Helen Mirren
Dame Helen Mirren (/ˈmɪrən/; born Ilyena Lydia Vasilievna Mironov; July 26, 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
- 2025 · The Thursday Murder Club as Elizabeth
- 2025 · MobLand as Maeve Harrigan
- 2023 · Barbie as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Fast X as Queenie Shaw
- 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 · F9 as Queenie Shaw
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw as Queenie Shaw
- 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 · 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 Self
- 2013 · RED 2 as Victoria
- 2013 · Monsters University as Dean Hardscrabble (voice)
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2010 · RED as Victoria
- 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 Self
- 2002 · American Idol as Self
- 1999 · Third Watch as Annie Foster
- 1998 · The Prince of Egypt as Queen (voice)
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Leute heute 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 Self
- 1991 · Prime Suspect as Jane Tennison
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as Maddie Duncan (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
- 1984 · Goldene Kamera as Self
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Princess Emilia
- 1979 · Caligula as Caesonia
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1974 · Playhouse as Mrs. Reinhardt
- 1973 · Thriller as Stella McKenzie
- 1971 · Great Performances as Stella
- 1970 · Play for Today as
- 1970 · Play for Today as Angela
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Margery Pinchwife
- 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
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Fast X: Part 2 as Queenie Shaw
- 2025 · Goodbye June as
- 2021 · Parkinson at 50 as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · The Duke as Dorothy Bunton
- 2020 · Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine as Lip-sync Billy Bush
- 2020 · Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans as Grandmother Turtle
- 2019 · Berlin, I Love You as Margaret
- 2018 · The Leisure Seeker as Ella Spencer
- 2017 · Il était une fois... « The Queen » as Self
- 2016 · Shakespeare Live! From the RSC as Self - Performer
- 2013 · Phil Spector as Linda Kenney Baden
- 2013 · National Theatre Live: The Audience as The Queen
- 2012 · Radioman as Self
- 2011 · Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts as Self
- 2011 · When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren as Sharon
- 2009 · The Last Station as Sofya Tolstoya
- 2009 · Behind The Scenes of Caligula as
- 2007 · The Making of 'The Queen' as Self
- 2006 · The Queen as The Queen
- 2005 · Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula as Tiberia
- 2004 · Pride as Macheeba (voice)
- 2003 · The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone as Karen Stone
- 2002 · The Making of 'Gosford Park' as Self
- 2002 · No Such Thing as The Boss
- 2001 · Gosford Park as Mrs. Wilson
- 2001 · Last Orders as Amy
- 2001 · On the Edge as Distinguished Woman (segment "Happy Birthday") (uncredited)
- 2000 · Long Night's Journey Into Day as Narrator
- 1999 · The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen as Self (archive footage)
- 1999 · Teaching Mrs. Tingle as Mrs. Tingle
- 1997 · Critical Care as Stella
- 1996 · Losing Chase as Chase Phillips
- 1996 · Some Mother's Son as Kathleen Quigley
- 1996 · Ruby Wax Meets as
- 1994 · The Madness of King George as Queen Charlotte
- 1994 · Children of God as Narrator
- 1994 · Prince of Jutland as Geruth
- 1993 · The Hawk as Annie Marsh
- 1991 · The Hidden Room as Sarah
- 1989 · The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover as Georgina Spica
- 1988 · Pascali's Island as Lydia Neuman
- 1986 · Heavenly Pursuits as Ruth Chancellor
- 1986 · Invocation: Maya Deren as Narrator
- 1984 · 2010 as Tanya Kirbuk
- 1984 · Cal as Marcella
- 1984 · An Audience with Mel Brooks as Self (uncredited)
- 1983 · Cymbeline as Imogen
- 1982 · Soft Targets as Celia
- 1981 · Excalibur as Morgana
- 1980 · Hussy as Beaty Simons
- 1980 · S.O.S. Titanic as May Sloan, Stewardess
- 1976 · Laurence Olivier Presents as
- 1976 · Hamlet as Ophelia / Gertrude
- 1975 · The Little Minister as Babbie
- 1973 · O Lucky Man! as Patricia / Casting Assistant
- 1972 · Miss Julie as Miss Julie
- 1968 · A Midsummer Night's Dream as Hermia
- 1952 · Today as Self
- Future · Sniff as The Spider
- 2025 · Duse, the Greatest as
- 2023 · Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2023 · Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius as Self
- 2023 · White Bird as Grandmére
- 2023 · Golda as Golda Meir
- 2023 · Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short as Self
- 2022 · Kendrick Lamar Live: The Big Steppers Tour as Therapist (voice)
- 2021 · L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth as Self
- 2021 · Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses as Self - Host
- 2021 · Escape from Extinction as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · When Nature Calls with Helen Mirren as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Solos as Peg
- 2021 · Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · The One and Only Ivan as Snickers (voice)
- 2020 · Secrets of the Museum as Queen Elizabeth (archive)
- 2019 · The Good Liar as Betty McLeish
- 2019 · #AnneFrank. Parallel Stories as Narrator
- 2019 · On Broadway as Self
- 2019 · Catherine the Great as Catherine the Great
- 2019 · An Accidental Studio as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Anna as Olga
- 2018 · The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Mother Ginger
- 2018 · Winchester as Sarah Winchester
- 2017 · The Pulitzer At 100 as Self
- 2017 · Cries from Syria as Narrator
- 2016 · Collateral Beauty as Brigitte
- 2015 · Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC as Self (archive material)
- 2015 · Trumbo as Hedda Hopper
- 2015 · Eye in the Sky as Colonel Katherine Powell
- 2015 · Documentary Now! as Helen Mirren - 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
- 2013 · Excalibur: Behind the Movie as Self
- 2013 · Istintobrass as Self
- 2013 · Goodbye Granadaland as Self
- 2012 · Hitchcock as Alma Reville
- 2012 · The Door as Emerenc Szeredás
- 2011 · Arthur as Hobson
- 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
- 2010 · Arabia 3D as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2009 · Yes Madam, Sir as Narrator
- 2009 · All the Queen's Horses with Alan Titchmarsh as Self
- 2009 · National Theatre Live: Phèdre as Phèdre
- 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 · Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights' as Self
- 2006 · Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday as Herself
- 2006 · Best Ever Muppet Moments as Self
- 2005 · Elizabeth I as Queen Elizabeth I
- 2005 · Shadowboxer as Rose
- 2005 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Deep Thought (voice)
- 2004 · The Clearing as Eileen Hayes
- 2004 · Cary Grant: A Class Apart as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Raising Helen as Dominique Courier
- 2003 · Calendar Girls as Chris Harper
- 2002 · Door to Door as Mrs. Porter
- 2002 · Robert Altman in England as Herself
- 2002 · E! Live from the Red Carpet as Herself
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
- 2001 · Greenfingers as Georgina Woodhouse
- 2001 · Ulisse - Il piacere della scoperta as Self
- 2001 · The Pledge as Doctor
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · The Passion of Ayn Rand as Ayn Rand
- 1997 · Painted Lady as Maggie Sheridan
- 1995 · The Frank Skinner Show as Self
- 1995 · The Snow Queen as The Snow Queen
- 1993 · Bethune: The Making of a Hero as Frances Penny Bethune
- 1991 · Where Angels Fear to Tread as Lilia Herriton
- 1990 · The Comfort of Strangers as Caroline
- 1989 · Red King, White Knight as Anna
- 1989 · When the Whales Came as Clemmie Jenkins
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 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
- 1985 · Coming Through as Frieda von Richtofen Weekley
- 1985 · White Nights as Galina Ivanova
- 1984 · 2010 : The Odyssey Continues as Herself
- 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
- 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
- 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 · The Changeling as Beatrice-Joanna
- 1973 · O Lucky Man! Innovations in Entertainment as Herself
- 1972 · Savage Messiah as Gosh Boyle
- 1971 · Cousin Bette as Valérie Marneffe
- 1970 · Red Hot Shot as
- 1969 · Age of Consent as Cora Ryan
- 1967 · Herostratus as Advert Woman
- Future · Switzerland as Patricia Highsmith