“Game of Thrones” Star Lena Headey Is Completely Broke

Lena Headey is playing one of the leads on HBO’s insanely popular “Game of Thrones” series, whose 3rd season premiered this week, but her financial situation is extremely dire, she tells a judge handling her divorce case.

Lena filed for divorce from Peter Loughran last year and, in court documents obtained by TMZ, she tries to convince the judge that she needs an advance on their joint tax refund for 2011 because she’s barely scraping by.

She writes that she has “less than $5 [€3.8] in her bank account,” that she’s living off credit and feels like she can’t provide for herself and her son anymore, not unless she gets that money.

“Headey opened up about her dire financial situation in new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, which she filed in response to her husband Peter Loughran's demands for half of their $46,000 [€35,606] tax refund from 2011, which technically could be community property from their marriage,” TMZ writes.

Lena isn’t asking for half that money, saying she believes only $6,000 (€4,644) would suffice for now, until the matter is fully settled.

“Lena says she expects to receive acting income in the near future, but she needs the $6,000 advance from the refund right now. Lena says she's willing to give Peter $6,000 from the refund to cover his living expenses, but she wants the rest placed into a two-signature blocked bank account pending a settlement,” the aforementioned media outlet says.

The judge denied Headey’s motion, as well as Loughran’s asking for half the money.

As noted above, Headey is now working on “Game of Thrones,” which was just picked up for a 4th season, surprising absolutely no one.

She plays Queen Cersei Lannister, one of the central characters. She will be seen next in “The Purge,” “300: Rise of an Empire” (the sequel to “300”) and “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.”