Queen Gorgo is a minor character from 2006 action epic film 300. She is King Leonidas's wife. She is played by Lena Headey.
Biography[]
300[]
We first see her when a Persian ambassador comes to Sparta and demands "ground and water" (in other words, he wants Persia to surrender). Gorgo tries to voise up, but the ambassador says that women don't have a right to speak, while Gorgo anwers that only Spartian women bear real men. Gorgo's husband Leonidas (who is the king of Sparta) has a long conversation with the ambassador, after with he kills him. Leonidas decides to start the war with Persia. He tries to persuade the Ephors about the nessesity to send the Spartian army against Persia, but he doesn't succeed. So he decides to go himself and takes his 300 best warriors with him. Leonidas says goodbye to Gorgo and their son. During their battles with Xerxes's army, Leonidas manages to put the Persians to flight, but, unfortunately, at the cost of his own life and the lives of all 300 of his fighters (except for Dilius, whom he sent home in advance). Gorgo, meanwhile, doesn't sit aside and tries to help Leonidas. She tries to ask Theron's help, but he turns out to be a traitor, so she kills him. His treatury gets exposed and the Greeks decide to war with Greece. Even despite Leonidas is killed, his bravery and sacrifice becomes an example of what Greece should do and a year after his death, a huge army meets Persians exactly at the same place Leonidas was fighting them.
300: Rise of an Empire[]
Here, Gorgo's role is a bit wider. We first see her, when Themistocles comes to Sparta to ask for help. But Gorgo sends him to hell, because she does not think that Athens' help will be necessary for Sparta. Themistocles also learns that Leonidas has already left to fight the Persians. The next time Themistocles meets Gorgo is after Leonidas' death. She again sends Themistocles to hell, because she thinks he is guilty of Leonidas' death (he convinces her otherwise). Subsequently, she sends the Spartan fleet to help Athens. At this time, Themistocles kills Artemisia, the head of the Persian fleet. Subsequently, Themistocles and Gorgo, who came to his aid, completely destroy the Persian fleet.