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

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about the queen of the

Iceni The Iceni ( , ) or Eceni were a Brittonic tribe of eastern Britain during the Iron Age and early Roman era. Their territory included present-day Norfolk and parts of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, and bordered the area of the Corieltauvi to the we ...

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 Alexandra Elizabeth Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and the US in the 1990s, including her regular role as Dr. Elizabeth Corday in ...

Steven Waddington Steven Waddington (born 30 December 1967) is an English film and television actor. He is best known for his supporting role in Michael Mann's ''The Last of the Mohicans''. Early life Waddington was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, the ...

and

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in her film debut.

Premise

, the Warrior Queen of Britain, leads her tribe into rebellion against the

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediterr ...

and the mad Emperor of Rome

Nero Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68), was the fifth Roman emperor and final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 un ...

Production

The film used locations in the United Kingdom and Romania. The Boudica statue by

Thomas Thornycroft Thomas Thornycroft (19 May 1815 – 30 August 1885) was an English sculptor and engineer. Biography Thornycroft was born at Great Tidnock, near Gawsworth, Cheshire, the eldest son of John Thornycroft, a farmer. He was educated at Congleton ...

near

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, was used for the film's closing scenes in modern-day London. In Romania, the

MediaPro Studios Bucharest Film Studios (Media Pro Studios) in Romania is Eastern Europe's largest and longest established film studios with a tradition in cinema spanning almost 70 years. The complex is located in the town of Buftea, 20 kilometers north-west o ...

, 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

as King

Prasutagus Prasutagus was king of a British Celtic tribe called the Iceni, who inhabited roughly what is now Norfolk, in the 1st century AD. He is best known as the husband of Boudica. Prasutagus may have been one of the eleven kings who surrendered to Clau ...

as Isolda *

Leanne Rowe Leanne Rowe (born 1982) is an English actress and singer, known for portraying Nancy in '' Oliver Twist'', May Moss in ''Lilies'' and Baby in '' Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage''. Background Rowe is from Brentwood, Essex. She has two ...

as Siora *

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as Connach *

Hugo Speer Hugo Alexander Speer (born 17 March 1968) is an English actor and director. Early life and education Hugo Speer was born in Harrogate in the then West Riding of Yorkshire and educated at Harrogate Grammar School. He studied acting at the Arts E ...

as Dervalloc * Gary Lewis as Magior the Shaman *

Alex Hassell Alexander Stephen Hassell (born 7 September 1980) is an English actor. He is co-founder of The Factory Theatre Company. Early life and education Hassell was born in Southend, England, the youngest of four, to a vicar. He trained at the Central S ...

as Roman Officer * James Clyde as Roman Sergeant * Angus Wright as Severus * Steve John Shepherd as Catus * 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 *

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Agrippina the Younger Julia Agrippina (6 November AD 15 – 23 March AD 59), also referred to as Agrippina the Younger, was Roman empress from 49 to 54 AD, the fourth wife and niece of Emperor Claudius. Agrippina was one of the most prominent women in the Julio-Claud ...

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Theodor Danetti Theodor Danetti (; August 23, 1926 – January 16, 2016) was a Romanian stage and film actor. Life Danetti was born in 1926 in Corabia. He graduated from Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in 1955. He was distributed to t ...

as Master of Ceremonies * Cristina Serban as Iceni Mother * Alin Olteanu as Iceni Warrior *

Emil Hostina Emil or Emile may refer to: Literature *'' Emile, or On Education'' (1762), a treatise on education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau * ''Émile'' (novel) (1827), an autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life *'' Emil and the Detecti ...

as Arcon *

Claudiu Bleonț Claudiu Bleonț (; born 17 August 1959) is a Romanian film and theatre actor, comedian, television celebrity, and television presenter at TVR1, for the show ''Duminica în familie''. He is known in Romania not only for acting, but also for his im ...

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 Michael Feast (born 25 November 1946) is an English actor of stage and screen. He was born in Brighton, and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He performed in the original 1968 London production of ''Hair''. He worked several ti ...

Suetonius Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (), commonly referred to as Suetonius ( ; c. AD 69 – after AD 122), was a Roman historian who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire. His most important surviving work is a set of biographies ...

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Poppaea Poppaea Sabina (AD 30 – 65), also known as Ollia, was a Roman empress as the second wife of the Emperor Nero. She had also been wife to the future emperor Otho. The historians of antiquity describe her as a beautiful woman who used intrigues ...

* Jack Galloway as aide-de-camp to Suetonius *

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* Marian Iacob as Horribulus (uncredited) * Dorjn Zaharja as Tysonius (uncredited)

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