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 · Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius as Self
- 2023 · White Bird as Grandmére
- 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 · Kendrick Lamar Live: The Big Steppers Tour as Therapist (voice)
- 2022 · Human Resources as Shame Wizard Rita St. Swithens (voice)
- 2021 · Escape from Extinction as Narrator
- 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 · Secrets of the Museum as Queen Elizabeth (archive)
- 2019 · Berlin, I Love You as Margaret
- 2019 · #AnneFrank. Parallel Stories as Narrator
- 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
- 2017 · The Pulitzer At 100 as Self
- 2017 · The Fate of the Furious as Queenie (uncredited)
- 2017 · Cries from Syria as Narrator
- 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
- 2014 · Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story as Narrator
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as Christine Mannon
- 2013 · Istintobrass as Self
- 2013 · RED 2 as Victoria
- 2013 · Monsters University as Dean Hardscrabble (voice)
- 2012 · Radioman as Self
- 2012 · The Door as Emerenc Szeredás
- 2011 · Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts as Self
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2011 · When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren as Sharon
- 2010 · RED as Victoria
- 2010 · Love Ranch as Grace Bontempo
- 2009 · All the Queen's Horses with Alan Titchmarsh as Self
- 2009 · Glee as Becky's Inner Voice (voice)
- 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 · Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights' as Self
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · 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 · Pride as Macheeba (voice)
- 2003 · The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone as Karen Stone
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2002 · Door to Door as Mrs. Porter
- 2002 · American Idol as Self
- 2002 · No Such Thing as The Boss
- 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)
- 1999 · Third Watch as Annie Foster
- 1999 · The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen as Self (archive footage)
- 1999 · The Passion of Ayn Rand as Ayn Rand
- 1998 · The Prince of Egypt as Queen (voice)
- 1997 · Painted Lady as Maggie Sheridan
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Leute heute as Self
- 1996 · Losing Chase as Chase Phillips
- 1996 · Some Mother's Son as Kathleen Quigley
- 1996 · Ruby Wax Meets as
- 1994 · Royal Deceit as Geruth
- 1993 · The Hawk as Annie Marsh
- 1993 · Bethune: The Making of a Hero as Frances Penny Bethune
- 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 · Where Angels Fear to Tread as Lilia Herriton
- 1991 · Prime Suspect as Jane Tennison
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Herself
- 1988 · Pascali's Island as Lydia Neuman
- 1986 · Heavenly Pursuits as Ruth Chancellor
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as Maddie Duncan
- 1984 · Cal as Marcella
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Herself - Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Cymbeline as Imogen
- 1982 · Soft Targets as Celia
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Princess Emilia
- 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 · Caligula as Caesonia
- 1978 · As You Like It as Rosalind
- 1978 · BBC Television Shakespeare as
- 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
- 1973 · O Lucky Man! as Patricia / Casting Assistant
- 1971 · Great Performances as Stella
- 1970 · Play for Today as
- 1970 · Play for Today as Angela
- Future · Fast X: Part 2 as Queenie Shaw
- 2023 · Golda as Golda Meir
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – Actor
- 2021 · Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses as Self - Host
- 2021 · The Duke as Dorothy Bunton
- 2021 · Solos as Peg
- 2020 · The One and Only Ivan as Snickers (voice)
- 2019 · The Good Liar as Betty McLeish
- 2019 · Catherine the Great as Catherine the Great
- 2018 · Winchester as Sarah Winchester
- 2018 · The Leisure Seeker as Ella Spencer
- 2016 · Collateral Beauty as Brigitte
- 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
- 2013 · Phil Spector as Linda Kenney Baden
- 2012 · Hitchcock as Alma Reville
- 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)
- 2009 · The Last Station as Sofya Tolstoya
- 2009 · State of Play as Cameron Lynne
- 2008 · Inkheart as Elinor Loredan
- 2006 · The Queen as Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
- 2005 · Elizabeth I as Queen Elizabeth I
- 2004 · The Clearing as Eileen Hayes
- 2004 · Raising Helen as Dominique Courier
- 2003 · Calendar Girls as Chris Harper
- 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
- 2001 · The Pledge as Doctor
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · Teaching Mrs. Tingle as Mrs. Tingle
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · Critical Care as Stella
- 1995 · The Frank Skinner Show as Self
- 1994 · The Madness of King George as Queen Charlotte
- 1990 · The Comfort of Strangers as Caroline
- 1989 · The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover as Georgina Spica
- 1987 · French & Saunders as Herself
- 1986 · The Mosquito Coast as Mother Fox
- 1985 · White Nights as Galina Ivanova
- 1984 · 2010 as Tanya Kirbuk
- 1981 · Excalibur as Morgana
- 1980 · The Long Good Friday as Victoria
- 1974 · Playhouse as Mrs. Reinhardt
- 1973 · Thriller as Stella McKenzie
- 1969 · Age of Consent as Cora Ryan
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 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
- 1952 · Today as Self
- Future · Sniff as The Spider
- 2024 · Duse, the Greatest as
- 2023 · Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short as Self
- 2023 · Helen Mirren - Queen of Actresses as Elle-même (archives)
- 2022 · Count Me Out as Therapist
- 2021 · L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth as Self
- 2021 · Parkinson at 50 as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · When Nature Calls with Helen Mirren as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans as
- 2019 · An Accidental Studio as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Il était une fois... « The Queen » as Self
- 2016 · Shakespeare Live! From the RSC as Self - Performer
- 2015 · Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC as Self (archive material)
- 2013 · Excalibur: Behind the Movie as Self
- 2013 · Goodbye Granadaland as Self
- 2013 · National Theatre Live: The Audience as The Queen
- 2010 · Arabia 3D as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2009 · Yes Madam, Sir as Narrator
- 2009 · National Theatre Live: Phèdre as Phèdre
- 2009 · The Jazz Baroness as Nica - Narrator
- 2006 · Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday as Herself
- 2006 · Best Ever Muppet Moments as Self
- 2004 · Cary Grant: A Class Apart as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · The Making of 'Gosford Park' as Self
- 2002 · Robert Altman in England as Herself
- 2000 · Long Night's Journey Into Day as Narrator
- 1995 · The Snow Queen as The Snow Queen
- 1994 · Children of God as Narrator
- 1989 · Red King, White Knight as Anna
- 1989 · When the Whales Came as Clemmie Jenkins
- 1987 · Cause Célèbre as Alma Rattenbury
- 1987 · The Little Mermaid as Princess Emilia
- 1986 · Invocation: Maya Deren as Narrator
- 1985 · Coming Through as Frieda von Richtofen Weekley
- 1984 · An Audience with Mel Brooks as Self (uncredited)
- 1984 · Electric Blue Special: Nude Celebrity Special as
- 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
- 1979 · Blue Remembered Hills as Angela
- 1977 · The Country Wife as Margery Pinchwife
- 1976 · Hamlet as Ophelia / Gertrude
- 1976 · The Collection as Stella
- 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
- 1972 · Savage Messiah as Gosh Boyle
- 1971 · Cousin Bette as Valerie
- 1970 · Red Hot Shot as
- Future · The Thursday Murder Club as Elizabeth Best
- Future · Switzerland as Patricia Highsmith
- 1972 · Miss Julie as Miss Julie
- 1968 · A Midsummer Night's Dream as Hermia
- 1967 · Herostratus as Advert Woman
- 1966 · Press for Time as Beauty Pageant Contestant (uncredited)