Actress uses announcement to draw attention to the inequality in other parts of the world, with Plan International USA

May 26, 2015 10:24 GMT  ·  By

Actress Lena Headey, most famous for her role as scheming and immoral Queen Cersei Lannister on HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” is pregnant with her second child. The 41-year-old star never really made a spectacle out of the pregnancy in the press, like other celebrities do, leaving paparazzi photos of her bump to do all the talking for her.

She draws attention to it now, but not because she wants it for herself. In fact, she might have just delivered the most amazing celebrity pregnancy announcement ever, by making it double as a PSA on the inequality in other parts of the world.

Lena speaks out for Plan International USA

In a beautiful but short op-ed that went online a few days ago, on the official Plan International USA website, Headey publicly acknowledges the pregnancy and confirms she’s having a baby girl. She will be born in six weeks’ time, the star says.

“My daughter will have freedom of choice,” she writes. “She will be free to dance, to sing, to be educated in the fields that spark her passion, to marry if she wants, to marry WHO she wants, to remain single, or to fall in love with another woman. She'll be able to wear what she wants, put on lipstick, and read books that spark debate and expand her mind. She will be loved, protected, respected, and celebrated.”

Her daughter will enjoy “basic human rights,” rights for which many other women fought to have recognized in the US, she continues. However, not all women are as fortunate as her daughter will be, the actress concedes.

For them, she asks her fans to do whatever they can to make the world a better place, whether it’s to continue the fight for equality in all countries or the world or to donate for those in less fortunate situations.

Identity of baby’s father is unknown

Lena Headey, as you might have guessed already, isn’t the kind to milk media attention for all it’s worth, or to discuss details of her personal life for publicity purposes.

She kept her second pregnancy a secret for as long as she could, even though she must have been assaulted daily with phone calls and requests for comment. She’s also keeping the identity of the baby’s father a secret.

This will be Lena’s second child, as she has a 4-year-old son, Wylie, with ex-husband Peter Loughran.

Rumor has it that the father might be Pedro Pascal, who also appeared on “Game of Thrones,” as Oberyn Martell, and with whom Headey was photographed a lot in the weeks before her baby bump was showing.

They always said they were just good friends who loved to spend time together, but some celebrity pundits are convinced there was always more to their relationship.