their impact on society, to promote access to and appreciation of the widest possible range of British and world cinema and to establish, care for and develop collections reflecting the moving image history and heritage of the United Kingdom. BFI activities Archive The BFI main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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