FrameThrower · Actors · Lena Headey
Lena Headey
10 films · 1,181 frames · top-billed in 8 · 2002–2021
Born 3 October 1973 · Hamilton, Bermuda
Lena Kathren Headey 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.
Headey made her film debut in 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 (2007).…
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,181 frames from the 10 films we hold. This is the look of the work Lena takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 10 films we hold, 44% of their frames are night, 44% low key — the look of the work Lena takes.
Time of day
Lighting
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Gunpowder Milkshake
2021 · Scarlet
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019 · Self
Fighting With My Family
2019 · Julia 'Sweet Saraya' Knight
Game of Thrones
2015 · Cersei Lannister
300: Rise of an Empire
2014 · Queen Gorgo
The Purge
2013 · Mary Sandin
Dredd
2012 · Ma-Ma
300
2007 · Gorgo
Low Down
2014 · Sheila Albany
The Gathering Storm
2002 · Ava Wigram
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,181 frames from Lena Headey's 10 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.