lena headey played the adolescent queen cersei on game of thrones.
who plays the adolescent queen cersei on game of thrones?
lena headey
cersei lannister portrayed by lena headey as an adult and nell williams as a child. cersei lannister of house lannister and house baratheon, queen of the seven kingdoms of westeros, is the wife of king robert baratheon. her father arranged the marriage when she was a teenager, initiating himself as a political counselor for king robert. the lannisters are the richest family in westeros, which is why robert was interested in a marriage between them. cersei has a twin brother, jaime, with whom she has been involved in an incestuous affair from early childhood. all three of cersei's children are jaime's. cersei's main character attribute is her desire for power and her deep loyalty to her father, children, and brother jaime. cersei learns that her husband robert is in danger of finding out that the children he sees as his heirs to the throne are not his. robert meets his end as the result of a boar attack on a hunting trip, before ned stark tells him of the truth about his children. cersei works quickly to instate her oldest son, joffrey, on the throne, with her as his chief political advisor and queen regent.
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ned stark (seasons 1, 6–7) portrayed by sean bean as an adult, sebastian croft as a child, and robert aramayo as a young adult. eddard "ned" stark of house stark, lord of winterfell and warden of the north, becomes the hand of the king after lord jon arryn's death. he is known for his sense of honor and justice. he took part in robert's rebellion after his sister lyanna was kidnapped by crown prince rhaegar targaryen. when ned's father and brother went south to reclaim her, the "mad king" aerys targaryen burned both of them alive. ned and robert baratheon led the rebellion to unseat him from the throne. as the show opens, ned has been content to remain in the north, but after the death of lord jon arryn, he is convinced that it is his duty to accept the position of hand of the king. ned is not interested in politics, and prefers to rule with honor and follow the law. while investigating the reason for the death of jon arryn, he discovers that all three of robert's children with queen cersei were fathered by cersei's twin brother jaime. when ned confronts cersei about the truth, she has him imprisoned for treason after he publicly denounces joffrey. ned is convinced by varys that if he goes to his death honorably, as he is prepared to do, his daughters will [not] suffer for it. to protect them, he sacrifices his honor and publicly declares that he was plotting to steal the throne and that joffrey is the true king. despite cersei's promise that ned would be allowed to join the night's watch in exile, joffrey orders ned's execution for his own amusement and later torments sansa by forcing her to look at her father's head. his bones are later returned to catelyn in the stormlands by petyr baelish, who laments ned's downfall and that he was too honorable to seize power through force, rather insisting the throne pass to lord stannis baratheon, robert's younger brother. baelish's preferred course of action, revealed only to ned, had been to seize cersei and her children first and rule in joffrey's name as regent and lord protector. ned's execution, however, is not in vain, since he notifies stannis of the truth of joffrey's parentage, and stannis informs all of westeros, which sets into motion the war of five kings against house lannister.
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