''Boudica'' (released in the United States as ''Warrior Queen'') is a 2003 British biographical-

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television film about the queen of the Iceni tribe,

Boudica Boudica or Boudicca (, known in Latin chronicles as Boadicea or Boudicea, and in Welsh as ()), was a queen of the ancient British Iceni tribe, who led a failed uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61. She ...

. It stars Alex Kingston,

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and Emily Blunt in her film debut.

Premise

, the Warrior Queen of Britain, leads her tribe into rebellion against the Roman Empire and the mad Emperor of Rome Nero.

Production

The film used locations in the United Kingdom and Romania. The Boudica statue by Thomas Thornycroft near Westminster Pier, London, was used for the film's closing scenes in modern-day London. In Romania, the MediaPro Studios, Bucharest, were used. The film has been released as ''A Rainha da Era do Bronze'' in Brazil, as ''La Reina de los guerreros'' in Argentina (video title) and as ''Warrior Queen'' in the United States. According to the movie, King Prasutagus of the Icenii died at about the same time as the Roman emperor Claudius. However, the latter died in 54 AD, while the former died in 61 AD.

Cast

* Alex Kingston as

as King Prasutagus * Emily Blunt as Isolda * Leanne Rowe as Siora * Ben Faulks as Connach * Hugo Speer as Dervalloc * Gary Lewis as Magior the Shaman * Alex Hassell as Roman Officer * James Clyde as Roman Sergeant * Angus Wright as Severus *

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* Jack Shepherd as

Claudius Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October AD 54) was the fourth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, Claudius was born to Nero Claudius Drusus, Drusu ...

* Gideon Turner as Didius * Frances Barber as

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* Andrew-Lee Potts as Nero * Theodor Danetti as Master of Ceremonies * Cristina Serban as Iceni Mother * Alin Olteanu as Iceni Warrior * Emil Hostina as Arcon * Claudiu Bleonț as Ossac * Claudiu Trandafir as Roman Horseman * Ion Haiduc as Captain of the Guard * Nicodim Ungureanu as Roman Guard * Bogdan Dumitrescu as Roman Guard * Michael Feast as

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* Kara Tointon as Poppaea * Jack Galloway as aide-de-camp to Suetonius * Dominic Cooper * Marian Iacob as Horribulus (uncredited) * Dorjn Zaharja as Tysonius (uncredited)

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''Warrior Queen''
PBS Masterpiece Theatre entry. {{DEFAULTSORT:Boudica (Film) 2003 television films 2003 films Films with screenplays by Andrew Davies War epic films Films about incest Classical war films Romanian war drama films English-language Romanian films Films set in 1st-century Roman Empire Fiction set in Roman Britain Films shot in Romania Films shot in England British biographical films Cultural depictions of Boudica Depictions of Nero on television Cultural depictions of Poppaea Sabina Cultural depictions of Agrippina the Younger 2000s English-language films British war drama films 2000s British films British drama television films

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