‘Game of Thrones’ Star Lena Headey Suffered the Greatest Injustice Despite Giving One of the Finest Performances Ever Seen on TV
- Despite her powerful performance as Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones, Lena Headey was robbed of the highest honor in television.
- She was nominated five times for her role but never managed to win an Emmy for Game of Thrones.
- Going back to her vengeful Cersei spirit as seen in Game of Thrones, Headey is set to play a brave mother who strives to seek revenge on her son’s death.
When an actor makes the audience hate them for the character they play on screen, they are deemed successful in portraying the character perfectly. While everyone decidedly hated Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones, fans started associating Lena Headey with the character and were afraid to go up to her.
Regardless of how brilliantly she brought Cersei Lannister to life on screen, she was deprived of the highest honor in the television sector even when her other costars thrived with wins and accolades.
Lena Headey never won an Emmy for Game of Thrones
There was no shortage of villains and evil beings in Westeros. Everyone was driven by their own agenda with one common goal – to claim the Iron Throne. Much like the real world, the fictional world of Game of Thrones also favored Kings over Queens. That would explain why Rhaenyra Targaryen has such a tough time claiming her birthright in House of the Dragon.
The Queen who did manage to sit on the Iron Throne for longer before being dethroned by Daenerys’s army – Cersei Lannister epitomized true power. She was ruthless in her decisions and managed to bring the entire kingdom to its knees. Cersei did not need the support of her father, her brother, or her drunkard husband to get where she wanted to go. Along the way, she tried being a model wife and mother, but all that did was give her grief.
In the end, she claimed the throne for herself, thereby giving actress Lena Headey a chance to showcase her true potential and range in acting. From the walk of shame without a single piece of clothing to mercilessly killing Daenerys’s advisor and close friend Misandei, Headey’s Cersei never wavered from her true purpose.
Nevertheless, the actress did not win an Emmy Award for her exceptional performance in Game of Thrones despite being nominated five times. Her prowess remained unappreciated by the Television Academy whereas her costar Peter Dinklage won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series four times!
This is not to compare the two actors’ performances since they both managed to enchant the audience in their own unique ways, but to show the disparity that existed in appreciating a woman’s negative character on screen.
Lena Headey’s Upcoming Projects
Headey’s career trajectory only went up following the massive success of Game of Thrones. The actress took up more diverse roles in movies and series, further making her fans sad by the fact that she never won an Emmy!
Nonetheless, the actress is on to do greater things and her next project is a series called The Abandons along with Gillian Anderson. The series is currently wrapping up production and is expected to be released by April next year on Netflix.
Going back to her vengeful Cersei spirit as seen in Game of Thrones, Headey is set to play a brave mother who strives to seek revenge on her son’s death after she finds out the ammunition manufacturing company she works for had a part to play in the tragedy. Titled Ballistic, the movie is directed by Chad Faust.
Game of Thrones is streaming on Max.
