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Lena Headey Debuts Audio Drama, Reveals Weinstein Blacklist

7/26/2026

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Headey Launches Audio

Lena Headey writes, directs and stars in the eight-part comedy audio drama Intimacy for BBC Sounds and Radio 4.
She made her film debut in Waterland in 1992 and later appeared in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Headey portrayed Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones from 2011 to 2019, earning five Emmy nominations.
During the series she divorced, had two children and secured financial stability.

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Actress Rejects Weinstein

She says a film producer Harvey Weinstein encounter—his keycard malfunctioned and she rebuffed him—led to her being blacklisted and losing Miramax work for fifteen years.
She avoids publicity, preferring the “joy of missing out” (JOMO) despite her agent urging one.
She says mid-life often renders women invisible in entertainment, yet aging now brings liberation that eases her fear and pressure.
She worries her 11-year-old daughter attracts leering male attention.

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Headey Launches Audio

Lena Headey writes, directs and stars in the eight-part comedy audio drama Intimacy for BBC Sounds and Radio 4.
She made her film debut in Waterland in 1992 and later appeared in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Headey portrayed Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones from 2011 to 2019, earning five Emmy nominations.
During the series she divorced, had two children and secured financial stability.

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