Helen Mirren
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Helen Mirren, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
MobLand
2025
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The View
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest · 2015
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest · 1993
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest · 2019
MobLand
as Maeve Harrigan · 2025
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host · 1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited) · 1975
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest · 2007
The View
as Self · 1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self · 2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest · 1988
Frasier
as Babette (voice) · 1993
Leute heute
as Self · 1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest · 1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self · 1992
The One Show
as Self - Guest · 2006
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self (voice) · 2014
Great Performances
as Stella · 1971
Glee
as Becky's Inner Voice (voice) · 2009
Third Watch
as Annie Foster · 1999
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner · 1944
The South Bank Show
· 1978
American Idol
as Self · 2002
Play for Today
· 1970
Play for Today
as Angela · 1970
Top Gear
as Self · 2002
The Masked Singer
as Self - Clue Giver (video) · 2019
The Twilight Zone
as Maddie Duncan (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes") · 1985
Screen Two
as Annie Marsh · 1985
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 · 1965
GMTV
as Self · 1993
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self · 2015
Film '72
as Self · 1971
Playhouse
as Mrs. Reinhardt · 1974
Omnibus
· 1967
Fast X
as Queenie · 2023
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
as Self – Actor · 2022
Parkinson
as Self · 1998
1923
as Cara Dutton · 2022
Barbie
as Narrator (voice) · 2023
The Jonathan Ross Show
as Self · 2011
An Audience with...
as Self · 1978
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1983
Today
as Self · 1952
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
as Rachel · 1969
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
Monsters University
as Dean Hardscrabble (voice) · 2013
Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery
as Self · 2001
TFI Friday
· 1996
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
as Queenie Shaw · 2019
Parkinson
as Self - Guest · 2004
Prime Suspect
as Jane Tennison · 1991
Goldene Kamera
as Self · 1984
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self - Guest · 2001
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Princess Emilia · 1982
The Fate of the Furious
as Queenie (uncredited) · 2017
The Prince of Egypt
as Queen (voice) · 1998
Live from E!
as Herself · 2002
The BBC Television Shakespeare
as Rosalind · 1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
as Titania · 1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
as Imogen · 1978
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
as Hespera · 2023
Documentary Now!
as Helen Mirren - Host · 2015
The Frank Skinner Show
as Self · 1995
Human Resources
as Shame Wizard Rita St. Swithens (voice) · 2022
Thriller
as Stella McKenzie · 1973
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
as Emily Appleton · 2007
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
as Mother Ginger · 2018
The Hidden Room
as Sarah · 1991
RED
as Victoria · 2010
French & Saunders
as Herself · 1987
Collateral Beauty
as Brigitte · 2016
Remembers…
· 2022
Remembers…
as Self · 2022
The Thursday Murder Club
as Elizabeth · 2025
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Deep Thought (voice) · 2005
F9
as Queenie Shaw · 2021
The Early Show
as Self · 1999
State of Play
as Cameron Lynne · 2009
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self · 2023
Caligula
as Caesonia · 1979
Eye in the Sky
as Colonel Katherine Powell · 2015
Anna
as Olga · 2019
Cousin Bette
as Valérie Marneffe · 1971
RED 2
as Victoria · 2013
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
as Nyra (voice) · 2010
Inkheart
as Elinor · 2008
Excalibur
as Morgana · 1981
Goodbye June
as June · 2025
Solos
as Peg · 2021
Woman in Gold
as Maria Altmann · 2015
The Duke
as Dorothy Bunton · 2021
Laurence Olivier Presents
· 1976
The Good Liar
as Betty McLeish · 2019
Winchester
as Sarah Winchester · 2018
The One and Only Ivan
as Snickers (voice) · 2020
The Hundred-Foot Journey
as Madam Mallory · 2014
Catherine the Great
as Catherine the Great · 2019
White Bird
as Grandmére · 2023
The Queen
as The Queen · 2006
The Pledge
as Doctor · 2001
2010
as Tanya Kirbuk · 1984
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
as Georgina Spica · 1989
The Long Good Friday
as Victoria · 1980
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses
as Self - Host · 2021
This Morning
as Self · 1988
British Film Forever
· 2007
Gosford Park
as Mrs. Wilson · 2001
Raising Helen
as Dominique Courier · 2004
Ruby Wax Meets
· 1996
Calendar Girls
as Chris Harper · 2003
The Clearing
as Eileen Hayes · 2004
Elizabeth I
as Queen Elizabeth I · 2005
Hitchcock
as Alma Reville · 2012
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
as Mrs. Tingle · 1999
The Mosquito Coast
as Mother Fox · 1986
A Talent for Murder
as Patricia Highsmith · 2026
The Leisure Seeker
as Ella Spencer · 2018
Berlin, I Love You
as Margaret · 2019
The Debt
as Rachel Singer · 2010
Trumbo
as Hedda Hopper · 2015
Private Affairs
as Claretta Petacci · 1975
Secrets of the Museum
as Queen Elizabeth (archive) · 2020
Golda
as Golda Meir · 2023
The Madness of King George
as Queen Charlotte · 1994
White Nights
as Galina Ivanova · 1985
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
as Self · 2023
Arthur
as Hobson · 2011
The Comfort of Strangers
as Caroline · 1990
S.O.S. Titanic
as May Sloan, Stewardess · 1980
The Tempest
as Prospera · 2010
The Last Station
as Sofya Tolstoya · 2009
Some Mother's Son
as Kathleen Quigley · 1996
Age of Consent
as Cora Ryan · 1969
Painted Lady
as Maggie Sheridan · 1997
Pascali's Island
as Lydia Neuman · 1988
O Lucky Man!
as Patricia / Casting Assistant · 1973
Phil Spector
as Linda Kenney Baden · 2013
Celebrity Naked Ambition
as Self (archive footage) · 2003
Critical Care
as Stella · 1997
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
as Karen Stone · 2003
Where Angels Fear to Tread
as Lilia Herriton · 1991
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage) · 2021
Unity
as Narrator (voice) · 2015
Last Orders
as Amy · 2001
Armani and the Birth of Italian Fashion
· 2026
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
as Frances Penny Bethune · 1993
All the Queen's Horses with Alan Titchmarsh
as Self · 2009
Radioman
as Self · 2012
Istintobrass
as Self · 2013
Greenfingers
as Georgina Woodhouse · 2001
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
as Lip-sync Billy Bush · 2020
On the Edge
as Distinguished Woman (segment "Happy Birthday") (uncredited) · 2001
Shadowboxer
as Rose · 2005
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century
as Self · 2026
The Making of Gosford Park
as Self · 2002
Live from Studio Five
as Self · 2009
Prince of Jutland
as Geruth · 1994
Love Ranch
as Grace Bontempo · 2010
National Theatre Live: The Audience
as The Queen · 2013
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Self - Performer · 2016
Pride
as Macheeba (voice) · 2004
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
as Self (archive footage) · 1999
Brighton Rock
as Ida · 2010
The Passion of Ayn Rand
as Ayn Rand · 1999
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Hermia · 1968
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
as Alice Rage · 1980
Red Hot Shot
· 1970
On Broadway
as Self · 2019
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
as Self · 2013
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
as Self · 2023
The Snow Queen
as The Snow Queen · 1995
Herostratus
as Advert Woman · 1967
The Pulitzer At 100
as Self · 2017
Parkinson at 50
as Self (archive footage) · 2021
Hussy
as Beaty Simons · 1980
Door to Door
as Mrs. Porter · 2002
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
as Narrator (voice) · 2004
When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren
as Sharon · 2011
An Accidental Studio
as Self (archive footage) · 2019
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
as Tiberia · 2005
The Collection
as Stella · 1976
When the Whales Came
as Clemmie Jenkins · 1989
An Audience with Mel Brooks
as Self (uncredited) · 1984
Heavenly Pursuits
as Ruth Chancellor · 1986
Helen Mirren - Queen of Actresses
as Self (archive) · 2023
When Nature Calls with Helen Mirren
as Narrator (voice) · 2021
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Titania · 1981
Red King, White Knight
as Anna · 1989
Cal
as Marcella · 1984
A Friend in New Orleans
as Herself · 1992
Kendrick Lamar Live: The Big Steppers Tour
as Therapist (voice) · 2022
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
as Herself · 1984
Blue Remembered Hills
as Angela · 1979
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive material) · 2015
L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth
as Self · 2021
No Such Thing
as The Boss · 2002
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
· 2009
The Little Mermaid
as Princess Emilia · 1987
#AnneFrank. Parallel Stories
as Narrator · 2019
The Hawk
as Annie Marsh · 1993
Pas de Deux: Making 'White Nights'
as Self · 2006
This Ordinary Thing
as Self (voice) · 2025
Savage Messiah
as Gosh Boyle · 1972
Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts
as Self · 2011
Co-Op: Original Cast Album
as Helen Mirren
Losing Chase
as Chase Phillips · 1996
Mrs. Reinhardt
as Mrs. Reinhardt · 1981
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
as Self · 2017
The Making of 'The Queen'
as Self · 2007
A Coffin for the Bride
as Stella McKenzie · 1974
The Door
as Emerenc Szeredás · 2012
Best Ever Muppet Moments
as Self · 2006
Duse, the Greatest
· 2025
The Changeling
as Beatrice-Joanna · 1974
Long Night's Journey into Day
as Narrator · 2000
A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'
as Self / Caesonia · 1981
Robert Altman in England
as Self · 2002
The Country Wife
as Margery Pinchwife · 1977
Arabia 3D
as Narrator (voice) · 2010
The Making of Excalibur: Myth into Movie
as Self · 1981
Cause Célèbre
as Alma Rattenbury · 1987
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
as Phèdre · 2009
As You Like It
as Rosalind · 1978
Sniff
as The Spider
O Lucky Man! Innovations in Entertainment
as Herself · 1973
Coming Through
as Frieda von Richtofen Weekley · 1985
Children of God
as Narrator · 1994
Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story
as Narrator · 2014
Brook by Brook
as Self · 2002
The Jazz Baroness
as Nica - Narrator · 2009
Cries from Syria
as Narrator · 2017
Soft Targets
as Celia · 1982
Caesar and Claretta
as Claretta Petacci · 1975
Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday
as Herself · 2006
The Apple Cart
· 1975
The Empty Space
as Self · 1975
The Philanthropist
as Celia · 1975
Cymbeline
as Imogen · 1983
Hamlet
as Ophelia / Gertrude · 1976
The Little Minister
as Babbie · 1975
Yes Madam, Sir
as Narrator · 2009
Escape from Extinction
as Narrator (voice) · 2021
Goodbye Granadaland
as Self · 2013
Invocation: Maya Deren
as Narrator · 1986
Miss Julie
as Miss Julie · 1972