(CNN) Lena Headey is used to waging battles as Cersei on "Game of Thrones," but in real life she's fought some tough fights of her own. In a new interview in Net-A-Porter's The Edit , the actress opened up to co-star (and interviewer) Maise Williams about her battle with postpartum depression during Season 1 of the hit HBO series. "I was postnatally depressed but I didn't know it," she said, using the medical term most often used in the U.K. "I saw a doctor for the medical check, and I just burst into tears. She said I was postnatally depressed and I went, 'Am I? Headey said she sought treatment and was helped, "but I did the first year [on 'Game of Thrones'] in that space, figuring out motherhood and going through a weird time personally."

Source: CNN July 07, 2017 20:37 UTC