Lena Headey

The other night I rented this movie called Aberdeen. It played briefly somewhere last year I think. I missed it. It had Charlotte Rampling, which was the main drawing point, although Stellan Skarsgaard was in it too and that was a plus.

This film had an amazing score by Zbigniew Preisner; and crisp, cold, clear, beautiful cinematography by Philip Øgaard.

The premise is that a dying mother (Rampling) wants to get her ex-husband and her daughter to reconcile before she dies.

So Rampling's daughter is played by Lena Headey. She was great in this movie. Great. She was attractive and sexy and briefly nude -- and all that was great, but she gave an amazing lead performance in this film.

You should just rent the movie.

Here's what a guy from Amazon had to say about it. I'm pretty much in agreement with this:

"An achingly beautiful film, Aberdeen has an outrageously sentimental premise: Kaisa (Lena Headey) is asked by her fatally ill mother (Charlotte Rampling) to bring her estranged father Tomas (Stellan Skarsgård,) to visit before her mother dies. Kaisa finds Tomas--a jobless drunk--at his home in Norway, and basically drags him on a road trip back to Scotland, over the course of which they're forced to grapple with their past. This could be a recipe for maudlin sap, but instead--thanks to sharp incisive writing, unexpected characters, and performances that encompass humor, brutally honest self-destructive behavior, and subtle gentleness--Aberdeen is bracing, constantly surprising, and deeply engaging. The entire cast (including the always solid Ian Hart, of Backbeat and Hollow Reed) is incredibly good. Highly recommended." -- Bret Fetzer.

Lena Headey was born in 1976, in Yorkshire, England, UK.
Trivia: Has a tattoo on her arm saying 'Jason' in Thai; dating actor Jason Flemyng since 2001.

Complete Filmography
The Actors (2003) .... Dolores
Ripley's Game (2002) .... Sarah Trevanny
Possession (2002) .... Blanche Glover
The Gathering Storm (2002) (TV) .... Ava Wigram
Anazapta (2001) .... Matilda
The Parole Officer (2001) .... Emma
Aberdeen (2000) .... Kaisa
Gossip (2000/I) .... Cathy Jones
Ropewalk aka Hanginaround (2000) .... Allison
Onegin (1999) .... Olga Larina
The Man with Rain in His Shoes aka Twice Upon a Yesterday (1998) .... Sylvia Weld
Merlin (1998/) (TV) .... Queen Guinevere
"Gold" (1997) TV Series .... Colette
Mrs. Dalloway (1997) .... Young Sally
Face (1997) .... Connie
Devil's Advocate (1995) (TV) .... Clare Rigby
Loved Up (1995) (TV) .... Sarah
The Grotesque aka Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (1995) .... Cleo Coal
"Band of Gold" (1995) (mini) TV Series .... Colette
Fair Game (1994) (TV) .... Ellie
Jungle Book, The (1994) .... Katherine 'Kitty' Brydon
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday (1994) (TV) .... Elise Moran
Century (1993) .... Miriam
The Remains of the Day (1993) .... Lizzie Hull
The Summer House (1992) (TV) .... Margaret
Waterland (1992) .... Young Mary

Notable TV Guest Appearances
"The Hunger" as "Steph Reynolds" in: "Menage A Trois" (episode # 1.2) 20 July 1997
"Ballykissangel" as "Jenny Clark" in: "The Things We Do For Love" (episode # 1.2) 18 February 1996
"Kavanagh QC" as "Natasha Jackson" in: "Diplomatic Baggage" (episode # 3.4) 1996
"Soldier Soldier" as "Shenna Bowles" in: "Base Details" (episode # 3.3) 1993
"Soldier Soldier" as "Shenna Bowles" in: "Live Fire" (episode # 3.2) 1993
"Soldier Soldier" as "Shenna Bowles" in: "Shifting Sands" (episode # 3.1) 1993
"Spender" in: "Best Friends" 1993
"Spender" in: "The More Things Change" 1993

For more on Lena: http://lenaheadey.tripod.com/index.html