--- title: Michelle Obama: Game of Thrones' Cersei Lannister Endorsement description: Cersei Lannister may have just landed the Iron Throne, but in real life, here's who Lena Headey thinks is deserving of a seat of power. canonical: https://time.com/4423716/cersei-lannister-lena-headey-michelle-obama-president/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-26T14:35:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:11.606Z og:title: Here's Who Cersei Lannister Thinks Should Be President og:description: The Queen has spoken og:url: https://time.com/4423716/cersei-lannister-lena-headey-michelle-obama-president/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa91e6f44d06b8c7/698899bb8e060104d8466782/cersei-lannister.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Game-of-Thrones-S6-E10 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Who Cersei Lannister Thinks Should Be President twitter:description: The Queen has spoken twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa91e6f44d06b8c7/698899bb8e060104d8466782/cersei-lannister.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's Who Cersei Lannister Thinks Should Be President  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 26, 2016 2:35 PM UTC  HBO  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 26, 2016 2:35 PM UTC [Cersei Lannister](http://time.com/4398147/game-of-thrones-cersei-lannister-marry-euron-greyjoy/) may have just landed the Iron Throne in [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4410857/game-of-thrones-season-7-premiere/), but in real life, Lena Headey — who plays the newly crowned queen — thinks someone else is deserving of America’s greatest seat of power. The 42-year-old British actress took to Twitter Tuesday morning to express her support for [Michelle Obama](http://time.com/4423176/democratic-convention-michelle-obama-star/) following the [First Lady’s speech](http://time.com/4421538/democratic-convention-michelle-obama-transcript/) on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention. Responding to a tweet from Irish actress [Victoria Smurfit](https://twitter.com/VictoriaSmurfit?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) that read, “Can we cut straight to @FLOTUS as president?,” [Headey wrote](https://twitter.com/IAMLenaHeadey), “Yes can we. Makes beautiful sense.” > [](https://twitter.com/VictoriaSmurfit/status/757812142892421120) > [](https://twitter.com/IAMLenaHeadey/status/757833259552088064) Obama took the stage in Philadelphia Monday to endorse Hillary Clinton for president, delivering an appeal that stressed the need for a positive role model for children. Watch the speech above. 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