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Helen Mirren

Acting 80 years old Hammersmith, London, England, UK ★ 4.2
Born: July 26, 1945

Biography

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.

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Known For

Barbie
Barbie Narrator (voice) 2023
Fast X
Fast X Queenie 2023
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw Queenie Shaw 2019
Caligula
Caligula Caesonia 1979
The Fate of the Furious
The Fate of the Furious Queenie (uncredited) 2017

Jimmy's Seen (4)

The Thursday Murder Club
The Thursday Murder Club Elizabeth 2025
Barbie
Barbie Narrator (voice) 2023
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Shazam! Fury of the Gods Hespera 2023
The Hundred-Foot Journey
The Hundred-Foot Journey Madam Mallory 2014

Filmography

Acting Credits (250)

A Talent for Murder
A Talent for Murder Patricia Highsmith 2026
Armani and the Birth of Italian Fashion
Armani and the Birth of Italian Fashion 2026
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century Self 2026
Goodbye June
Goodbye June June 2025
This Ordinary Thing
This Ordinary Thing Self (voice) 2025
The Thursday Murder Club
The Thursday Murder Club Elizabeth 2025
MobLand
MobLand Maeve Harrigan 2025
Duse, the Greatest
Duse, the Greatest 2025
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter Self 2023
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius Self 2023
White Bird
White Bird Grandmére 2023
Golda
Golda Golda Meir 2023
Barbie
Barbie Narrator (voice) 2023
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short Self 2023
Fast X
Fast X Queenie 2023
Helen Mirren - Queen of Actresses
Helen Mirren - Queen of Actresses Self (archive) 2023
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Shazam! Fury of the Gods Hespera 2023
1923
1923 Cara Dutton 2022
Kendrick Lamar Live: The Big Steppers Tour
Kendrick Lamar Live: The Big Steppers Tour Therapist (voice) 2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Self – Actor 2022
Remembers…
Remembers… 2022
Remembers…
Remembers… Self 2022
Human Resources
Human Resources Shame Wizard Rita St. Swithens (voice) 2022
L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth
L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth Self 2021
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses Self - Host 2021
Escape from Extinction
Escape from Extinction Narrator (voice) 2021
Parkinson at 50
Parkinson at 50 Self (archive footage) 2021
The Duke
The Duke Dorothy Bunton 2021
When Nature Calls with Helen Mirren
When Nature Calls with Helen Mirren Narrator (voice) 2021
Solos
Solos Peg 2021
F9
F9 Queenie Shaw 2021
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony Self (archive footage) 2021
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine Lip-sync Billy Bush 2020
The One and Only Ivan
The One and Only Ivan Snickers (voice) 2020
Secrets of the Museum
Secrets of the Museum Queen Elizabeth (archive) 2020
Berlin, I Love You
Berlin, I Love You Margaret 2019
The Good Liar
The Good Liar Betty McLeish 2019
#AnneFrank. Parallel Stories
#AnneFrank. Parallel Stories Narrator 2019
On Broadway
On Broadway Self 2019
Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great Catherine the Great 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show Self - Guest 2019
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw Queenie Shaw 2019
An Accidental Studio
An Accidental Studio Self (archive footage) 2019
Anna
Anna Olga 2019
Any Given Saturday Afternoon
Any Given Saturday Afternoon Self - Host 2019
The Masked Singer
The Masked Singer Self - Clue Giver (video) 2019
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Mother Ginger 2018
Winchester
Winchester Sarah Winchester 2018
The Leisure Seeker
The Leisure Seeker Ella Spencer 2018
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
Il était une fois... « The Queen » Self 2017
The Pulitzer At 100
The Pulitzer At 100 Self 2017
The Fate of the Furious
The Fate of the Furious Queenie (uncredited) 2017
Cries from Syria
Cries from Syria Narrator 2017
Collateral Beauty
Collateral Beauty Brigitte 2016
Mr.Runner Up: My Life as an Oscar Bridesmaid
Mr.Runner Up: My Life as an Oscar Bridesmaid Self 2016
Final Transmission
Final Transmission Self 2016
Globesman
Globesman Self 2016
Location is Everything
Location is Everything Self 2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC Self - Performer 2016
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC Self (archive material) 2015
Trumbo
Trumbo Hedda Hopper 2015
Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee
Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee Self 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self - Guest 2015
Eye in the Sky
Eye in the Sky Colonel Katherine Powell 2015
Sandy Passage
Sandy Passage Self 2015
Documentary Now!
Documentary Now! Helen Mirren - Host 2015
Unity
Unity Narrator (voice) 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Self 2015
Woman in Gold
Woman in Gold Maria Altmann 2015
The Hundred-Foot Journey
The Hundred-Foot Journey Madam Mallory 2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Self (voice) 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self - Guest 2014
Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story
Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story Narrator 2014
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
Excalibur: Behind the Movie Self 2013
Istintobrass
Istintobrass Self 2013
RED 2
RED 2 Victoria 2013
Monsters University
Monsters University Dean Hardscrabble (voice) 2013
Goodbye Granadaland
Goodbye Granadaland Self 2013
Phil Spector
Phil Spector Linda Kenney Baden 2013
National Theatre Live: The Audience
National Theatre Live: The Audience The Queen 2013
Radioman
Radioman Self 2012
Hitchcock
Hitchcock Alma Reville 2012
The Door
The Door Emerenc Szeredás 2012
Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts
Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts Self 2011
The Jonathan Ross Show
The Jonathan Ross Show Self 2011
Arthur
Arthur Hobson 2011
When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren
When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren Sharon 2011
RED
RED Victoria 2010
The Debt
The Debt Rachel Singer 2010
Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock Ida 2010
The Tempest
The Tempest Prospera 2010
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Nyra (voice) 2010
Love Ranch
Love Ranch Grace Bontempo 2010
Arabia 3D
Arabia 3D Narrator (voice) 2010
Live from Studio Five
Live from Studio Five Self 2009
The Last Station
The Last Station Sofya Tolstoya 2009
Yes Madam, Sir
Yes Madam, Sir Narrator 2009
All the Queen's Horses with Alan Titchmarsh
All the Queen's Horses with Alan Titchmarsh Self 2009
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
National Theatre Live: Phèdre Phèdre 2009
Glee
Glee Becky's Inner Voice (voice) 2009
State of Play
State of Play Cameron Lynne 2009
The Jazz Baroness
The Jazz Baroness Nica - Narrator 2009
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
Behind The Scenes of Caligula 2009
Inkheart
Inkheart Elinor Loredan 2008
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
National Treasure: Book of Secrets Emily Appleton 2007
British Film Forever
British Film Forever 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self - Guest 2007
The Making of 'The Queen'
The Making of 'The Queen' Self 2007
The Queen
The Queen The Queen 2006
Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights'
Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights' Self 2006
The One Show
The One Show Self - Guest 2006
Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday
Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday Herself 2006
Best Ever Muppet Moments
Best Ever Muppet Moments Self 2006
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I Queen Elizabeth I 2005
Shadowboxer
Shadowboxer Rose 2005
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula Tiberia 2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Deep Thought (voice) 2005
The Clearing
The Clearing Eileen Hayes 2004
Pride
Pride Macheeba (voice) 2004
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
Cary Grant: A Class Apart Narrator (voice) 2004
Raising Helen
Raising Helen Dominique Courier 2004
Calendar Girls
Calendar Girls Chris Harper 2003
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Celebrity Naked Ambition Self (archive footage) 2003
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone Karen Stone 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self 2003
Top Gear
Top Gear Self 2002
Door to Door
Door to Door Mrs. Porter 2002
The Making of Gosford Park
The Making of Gosford Park Self 2002
American Idol
American Idol Self 2002
No Such Thing
No Such Thing The Boss 2002
Robert Altman in England
Robert Altman in England Self 2002
Live from E!
Live from E! Herself 2002
Gosford Park
Gosford Park Mrs. Wilson 2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Self - Guest 2001
Last Orders
Last Orders Amy 2001
Greenfingers
Greenfingers Georgina Woodhouse 2001
On the Edge
On the Edge Distinguished Woman (segment "Happy Birthday") (uncredited) 2001
Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery
Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery Self 2001
The Pledge
The Pledge Doctor 2001
Long Night's Journey into Day
Long Night's Journey into Day Narrator 2000
The Early Show
The Early Show Self 1999
Third Watch
Third Watch Annie Foster 1999
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen Self (archive footage) 1999
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Teaching Mrs. Tingle Mrs. Tingle 1999
The Passion of Ayn Rand
The Passion of Ayn Rand Ayn Rand 1999
The Prince of Egypt
The Prince of Egypt Queen (voice) 1998
Parkinson
Parkinson Self 1998
Painted Lady
Painted Lady Maggie Sheridan 1997
Critical Care
Critical Care Stella 1997
The View
The View Self 1997
Leute heute
Leute heute Self 1997
Losing Chase
Losing Chase Chase Phillips 1996
Some Mother's Son
Some Mother's Son Kathleen Quigley 1996
Ruby Wax Meets
Ruby Wax Meets 1996
The Frank Skinner Show
The Frank Skinner Show Self 1995
The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen The Snow Queen 1995
The Madness of King George
The Madness of King George Queen Charlotte 1994
Children of God
Children of God Narrator 1994
Prince of Jutland
Prince of Jutland Geruth 1994
The Hawk
The Hawk Annie Marsh 1993
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
Bethune: The Making of a Hero Frances Penny Bethune 1993
Frasier
Frasier Babette (voice) 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Self - Guest 1993
GMTV
GMTV Self 1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Self 1992
A Friend in New Orleans
A Friend in New Orleans Herself 1992
The Hidden Room
The Hidden Room Sarah 1991
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Where Angels Fear to Tread Lilia Herriton 1991
Prime Suspect
Prime Suspect Jane Tennison 1991
The Comfort of Strangers
The Comfort of Strangers Caroline 1990
Red King, White Knight
Red King, White Knight Anna 1989
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover Georgina Spica 1989
When the Whales Came
When the Whales Came Clemmie Jenkins 1989
This Morning
This Morning Self 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark Self - Guest 1988
Pascali's Island
Pascali's Island Lydia Neuman 1988
Cause Célèbre
Cause Célèbre Alma Rattenbury 1987
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid Princess Emilia 1987
French & Saunders
French & Saunders Herself 1987
The Mosquito Coast
The Mosquito Coast Mother Fox 1986
Heavenly Pursuits
Heavenly Pursuits Ruth Chancellor 1986
Invocation: Maya Deren
Invocation: Maya Deren Narrator 1986
Coming Through
Coming Through Frieda von Richtofen Weekley 1985
White Nights
White Nights Galina Ivanova 1985
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone Maddie Duncan (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes") 1985
Screen Two
Screen Two Annie Marsh 1985
2010
2010 Tanya Kirbuk 1984
Cal
Cal Marcella 1984
An Audience with Mel Brooks
An Audience with Mel Brooks Self (uncredited) 1984
Goldene Kamera
Goldene Kamera Self 1984
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
2010 : The Odyssey Continues Herself 1984
Cymbeline
Cymbeline Imogen 1983
Reading Rainbow
Reading Rainbow Self - Narrator (voice) 1983
Soft Targets
Soft Targets Celia 1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
Faerie Tale Theatre Princess Emilia 1982
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream Titania 1981
Mrs. Reinhardt
Mrs. Reinhardt Mrs. Reinhardt 1981
Excalibur
Excalibur Morgana 1981
A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'
A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula' Self / Caesonia 1981
The Making of Excalibur: Myth into Movie
The Making of Excalibur: Myth into Movie Self 1981
The Long Good Friday
The Long Good Friday Victoria 1980
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu Alice Rage 1980
Hussy
Hussy Beaty Simons 1980
S.O.S. Titanic
S.O.S. Titanic May Sloan, Stewardess 1980
Caligula
Caligula Caesonia 1979
Blue Remembered Hills
Blue Remembered Hills Angela 1979
As You Like It
As You Like It Rosalind 1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
The BBC Television Shakespeare Rosalind 1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
The BBC Television Shakespeare Titania 1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
The BBC Television Shakespeare Imogen 1978
An Audience with...
An Audience with... Self 1978
The Country Wife
The Country Wife Margery Pinchwife 1977
Laurence Olivier Presents
Laurence Olivier Presents 1976
The Collection
The Collection Stella 1976
Hamlet
Hamlet Ophelia / Gertrude 1976
The Little Minister
The Little Minister Babbie 1975
The Philanthropist
The Philanthropist Celia 1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Cameo (uncredited) 1975
Caesar and Claretta
Caesar and Claretta Claretta Petacci 1975
Private Affairs
Private Affairs Claretta Petacci 1975
The Apple Cart
The Apple Cart 1975
The Empty Space
The Empty Space Self 1975
A Coffin for the Bride
A Coffin for the Bride Stella McKenzie 1974
Playhouse
Playhouse Mrs. Reinhardt 1974
The Changeling
The Changeling Beatrice-Joanna 1974
O Lucky Man! Innovations in Entertainment
O Lucky Man! Innovations in Entertainment Herself 1973
Thriller
Thriller Stella McKenzie 1973
O Lucky Man!
O Lucky Man! Patricia / Casting Assistant 1973
Miss Julie
Miss Julie Miss Julie 1972
Savage Messiah
Savage Messiah Gosh Boyle 1972
Cousin Bette
Cousin Bette Valérie Marneffe 1971
Great Performances
Great Performances Stella 1971
Play for Today
Play for Today 1970
Play for Today
Play for Today Angela 1970
Red Hot Shot
Red Hot Shot 1970
Age of Consent
Age of Consent Cora Ryan 1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
ITV Saturday Night Theatre Rachel 1969
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream Hermia 1968
Omnibus
Omnibus 1967
Herostratus
Herostratus Advert Woman 1967
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month Margery Pinchwife 1965
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month Beatrice-Joanna 1965
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month Orinthia 1965
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month Babbie 1965
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
Today
Today Self 1952
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Winner 1944
Sniff
Sniff The Spider

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