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
- 2025 · MobLand as Maeve Harrigan
- 2023 · White Bird as Grandmére
- 2023 · Golda as Golda Meir
- 2023 · Barbie as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short as Self
- 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 · Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses as Self - Host
- 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
- 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)
- 2019 · Berlin, I Love You as Margaret
- 2019 · The Good Liar as Betty McLeish
- 2019 · On Broadway as Self
- 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)
- 2018 · The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Mother Ginger
- 2018 · Winchester as Sarah Winchester
- 2017 · The Fate of the Furious as Queenie (uncredited)
- 2016 · Collateral Beauty as Brigitte
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Eye in the Sky as Colonel Katherine Powell
- 2015 · Documentary Now! as Helen Mirren - Host
- 2015 · Unity as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · Woman in Gold as Maria Altmann
- 2014 · The Hundred-Foot Journey as Madam Mallory
- 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self (voice)
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · RED 2 as Victoria
- 2013 · Monsters University as Dean Hardscrabble (voice)
- 2013 · Phil Spector as Linda Kenney Baden
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2011 · Arthur as Hobson
- 2010 · RED as Victoria
- 2010 · The Debt as Rachel Singer
- 2010 · Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole as Nyra (voice)
- 2009 · Glee as Becky's Inner Voice (voice)
- 2008 · Inkheart as Elinor Loredan
- 2007 · National Treasure: Book of Secrets as Emily Appleton
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2005 · SNL Digital Shorts as
- 2005 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Deep Thought (voice)
- 2004 · Raising Helen as Dominique Courier
- 2003 · Calendar Girls as Chris Harper
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2002 · Door to Door as Mrs. Porter
- 2002 · The Making of 'Gosford Park' as Self
- 2002 · American Idol as Self
- 2002 · E! Live from the Red Carpet as Herself
- 2001 · Gosford Park as Mrs. Wilson
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
- 2001 · On the Edge as Distinguished Woman (segment "Happy Birthday") (uncredited)
- 2001 · Ulisse - Il piacere della scoperta as Self
- 2001 · The Pledge as Doctor
- 1999 · The Early Show 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
- 1996 · Some Mother's Son as Kathleen Quigley
- 1996 · Ruby Wax Meets as
- 1995 · The Frank Skinner Show as Self
- 1994 · Prince of Jutland as Geruth
- 1993 · Cracker as DCI Jane Tennison
- 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 · The Hidden Room as Sarah
- 1991 · Prime Suspect as Jane Tennison
- 1989 · The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover as Georgina Spica
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1987 · French & Saunders as Herself
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as Maddie Duncan (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
- 1984 · 2010 as Tanya Kirbuk
- 1984 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Herself - Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Princess Emilia
- 1980 · S.O.S. Titanic as May Sloan, Stewardess
- 1979 · Caligula as Caesonia
- 1978 · The BBC Television Shakespeare as Rosalind
- 1978 · The BBC Television Shakespeare as Imogen
- 1978 · The BBC Television Shakespeare as Titania
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1976 · Laurence Olivier Presents as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self
- 1974 · Playhouse as Mrs. Reinhardt
- 1973 · Thriller as Stella McKenzie
- 1973 · O Lucky Man! as Patricia / Casting Assistant
- 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
- Future · Fast X: Part 2 as Queenie Shaw
- 2025 · The Thursday Murder Club as Elizabeth Best
- 2025 · Duse, the Greatest as
- 2023 · Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius as Self
- 2023 · Caligula: The Ultimate Cut as Caesonia
- 2023 · Helen Mirren - Queen of Actresses as Elle-même (archives)
- 2022 · Kendrick Lamar Live: The Big Steppers Tour as Therapist (voice)
- 2021 · L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth as Self
- 2021 · Escape from Extinction as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans as Grandmother Turtle
- 2019 · #AnneFrank. Parallel Stories as Narrator
- 2019 · Catherine the Great as Catherine the Great
- 2019 · An Accidental Studio as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · The Leisure Seeker as Ella Spencer
- 2017 · Il était une fois... « The Queen » as Self
- 2017 · The Pulitzer At 100 as Self
- 2017 · Cries from Syria as Narrator
- 2016 · Shakespeare Live! From the RSC as Self - Performer
- 2015 · Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC as Self (archive material)
- 2015 · Trumbo as Hedda Hopper
- 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
- 2013 · National Theatre Live: The Audience as The Queen
- 2012 · Radioman as Self
- 2012 · Hitchcock as Alma Reville
- 2012 · The Door as Emerenc Szeredás
- 2011 · Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts as Self
- 2011 · When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren as Sharon
- 2010 · Brighton Rock as Ida
- 2010 · The Tempest as Prospera
- 2010 · Love Ranch as Grace Bontempo
- 2010 · Arabia 3D as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · National Theatre Live: Phèdre as Phèdre
- 2009 · State of Play as Cameron Lynne
- 2009 · The Jazz Baroness as Nica - Narrator
- 2009 · Behind The Scenes of Caligula as
- 2006 · The Queen as Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
- 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 · Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula as Tiberia
- 2004 · The Clearing as Eileen Hayes
- 2004 · Pride as Macheeba (voice)
- 2004 · Cary Grant: A Class Apart as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone as Karen Stone
- 2002 · No Such Thing as The Boss
- 2002 · Robert Altman in England as Herself
- 2001 · Last Orders as Amy
- 2001 · Greenfingers as Georgina Woodhouse
- 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
- 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
- 1995 · The Snow Queen as The Snow Queen
- 1994 · The Madness of King George as Queen Charlotte
- 1994 · Children of God as Narrator
- 1993 · The Hawk as Annie Marsh
- 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 · Pascali's Island as Lydia Neuman
- 1987 · Cause Célèbre as Alma Rattenbury
- 1987 · The Little Mermaid as Princess Emilia
- 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 · Cal as Marcella
- 1984 · An Audience with Mel Brooks as Self (uncredited)
- 1984 · Electric Blue Special: Nude Celebrity Special as
- 1984 · 2010 : The Odyssey Continues as Herself
- 1982 · Cymbeline as Imogen
- 1982 · Soft Targets as Celia
- 1981 · A Midsummer Night's Dream as Titania
- 1981 · Mrs. Reinhardt as Mrs. Reinhardt
- 1981 · Excalibur as Morgana
- 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
- 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 · The Changeling as Beatrice-Joanna
- 1973 · O Lucky Man! Innovations in Entertainment as Herself
- 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)
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · Today as Self
- Future · Sniff as The Spider
- Future · Goodbye June as
- Future · Switzerland as Patricia Highsmith