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
The Queen
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
2006
Sniff
The Spider
Golda
Golda Meir
2023
Helen Mirren - Queen of Actresses
Elle-même (archives)
2023
L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth
Self
2021
Monsters University
Dean Hardscrabble (voice)
2013
Goodbye Granadaland
Self
2013
The Door
Emerenc Szeredás
2012
Arthur
Hobson
2011
RED
Victoria
2010
The Debt
Rachel Singer
2010
Brighton Rock
Ida
2010
The Tempest
Prospera
2010
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Nyra (voice)
2010
Love Ranch
Grace Bontempo
2010
The Last Station
Sofya Tolstoya
2009
Yes Madam, Sir
Narrator
2009
State of Play
Cameron Lynne
2009
The Jazz Baroness
Nica - Narrator
2009
Inkheart
Elinor Loredan
2008
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Emily Appleton
2007
Shadowboxer
Rose
2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Deep Thought (voice)
2005
The Clearing
Eileen Hayes
2004
Pride
Macheeba (voice)
2004
Raising Helen
Dominique Courier
2004
Calendar Girls
Chris Harper
2003
Door to Door
Mrs. Porter
2002
No Such Thing
The Boss
2002
Gosford Park
Mrs. Wilson
2001
Last Orders
Amy
2001
Greenfingers
Georgina Woodhouse
2001
The Pledge
Doctor
2001
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Mrs. Tingle
1999
The Passion of Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand
1999
The Prince of Egypt
Queen (voice)
1998
Critical Care
Stella
1997
Some Mother's Son
Kathleen Quigley
1996
The Madness of King George
Queen Charlotte
1994
Prince of Jutland
Geruth
1994
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Lilia Herriton
1991
The Comfort of Strangers
Caroline
1990
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Georgina Spica
1989
The Mosquito Coast
Mother Fox
1986
White Nights
Galina Ivanova
1985
2010
Tanya Kirbuk
1984
Cal
Marcella
1984
Excalibur
Morgana
1981
The Long Good Friday
Victoria
1980
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
Alice Rage
1980
Switzerland
Patricia Highsmith
Hussy
Beaty Simons
1980
S.O.S. Titanic
May Sloan, Stewardess
1980
Caligula
Caesonia
1979
O Lucky Man!
Patricia / Casting Assistant
1973
Savage Messiah
Gosh Boyle
1972
Age of Consent
Cora Ryan
1969
Press for Time
Beauty Pageant Contestant (uncredited)
1966
Fast X: Part 2
Queenie Shaw
The Thursday Murder Club
Elizabeth Best
2025
Duse, the Greatest
2025
Caligula: The Ultimate Cut
Caesonia
2024
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Hespera
2023
DC Fandome 2021
2021
Escape from Extinction
Narrator (voice)
2021
The Duke
Dorothy Bunton
2021
F9
Queenie Shaw
2021
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Lip-sync Billy Bush
2020
The One and Only Ivan
Snickers (voice)
2020
Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans
Grandmother Turtle
2020
The Good Liar
Betty McLeish
2019
#AnneFrank. Parallel Stories
Narrator
2019
On Broadway
Self
2019
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Queenie Shaw
2019
An Accidental Studio
Self (archive footage)
2019
Anna
Olga
2019
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Mother Ginger
2018
Winchester
Sarah Winchester
2018
The Leisure Seeker
Ella Spencer
2018
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
Self
2017
The Pulitzer At 100
Self
2017
The Fate of the Furious
Queenie (uncredited)
2017
Cries from Syria
Narrator
2017
Woman in Gold
2015
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Self (archive material)
2015
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
Self
2013
Istintobrass
Self
2013
When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren
Sharon
2011
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009
Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights'
Self
2006
The One Show
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
2006
Best Ever Muppet Moments
Self
2006
Top Gear
Self · (1 episode)
2002
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
Self
2002
American Idol
Self · (1 episode)
2002
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
2001
Ulisse - Il piacere della scoperta
Self · (1 episode)
2001
Third Watch
Annie Foster · (1 episode)
1999
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
Self (archive footage)
1999
The View
Self · (4 episodes)
1997
Children of God
Narrator
1994
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self · (2 episodes)
1992
Prime Suspect
Jane Tennison · (15 episodes)
1991
This Morning
Self · (2 episodes)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1988
The Little Mermaid
Princess Emilia
1987
Invocation: Maya Deren
Narrator
1986
The Twilight Zone
Maddie Duncan (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes") · (1 episode)
1985
An Audience with Mel Brooks
Self (uncredited)
1984
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
Herself
1984
Cymbeline
Imogen
1982
Soft Targets
Celia
1982
As You Like It
Rosalind
1978
The Empty Space
Self
1975
A Coffin for the Bride
Stella McKenzie
1974
O Lucky Man! Innovations in Entertainment
Herself
1973
Red Hot Shot
1970
Goodbye June
MobLand
Maeve Harrigan · (10 episodes)
2025
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2023
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
Self · (3 episodes)
2023
White Bird
Grandmére
2023
Barbie
Narrator (voice)
2023
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
Self
2023
Fast X
Queenie Shaw
2023
1923
Cara Dutton · (15 episodes)
2022
Kendrick Lamar Live: The Big Steppers Tour
Therapist (voice)
2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self – Actor · (1 episode)
2022
Human Resources
Shame Wizard Rita St. Swithens (voice) · (1 episode)
2022
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses
Self - Host · (4 episodes)
2021
Parkinson at 50
Self (archive footage)
2021
When Nature Calls with Helen Mirren
Narrator (voice) · (10 episodes)
2021
Solos
Peg · (1 episode)
2021
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
2021
Secrets of the Museum
Queen Elizabeth (archive) · (1 episode)
2020
Berlin, I Love You
Margaret
2019
Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great · (4 episodes)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(2 episodes)
2019
The Masked Singer
Clue Giver (video) · (1 episode)
2019
Collateral Beauty
Brigitte
2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Self - Performer
2016
Trumbo
Hedda Hopper
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Eye in the Sky
Colonel Katherine Powell
2015
Documentary Now!
Helen Mirren - Host · (27 episodes)
2015
Unity
Narrator (voice)
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Woman in Gold
Maria Altmann
2015
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Madam Mallory
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self (voice) · (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story
Narrator
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
2014
RED 2
Victoria
2013
Phil Spector
Linda Kenney Baden
2013
National Theatre Live: The Audience
The Queen
2013
Radioman
Self
2012
Hitchcock
Alma Reville
2012
Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts
Self
2011
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self · (1 episode)
2011
Arabia 3D
Narrator (voice)
2010
Live from Studio Five
Self · (1 episode)
2009
All the Queen's Horses with Alan Titchmarsh
Self · (1 episode)
2009
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
Phèdre
2009
Glee
Becky's Inner Voice (voice) · (2 episodes)
2009
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (8 episodes)
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
2007
Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday
Herself
2006
Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth I · (2 episodes)
2005
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
Tiberia
2005
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
Narrator (voice)
2004
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Karen Stone
2003
Robert Altman in England
Herself
2002
E! Live from the Red Carpet
Herself · (1 episode)
2002
On the Edge
Distinguished Woman (segment "Happy Birthday") (uncredited)
2001
Long Night's Journey Into Day
Narrator
2000
The Early Show
Self · (1 episode)
1999
Parkinson
Self · (1 episode)
1998
Painted Lady
Maggie Sheridan · (2 episodes)
1997
Leute heute
Self · (1 episode)
1997
Losing Chase
Chase Phillips
1996
Ruby Wax Meets
(1 episode)
1996
The Frank Skinner Show
Self · (1 episode)
1995
The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen
1995
The Hawk
Annie Marsh
1993
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
Frances Penny Bethune
1993
Frasier
Babette (voice) · (1 episode)
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
1993
GMTV
Self · (1 episode)
1993
The Hidden Room
Sarah · (33 episodes)
1991
Red King, White Knight
Anna
1989
When the Whales Came
Clemmie Jenkins
1989
Pascali's Island
Lydia Neuman
1988
Cause Célèbre
Alma Rattenbury
1987
French & Saunders
Herself · (1 episode)
1987
Heavenly Pursuits
Ruth Chancellor
1986
Coming Through
Frieda von Richtofen Weekley
1985
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
1984
Electric Blue Special: Nude Celebrity Special
1984
Reading Rainbow
Herself - Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
1983
Faerie Tale Theatre
Princess Emilia · (1 episode)
1982
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Titania
1981
Mrs. Reinhardt
Mrs. Reinhardt
1981
A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'
Self / Caesonia
1981
Blue Remembered Hills
Angela
1979
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Rosalind · (1 episode)
1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Imogen · (1 episode)
1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Titania · (1 episode)
1978
An Audience with...
Self · (1 episode)
1978
The Country Wife
Margery Pinchwife
1977
Laurence Olivier Presents
(1 episode)
1976
The Collection
Stella
1976
Hamlet
Ophelia / Gertrude
1976
The Little Minister
Babbie
1975
The Philanthropist
Celia
1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1975
Caesar and Claretta
Claretta Petacci
1975
The Apple Cart
1975
Playhouse
Mrs. Reinhardt · (1 episode)
1974
The Changeling
Beatrice-Joanna
1974
Thriller
Stella McKenzie · (1 episode)
1973
Miss Julie
Miss Julie
1972
Cousin Bette
Valerie · (5 episodes)
1971
Great Performances
Stella · (1 episode)
1971
Play for Today
(1 episode)
1970
Play for Today
Angela · (1 episode)
1970
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hermia
1968
Herostratus
Advert Woman
1967
BBC Play of the Month
Margery Pinchwife · (1 episode)
1965
BBC Play of the Month
Beatrice-Joanna · (1 episode)
1965
BBC Play of the Month
Orinthia · (1 episode)
1965
BBC Play of the Month
Babbie · (1 episode)
1965
The Oscars
Self · (3 episodes)
1953
Today
Self · (2 episodes)
1952