Helen Mirren
Dame Helen Lydia Mirren DBE (née Mironoff; born 26 July 1945) is an English actor. The recipient of numerous accolades, she is the only person to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting in both the United States and the United Kingdom. She received an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen, a Tony Award and a Laurence Olivier Award for the same role in The Audience, three British Academy Television Awards for her performance as DCI Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect, and four Primetime Emmy Awards, including two for Prime Suspect. Excelling on stage with the National Youth Theatre, Mirren's performance as Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra in 1965 saw her invited to join the Royal Shakespeare Company before she made her West End stage debut in 1975. Since then, Mirren has also had success in television and film. Aside from her Academy Award-winning performance, Mirren's other Oscar-nominated performances were for The Madness of King George (1994), Gosford Park (2001), and The Last Station (2009). For her role on Prime Suspect, which ran from 1991 to 2006, she won three consecutive British Academy Television Awards for Best Actress (1992, 1993 and 1994), a joint-record of consecutive wins shared with Julie Walters, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Playing Queen Elizabeth I in the television series Elizabeth I (2005), and Queen Elizabeth II in the film The Queen (2006), she is the only actor to have portrayed both the regnant Elizabeths on screen. After her breakthrough film role in The Long Good Friday (1980), other notable film roles included Cal (1984), for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, 2010 (1984), The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999), Calendar Girls (2003), Hitchcock (2012), The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014), Woman in Gold (2015), Trumbo (2015), and The Leisure Seeker (2017). She also appeared in the action films Red (2010) and Red 2 (2013) playing an ex-MI6 assassin, and in the Fast & Furious films The Fate of the Furious (2017), Hobbs & Shaw (2019), and F9 (2021). In the Queen's 2003 Birthday Honours, Mirren was appointed a Dame (DBE) for services to drama, with investiture taking place at Buckingham Palace. In 2013 she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in 2014 she received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In 2021, she was announced as the recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Helen Mirren, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Barbie as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Fast X as Queenie Shaw
- 2023 · Caligula: The Ultimate Cut as
- 2023 · Shazam! Fury of the Gods as Hespera
- 2022 · 1923 as Cara Dutton
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – Actor
- 2022 · Human Resources as Shame Wizard Rita St. Swithens (voice)
- 2021 · Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses as Self - Host
- 2019 · Catherine the Great as Catherine the Great
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw as Queenie Shaw
- 2019 · Anna as Olga
- 2019 · The Masked Singer as Clue Giver (video)
- 2017 · The Fate of the Furious as Queenie (uncredited)
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Documentary Now! as Helen Mirren - Host
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self (voice)
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2013 · Monsters University as Dean Hardscrabble (voice)
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2009 · Glee as Becky's Inner Voice (voice)
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2002 · Top Gear as Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
- 2002 · American Idol as Self
- 2002 · E! Live from the Red Carpet as Herself
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
- 2001 · Ulisse. Il piacere della scoperta as Self
- 1999 · Third Watch as
- 1998 · The Prince of Egypt as Queen (voice)
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Leute heute as Self
- 1995 · The Frank Skinner Show as Self
- 1993 · Frasier as Babette (voice)
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1991 · Prime Suspect as Jane Tennison
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Herself
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as Maddie Duncan
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Herself - Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Princess Emilia
- 1981 · Excalibur as Morgana
- 1979 · Caligula as Caesonia
- 1978 · BBC Television Shakespeare as
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1976 · Laurence Olivier Presents as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1973 · Thriller as Stella McKenzie
- 1971 · Great Performances as Stella
- 1970 · Play for Today as
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Beatrice-Joanna
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Orinthia
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Babbie
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Margery Pinchwife
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Fast X: Part 2 as Queenie Shaw
- 2024 · White Bird as Sara Blum / Grandmére
- 2023 · Golda as Golda Meir
- 2023 · Helen Mirren - Queen of Actresses as Elle-même (archives)
- 2022 · Trouver Frisson as Self - Host
- 2022 · Kendrick Lamar's The Big Steppers Tour: Live from Paris as Therapist (voice)
- 2022 · Two Hairdressers in Bagglyport as Self - Host
- 2022 · My Monkey Grifter as Self - Host
- 2021 · L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth as Self
- 2021 · Escape from Extinction as Narrator
- 2021 · Parkinson at 50 as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · The Duke as Dorothy Bunton
- 2021 · When Nature Calls with Helen Mirren as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Solos as Peg
- 2021 · F9 as Queenie Shaw
- 2021 · Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine as Lip-sync Billy Bush
- 2020 · The One and Only Ivan as Snickers (voice)
- 2020 · Secrets of the Museum as Queen Elizabeth (archive)
- 2020 · Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans as
- 2019 · The Good Liar as Betty McLeish
- 2019 · #AnneFrank. Parallel Stories as Narrator
- 2019 · On Broadway as Self
- 2019 · An Accidental Studio as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Any Given Saturday Afternoon as Self / Host
- 2019 · Long Gone as Self / Host
- 2019 · Searching for Mr. Larson: A Love Letter from the Far Side as Self / Host
- 2019 · Waiting for the Artist as Self / Host
- 2019 · Original Cast Album: Co-Op as Self / Host
- 2019 · Batshit Valley, Part 1 as Self / Host
- 2019 · Batshit Valley, Part 2 as Self / Host
- 2019 · Berlin, I Love You as Margaret
- 2018 · The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Mother Ginger
- 2018 · Winchester as Sarah Winchester
- 2018 · The Leisure Seeker as Ella Spencer
- 2017 · The Pulitzer At 100 as Self
- 2017 · Cries from Syria as Narrator
- 2016 · Collateral Beauty as Brigitte
- 2016 · Mr. Runner Up: My Life as an Oscar Bridesmaid, Part 2 as Self / Host
- 2016 · Mr. Runner Up: My Life as an Oscar Bridesmaid, Part 1 as Self / Host
- 2016 · Final Transmission as Self / Host
- 2016 · Globesman as Self / Host
- 2016 · Parker Gail's Location Is Everything as Self / Host
- 2013 · Goodbye Granadaland as Self
- 2010 · Arabia 3D as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · National Theatre Live: Phèdre as Phèdre
- 2006 · Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday as Herself
- Future · The Thursday Murder Club as Elizabeth
- 2016 · Juan Likes Rice and Chicken as Self / Host
- 2016 · Shakespeare Live! From the RSC as Self - Performer
- 2015 · Trumbo as Hedda Hopper
- 2015 · Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee Part 1 as Self / Host
- 2015 · The Eye Doesn't Lie as Self / Host
- 2015 · Eye in the Sky as Colonel Katherine Powell
- 2015 · DRONEZ: The Hunt for El Chingon as Self/Host
- 2015 · Kunuk Uncovered as Self - Host
- 2015 · Sandy Passage as Self - Host
- 2015 · Unity as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Woman in Gold as Maria Altmann
- 2014 · The Hundred-Foot Journey as Madam Mallory
- 2014 · Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story as Narrator
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Excalibur: Behind the Movie as Self
- 2013 · National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as Christine Mannon
- 2013 · Istintobrass as Self
- 2013 · RED 2 as Victoria
- 2013 · National Theatre Live: The Audience as The Queen
- 2013 · Phil Spector as Linda Kenney Baden
- 2012 · Radioman as Self
- 2012 · Hitchcock as Alma Reville
- 2012 · The Door as Emerenc Szeredás
- 2011 · Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts as Self
- 2011 · Arthur as Hobson
- 2011 · When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal and Helen Mirren as Sharon
- 2010 · RED as Victoria
- 2010 · The Debt as Rachel Singer
- 2010 · Brighton Rock as Ida
- 2010 · The Tempest as Prospera
- 2010 · Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole as Nyra (voice)
- 2010 · Love Ranch as Grace Bontempo
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2009 · The Last Station as Sofya Tolstoya
- 2009 · Yes Madam, Sir as Narrator
- 2009 · All the Queen's Horses with Alan Titchmarsh as Self
- 2009 · State of Play as Cameron Lynne
- 2009 · The Jazz Baroness as Nica - Narrator
- 2008 · Inkheart as Elinor Loredan
- 2007 · National Treasure: Book of Secrets as Emily Appleton
- 2006 · The Queen as Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
- 2006 · Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights' as Self
- 2006 · Best Ever Muppet Moments as Self
- 2005 · Elizabeth I as Queen Elizabeth I
- 2005 · Shadowboxer as Rose
- 2005 · Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula as Tiberia
- 2005 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Deep Thought (voice)
- 2004 · The Clearing as Eileen Hayes
- 2004 · Pride as Macheeba (voice)
- 2004 · Cary Grant: A Class Apart as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Raising Helen as Dominique Courier
- 2003 · Calendar Girls as Chris Harper
- 2003 · The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone as Karen Stone
- 2002 · Door to Door as Mrs. Porter
- 2002 · The Making of 'Gosford Park' as Self
- 2002 · Robert Altman in England as Herself
- 2001 · Gosford Park as Mrs. Wilson
- 2001 · Last Orders as Amy
- 2001 · Greenfingers as Georgina Woodhouse
- 2001 · On The Edge as Distinguished Woman (segment "Happy Birthday") (uncredited)
- 2001 · No Such Thing as The Boss
- 2001 · The Pledge as Doctor
- 2000 · Long Night's Journey Into Day as Narrator
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen as Self (archive footage)
- 1999 · Teaching Mrs. Tingle as Mrs. Tingle
- 1999 · The Passion of Ayn Rand as Ayn Rand
- 1997 · Painted Lady as Maggie Sheridan
- 1997 · Critical Care as Stella
- 1996 · Losing Chase as Chase Phillips
- 1996 · Some Mother's Son as Kathleen Quigley
- 1996 · Ruby Wax Meets as
- 1995 · The Snow Queen as The Snow Queen
- 1994 · The Madness of King George as Queen Charlotte
- 1994 · Children of God as Narrator
- 1994 · Royal Deceit as Geruth
- 1993 · The Hawk as Annie Marsh
- 1993 · Bethune: The Making of a Hero as Frances Penny Bethune
- 1991 · The Hidden Room as Sarah
- 1991 · Where Angels Fear to Tread as Lilia Herriton
- 1990 · The Comfort of Strangers as Caroline
- 1989 · Red King, White Knight as Anna
- 1989 · The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover as Georgina Spica
- 1989 · When the Whales Came as Clemmie Jenkins
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1988 · Pascali's Island as Lydia Neuman
- 1987 · Cause célèbre as Alma Rattenbury
- 1987 · The Little Mermaid as Princess Emilia
- 1987 · French & Saunders as Herself
- 1986 · The Mosquito Coast as Mother Fox
- 1986 · Heavenly Pursuits as Ruth Chancellor
- 1986 · Invocation: Maya Deren as Narrator
- 1985 · Coming Through as Frieda von Richtofen Weekley
- 1985 · White Nights as Galina Ivanova
- 1984 · 2010 as Tanya Kirbuk
- 1984 · Cal as Marcella
- 1984 · An Audience with Mel Brooks as Self (uncredited)
- 1982 · Cymbeline as Imogen
- 1982 · Soft Targets as Celia
- 1981 · A Midsummer Night's Dream as Titania
- 1981 · Mrs. Reinhardt as Mrs. Reinhardt
- 1981 · A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula' as Self / Caesonia
- 1980 · The Long Good Friday as Victoria
- 1980 · The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu as Alice Rage
- 1980 · Hussy as Beaty Simons
- 1980 · S.O.S. Titanic as May Sloan, Stewardess
- 1979 · Blue Remembered Hills as Angela
- 1978 · As You Like It as Rosalind
- 1977 · The Country Wife as Margery Pinchwife
- 1976 · The Collection as Stella
- 1976 · Hamlet as Ophelia / Gertrude
- 1975 · The Little Minister as Babbie
- 1975 · The Philanthropist as Celia
- 1975 · Caesar and Claretta as Claretta Petacci
- 1975 · The Apple Cart as
- 1975 · The Empty Space as Self
- 1974 · A Coffin for the Bride as Stella McKenzie
- 1974 · Playhouse as Mrs. Reinhardt
- 1974 · The Changeling as Beatrice-Joanna
- 1973 · O Lucky Man! as Patricia / Casting Assistant
- 1972 · Savage Messiah as Gosh Boyle
- 1972 · Miss Julie as Miss Julie
- 1971 · Cousin Bette as Valerie
- 1970 · Red Hot Shot as
- 1969 · Age of Consent as Cora Ryan
- 1968 · A Midsummer Night's Dream as Hermia
- 1967 · Herostratus as Advert Woman
- 1966 · Press for Time as Beauty Pageant Contestant (uncredited)
- 1952 · Today as Self
- Future · Sniff as The Spider
- Future · Switzerland as Patricia Highsmith