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Helen Mirren
Actor, Producer, Director
Born July 26, 1945 (77 years)
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.
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Filmography
| 2022 | Shazam! Fury of the Gods · as Hespera |
| 2022 | White Bird: A Wonder Story · as Grandmother |
| 2022 | Human Resources (2022) (TV Series) · as Shame Wizard Rita St. Swithens (voice) |
| 2021 | F9: The Fast Saga · as Magdalene 'Queenie' Shaw |
| 2021 | Solos (TV Series) · as Peg |
| 2021 | When Nature Calls with Helen Mirren (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2020 | The One and Only Ivan · as Snickers (voice) |
| 2020 | The Duke · as Dorothy Bunton |
| 2020 | Secrets of the Museum (TV Series) · as Queen Elizabeth (archive) |
| 2020 | Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine · as Lip-sync Billy Bush |
| 2020 | Escape from Extinction · as Narrator |
| 2019 | Berlin, I Love You · as Margaret |
| 2019 | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw · as Queenie Shaw |
| 2019 | Anna · as Olga |
| 2019 | The Good Liar · as Betty McLeish |
| 2019 | Catherine the Great (2019) (TV Series) · as Catherine |
| 2019 | #Anne Frank Parallel Stories · as Narrator |
| 2018 | Winchester · as Sarah Winchester |
| 2018 | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms · as Mother Ginger |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious · as Magdalene "Queenie" Shaw (uncredited) |
| 2017 | Cries from Syria · as Narrator |
| 2017 | The Leisure Seeker · as Ella Spencer |
| 2016 | Collateral Beauty · as Brigitte |
| 2016 | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC · as Unknown |
| 2015 | Trumbo · as Hedda Hopper |
| 2015 | Woman in Gold · as Maria Altmann |
| 2015 | Eye in the Sky · as Colonel Katherine Powell |
| 2015 | Documentary Now! (TV Series) · as Helen Mirren - Host |
| 2014 | The Hundred-Foot Journey · as Madam Mallory |
| 2014 | Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story · as Narrator |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2013 | Monsters University · as Dean Hardscrabble (voice) |
| 2013 | RED 2 · as Victoria |
| 2013 | Phil Spector · as Linda Kenney Baden |
| 2013 | The Audience · as The Queen |
| 2013 | Fifty Years on Stage · as Christine Mannon |
| 2012 | The Door · as Emerenc |
| 2012 | Hitchcock · as Alma Reville |
| 2011 | Arthur · as Hobson |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Arabia · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2010 | RED · as Victoria |
| 2010 | Love Ranch · as Grace Bontempo |
| 2010 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole · as Nyra (voice) |
| 2010 | Brighton Rock · as Ida |
| 2010 | The Tempest · as Prospera |
| 2010 | The Debt · as Rachel Singer |
| 2009 | State of Play · as Cameron Lynne |
| 2009 | The Last Station · as Sofya Tolstoya |
| 2009 | The Jazz Baroness · as Nica - Narrator |
| 2009 | Phèdre · as Phèdre |
| 2009 | Glee (TV Series) · as Becky's Inner Voice |
| 2008 | Inkheart · as Elinor Loredan |
| 2008 | Kiran Bedi: Yes Madam, Sir · as Narrator |
| 2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets · as Emily Appleton |
| 2006 | The Queen · as Queen Elizabeth II |
| 2006 | Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act (TV Series) · as Det. Supt. Jane Tennison |
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy · as Deep Thought |
| 2005 | Elizabeth I (TV Series) · as Queen Elizabeth I |
| 2005 | Shadowboxer · as Rose |
| 2004 | Raising Helen · as Dominique Courier |
| 2004 | The Clearing · as Eileen Hayes |
| 2004 | Pride · as Macheeba (voice) |
| 2003 | The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone · as Karen Stone |
| 2003 | Calendar Girls · as Chris Harper |
| 2002 | Door to Door · as Mrs. Porter |
| 2002 | Top Gear (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2001 | No Such Thing · as The Boss |
| 2001 | On the Edge · as Distinguished Woman (segment "Happy Birthday") (uncredited) |
| 2001 | Last Orders · as Amy |
| 2001 | Gosford Park · as Mrs. Wilson |
| 2001 | The Pledge · as Doctor |
| 2000 | Greenfingers · as Georgina Woodhouse |
| 2000 | Long Night's Journey Into Day · as Narrator |
| 1999 | Teaching Mrs. Tingle · as Mrs. Eve Tingle |
| 1999 | The Passion of Ayn Rand · as Ayn Rand |
| 1999 | Third Watch (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1998 | The Prince of Egypt · as The Queen (voice) |
| 1997 | Critical Care · as Stella |
| 1996 | Some Mother's Son · as Kathleen Quigley |
| 1996 | Losing Chase · as Chase Phillips |
| 1996 | The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (TV Series) · as Margaret Randa |
| 1996 | Tracey Takes On... (TV Series) · as Professor Horen |
| 1995 | The Snow Queen · as The Snow Queen |
| 1995 | The Frank Skinner Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1995 | Prime Suspect: The Scent of Darkness · as Supt. Jane Tennison |
| 1995 | Prime Suspect: Inner Circles · as Superintendent Jane Tennison |
| 1995 | Prime Suspect: The Lost Child · as DSU Jane Tennison |
| 1994 | Children of God · as Narrator |
| 1994 | Royal Deceit · as Geruth |
| 1994 | The Madness of King George · as Queen Charlotte |
| 1993 | The Hawk · as Annie Marsh |
| 1993 | Frasier (TV Series) · as Babette (voice) |
| 1993 | Prime Suspect 3: The Keeper of Souls · as DCI Jane Tennison |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1991 | Where Angels Fear to Tread · as Lilia Herriton |
| 1991 | Prime Suspect (TV Series) · as DCI Jane Tennison |
| 1990 | The Comfort of Strangers · as Caroline |
| 1990 | Bethune: The Making of a Hero · as Frances Penny Bethune |
| 1989 | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover · as Georgina Spica |
| 1989 | When the Whales Came · as Clemmie Jenkins |
| 1989 | Red King, White Knight · as Anna |
| 1988 | Pascali's Island · as Lydia Neuman |
| 1988 | Coming Through · as Frieda von Richtofen Weekley |
| 1987 | Cause célèbre · as Alma Rattenbury |
| 1986 | The Gospel According to Vic · as Ruth Chancellor |
| 1986 | The Mosquito Coast · as Mother Fox |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone (1985) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1985 | White Nights · as Galina Ivanova |
| 1984 | 2010: The Year We Make Contact · as Tanya Kirbuk |
| 1984 | Cal · as Marcella |
| 1982 | Cymbeline · as Imogen |
| 1982 | Soft Targets · as Celia |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) · as Princess Emilia |
| 1981 | Excalibur · as Morgana |
| 1981 | A Midsummer Night's Dream · as Titania |
| 1980 | The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu · as Alice Rage |
| 1980 | Hussy · as Beaty Simons |
| 1980 | The Long Good Friday · as Victoria |
| 1979 | Caligula · as Caesonia |
| 1979 | S.O.S. Titanic · as May Sloan - Stewardess |
| 1979 | Blue Remembered Hills · as Angela |
| 1978 | As You Like It · as Rosalind |
| 1978 | BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1976 | Laurence Olivier Presents (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1975 | The Philanthropist · as Unknown |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Eleanor Roosevelt |
| 1973 | O Lucky Man! · as Patricia / Casting Assistant |
| 1973 | Thriller (1973) (TV Series) · as Stella McKenzie |
| 1973 | Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mrs. Reinhardt |
| 1972 | Savage Messiah · as Gosh Boyle |
| 1971 | Cousin Bette (TV Series) · as Valerie |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Stella |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1969 | Age of Consent · as Cora Ryan |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Rachel |
| 1968 | A Midsummer Night's Dream · as Hermia |
| 1967 | Herostratus · as Advert Woman |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Joanne |
| 1966 | Press for Time · as Beauty Pageant Contestant (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Beatrice-Joanna |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Unknown |