Dame Helen Mirren is an English actor known for her prolific career in film, television, and on stage taking roles both dramatic and comedic. She has received several honors including an Academy Award, four BAFTA Awards, five Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award.

Mirren started her career on stage playing Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra in a 1965 production with the National Youth Theatre at The Old Vic. She acted with both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre acting in numerous productions of William Shakespeare's work including The Merchant of Venice (1967), Much Ado About Nothing (1968), Richard III (1970), Hamlet (1970), and Macbeth (1974). She made her Broadway debut acting in the revival of the Ivan Turgenev play A Month in the Country (1995). She portrayed Queen Elizabeth II in the Peter Morgan play The Audience both on Broadway and on the West End, which earned her the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress.

Mirren made her film debut in the British experimental film Herostratus (1967). She took early roles in Caligula (1979), The Long Good Friday (1980), Excalibur (1981), and The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989). She received the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in the drama The Queen (2006). She was Oscar-nominated playing Queen Charlotte in The Madness of King George (1994), a housekeeper in Gosford Park (2001), and Sofya Tolstoy in The Last Station (2009). During this time she acted in numerous films across genres in films such as Calendar Girls (2003), State of Play (2009), The Tempest (2010), The Debt (2010), Woman in Gold (2015), Eye in the Sky (2015), Trumbo (2015), The Leisure Seeker (2017), and Golda (2023).

On television, Mirren earned acclaim for her role as DCI Jane Tennison in the police procedural Prime Suspect (1991–2006), for which she earned three BAFTA Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. She also earned Emmy Awards for her roles as Ayn Rand in the Showtime television film The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999) and Queen Elizabeth I in the HBO miniseries Elizabeth I (2005) She also acted in the TNT film Door to Door (2002), the HBO movie Phil Spector (2013), the HBO miniseries Catherine the Great (2019), and the Paramount+ Western series 1923 (2022).

Film +Key Denotes works that have not yet been released Year Title Role Notes 1966 Press for Time Penelope Squires Uncredited 1967 Herostratus Advert Woman 1968 Hermia 1969 Age of Consent Cora Ryan 1970 Red Hot Shot Unknown 1972 Savage Messiah Gosh Boyle Miss Julie Miss Julie 1973 O Lucky Man! Patricia 1976 Hamlet Ophelia/Gertrude 1979 Caligula Caesonia 1980 Hussy Beaty Alice Rage Victoria 1981 Excalibur Morgana 1984 Cal Marcella 2010 Tanya Kirbuk 1985 Heavenly Pursuits Ruth Chancellor Coming Through Frieda von Richthofen Weekley White Nights Galina Ivanova 1986 Mother Fox 1988 Pascali's Island Lydia Neuman 1989 When the Whales Came Clemmie Jenkins Georgina Spica 1990 Bethune: The Making of a Hero Frances Penny Bethune A Story is Not Final II: The Second Chapter Xanyides Caroline 1991 Where Angels Fear to Tread Lilia Herriton 1993 Annie Marsh Royal Deceit Geruth 1994 Queen Charlotte Children of God The Narrator (voice) 1995 Snow Queen (voice) A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. 1996 Some Mother's Son Kathleen Quigley Also associate producer 1997 Critical Care Stella 1998 Sidoglio Smithee Herself Queen Tuya (voice) 1999 Teaching Mrs. Tingle Mrs. Eve Tingle 2000 Greenfingers Georgina Woodhouse 2001 Doctor No Such Thing The Boss Happy Birthday Distinguished Woman Also director Last Orders Amy Gosford Park Mrs. Wilson 2003 Calendar Girls Chris Harper 2004 Eileen Hayes Raising Helen Dominique 2005 Deep Thought (voice) Shadowboxer Rose 2006 Elizabeth II 2007 National Treasure: Book of Secrets Emily Appleton 2008 Inkheart Elinor Loredan 2009 State of Play Cameron Lynne Sofya Tolstoy 2010 Love Ranch Grace Bontempo Prospera Brighton Rock Ida RED Victoria Winslow Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Nyra (voice) The Debt Rachel Singer 2011 Arthur Lillian Hobson 2012 The Door Emerenc Hitchcock Alma Reville 2013 Monsters University Dean Hardscrabble (voice) RED 2 Victoria Winslow 2014 The Hundred-Foot Journey Madame Mallory 2015 Woman in Gold Maria Altmann Unity Narrator (voice) Eye in the Sky Colonel Katherine Powell Trumbo Hedda Hopper 2016 Collateral Beauty Brigitte 2017 Cries from Syria Narrator (voice) The Fate of the Furious Magdalene "Queenie" Shaw Uncredited The Leisure Seeker Ella Spencer 2018 Winchester Sarah Winchester The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Mother Ginger 2019 Berlin, I Love You Margaret Anna Olga Hobbs & Shaw Magdalene "Queenie" Shaw The Good Liar Betty McLeish #AnneFrank. Parallel Stories Narrator (voice) 2020 The One and Only Ivan Snickers (voice) The Duke Dorothy Bunton 2021 F9 Magdalene "Queenie" Shaw 2023 Golda Golda Meir Shazam! Fury of the Gods Hespera Fast X Magdalene "Queenie" Shaw Barbie Narrator 2024 White Bird Grandmère / old Sara Blum 2025 The Thursday Murder Club Elizabeth Best Goodbye June June Cheshire 2026 Patricia Highsmith Post-production

Television Year Title Role Notes 1974 Thriller Stella McKenzie/Angela Ludlow Episode: "A Coffin for the Bride" 1974–1978 BBC Play of the Month Various 4 episodes 1975 Caesar and Claretta Claretta Petacci TV film 1975 The Philanthropist Celia TV film 1978, 1982 BBC Television Shakespeare Rosalind/Imogen Episodes: As You Like It, Cymbeline 1979 ITV Playhouse Joanne Episode: "The Quiz Kid" S.O.S. Titanic Mary Sloan TV film 1985 The Twilight Zone Maddie Duncan Episode: "Dead Woman's Shoes" 1987 Faerie Tale Theatre Princess Amelia Episode: "The Little Mermaid" Cause Célèbre Alma Rattenbury TV film 1988 Coming Through Frieda von Richtofen Weekley 1989 Red King, White Knight Anna 1991–2006 Prime Suspect Jane Tennison 15 episodes 1993 The Hidden Room Episode: "Love Crimes" 1996 Losing Chase Chase Phillips TV film 1997 Painted Lady Maggie Sheridan Miniseries 1998 Tracey Takes On... Professor Horen Episode: "Culture" 1999 Ayn Rand TV film 2002 Door to Door Mrs. Porter Georgetown Annabelle Garrison 2003 Karen Stone2004FrasierBabette (voice)Episode: "Coots and Ladders" Pride Macheeba VoiceTV film 2005 Third Watch Annie Foster Episode: "Revelations" Elizabeth I Queen Elizabeth I Miniseries, 2 episodes 2010 Saturday Night Live Herself Episode: "Bryan Cranston/Kanye West" 2011 Saturday Night Live Herself (host) Episode: "Helen Mirren/Foo Fighters" 2012 Glee Becky's Inner Voice Uncredited voice role; 2 episodes 2013 Phil Spector Linda Kenney Baden TV film 2015–present Documentary Now! Herself (host) 26 episodes 2017 World War One Remembered: Passchendaele Herself (host) Miniseries 2019 Catherine the Great Catherine the Great Miniseries, 4 episodes and also executive producer 2020 Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine Billy Bush Television special 2021 Solos Peg Episode: "Peg" Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses Herself (host) Television special When Nature Calls with Helen Mirren Narrator (voice)7 episodes 2022 Human Resources Shame Wizard Rita St. Swithens (voice) Episode: "Bad Mummies" 2022–2025 1923 Cara Dutton Main cast 2025–present MobLand Maeve Harrigan

Music videos Year Title Role Notes2022"Count Me Out"Kendrick's Therapist

Theatre

Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, National Youth Theatre, The Old Vic, London, 1965 Cathleen, Long Day's Journey into Night, Century Theatre, Manchester, 1965 Kitty, Charley's Aunt, Century Theatre, Manchester, 1967 Nerissa, The Merchant of Venice, Century Theatre, Manchester, 1967 Castiza, The Revenger's Tragedy, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1967 Diana, All's Well That Ends Well, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1967 Cressida, Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1968 Hero, Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1968–1969 Win-the-Fight Littlewit, Bartholomew Fair, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1969 Lady Anne, Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1970 Ophelia, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1970 Julia, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1970 Tatyana, Enemies, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1971 Harriet, The Man of Mode, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1971 Title role, Miss Julie, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1971 Elayne, The Balcony, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1971 Isabella, Measure for Measure, Riverside Studios, London, 1974 Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1974, then Aldwych Theatre, 1975 Maggie, Teeth 'n' Smiles, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1975, then Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1976 Nina, The Seagull, Lyric Theatre, London, 1975 Ella, The Bed Before Yesterday, Lyric Theatre, 1975 Queen Margaret, Henry VI, Parts I, II and III, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1977, then Aldwych Theatre, 1978 Title role, The Duchess of Malfi, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, 1980, then The Roundhouse, London, 1981 Grace, Faith Healer, Royal Court Theatre, 1981 Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Pit Theatre, London, 1983 Moll Cutpurse, The Roaring Girl, Barbican Theatre, London, 1983 Marjorie, Extremities, Duchess Theatre, London, 1984 Title role, Madame Bovary, Watford Palace Theatre, 1987 Angela, "Some Kind of Love Story" and dying woman, "Elegy for a Lady," in Two-Way Mirror (double-bill), Young Vic Theatre, London, 1989 Rosetta Borsi, Sex Please, We're Italian, Young Vic Theatre, 1991 Natalya Petrovna, A Month in the Country, Albery Theatre, London, 1994, then Criterion Theatre, New York City, 1995 Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Royal National Theatre, London, 1998 Collected Stories, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, 1999 Lady Torrance, Orpheus Descending, Donmar Warehouse, London, 2000 Alice, The Dance of Death, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 2001 Christine Mannon, Mourning Becomes Electra, Royal National Theatre, 2003 Title role, Phèdre, Royal National Theatre, 2009 Elizabeth II, The Audience, Gielgud Theatre, London, 2013 Elizabeth II, The Audience, Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, New York City, 2015

See also List of awards and nominations received by Helen Mirren

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