Helen Mirren

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Helen Mirren has won international recognition for her work on stage, screen and television. For her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen in 2006, she received an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award, and BAFTA Award for Best Actress. She was also named Best Actress by virtually every critics organization from Los Angeles to London. In 2014 she was honored with the BAFTA Fellowship for her outstanding career in film. On television she played the title role in Elizabeth I for which she won Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Awards.
Mirren began her career in the role of Cleopatra at the National Youth Theatre. She then joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she starred in such productions as Troilus and Cressida and Macbeth. In 1972, she joined renowned director Peter Brooks Theatre Company and toured the world. Since then her theatre work has spanned numerous productions in the West End, the Fringe, the RSC, the National Theatre and Broadway, including A Month in the Country, for which she received a Tony nomination, and The Dance of Death opposite Ian McKellen. Subsequent productions include Orpheus Descending at the Donmar Warehouse and Mourning Becomes Electra at the National, for which she received an Olivier Best Actress Award nomination. She returned to the National in 2009 in the title role of Racine Phedre directed by Nicholas Hytner. This made history when it became the first theatre production to be filmed for "NTLive" and was seen in cinemas throughout the world. In her most recent performance in 2013 in London's West End, she reprised her role of Queen Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan's The Audience, directed by Stephen Daldry, for which she won an Olivier Award for Best Actress. She reprised the role on Broadway for which she received the 2015 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.

In 2013 she starred alongside Anthony Hopkins in the film Hitchcock, and with Al Pacino in HBO's "Phil Spector," for which she won a SAG Award for her performance. On television she earned an Emmy and three BAFTAs for playing Jane Tennison in the multi award-winning series "Prime Suspect." Her other television includes "Losing Chase," for which she won a Golden Globe Award, "The Passion of Ayn Rand," for which she won a Emmy Award, "Door to Door" and "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone."

Helen Mirren became a Dame of the British Empire in 2003.

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Helen Mirren STAGE CREDITS

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2015
Queen Elizabeth II

[West End]
2013
Queen Elizabeth II

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2001
Alice

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1995
Natalya Petrovna


Helen Mirren Movies

Herostratus
[ 1967 ] Advert Woman
A Midsummer Night's Dream
[ 1968 ] Hermia
Age of Consent
[ 1969 ] Cora
Savage Messiah
[ 1972 ] Gosh Boyle
Hamlet
[ 1976 ] Ophelia, Gertrude
Caligula
[ 1979 ] Caesonia
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
[ 1980 ] Alice Rage
Hussy
[ 1980 ] Beaty
The Long Good Friday
[ 1980 ] Victoria
Excalibur
[ 1981 ] Morgana
2010: The Year We Make Contact
[ 1984 ] Tanya Kirbuk
Cal
[ 1984 ] Marcella
White Nights
[ 1985 ] Galina Ivanova
The Gospel According to Vic
[ 1986 ] Ruth Chancellor
The Mosquito Coast
[ 1986 ] Mother
Pascali's Island
[ 1988 ] Lydia Neuman
When the Whales Came
[ 1989 ] Clemmie Jenkins
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
[ 1989 ] Georgina
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
[ 1990 ] Frances Penny Bethune
The Comfort of Strangers
[ 1990 ] Caroline
Where Angels Fear to Tread
[ 1991 ] Lilia Herriton
The Hawk
[ 1993 ] Annie Marsh
Royal Deceit
[ 1994 ] Geruth
The Madness of King George
[ 1994 ] Queen Charlotte
The Snow Queen
[ 1995 ] Snow Queen
Some Mother's Son
[ 1996 ] Kathleen Quigley
Critical Care
[ 1997 ] Stella
The Prince of Egypt
[ 1998 ] The Queen
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
[ 1999 ] Mrs. Tingle
Greenfingers
[ 2000 ] Georgina Woodhouse
Gosford Park
[ 2001 ] Mrs. Wilson
Last Orders
[ 2001 ] Amy
The Pledge
[ 2001 ] Doctor
No Such Thing
[ 2001 ] The Boss
Calendar Girls
[ 2003 ] Chris
Raising Helen
[ 2004 ] Dominique
The Clearing
[ 2004 ] Eileen Hayes
Shadowboxer
[ 2005 ] Rose, Mikey's'stepmother
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
[ 2005 ] Deep Thought
The Queen
[ 2006 ] The Queen
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
[ 2007 ] Emily Appleton
Inkheart
[ 2008 ] Elinor
State of Play
[ 2009 ] Cameron Lynne
Phèdre
[ 2009 ] Phèdre
The Last Station
[ 2009 ] Sofya
The Debt
[ 2010 ] Rachel Singer
The Tempest
[ 2010 ] Prospera
Brighton Rock
[ 2010 ] Ida
RED
[ 2010 ] Victoria
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
[ 2010 ] Nyra
Love Ranch
[ 2010 ] Grace Bontempo
Arthur
[ 2011 ] Hobson
Hitchcock
[ 2012 ] Alma Reville
The Door
[ 2012 ] Emerenc
RED 2
[ 2013 ] Victoria
Monsters University
[ 2013 ] Dean Hardscrabble
The Audience
[ 2013 ] Queen Elizabeth II
The Hundred-Foot Journey
[ 2014 ] Madame Mallory
Trumbo
[ 2015 ] Hedda Hopper
Eye in the Sky
[ 2015 ] Colonel Katherine Powell
Woman in Gold
[ 2015 ] Maria Altmann
Collateral Beauty
[ 2016 ] Brigitte
The Leisure Seeker
[ 2017 ] Ella Spencer
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
[ 2018 ] Mother Ginger
Winchester
[ 2018 ] Sarah Winchester
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
[ 2019 ] Queenie
Anna
[ 2019 ] Olga
The Good Liar
[ 2019 ] Betty McLeish
Berlin, I Love You
[ 2019 ] Margaret
The Duke
[ 2020 ] Dorothy Bunton
The One and Only Ivan
[ 2020 ] Snickers
F9: The Fast Saga
[ 2021 ] Queenie
Golda
[ 2023 ] Golda Meir
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
[ 2023 ] Hespera
Fast X
[ 2023 ] Queenie

Helen Mirren TV Shows

1923
Cara Dutton
Prime Suspect
DCI Jane Tennison

Helen Mirren Awards and Nominations


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BroadwayWorld Awards - 2015 - Best Leading Actress in a Play

Helen Mirren, The Audience


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Drama Desk Awards - 2015 - Outstanding Actress in a Play

Helen Mirren, The Audience

Drama League Awards - 2015 - Distinguished Performance Award

Helen Mirren, The Audience


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Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2015 - Outstanding Actress in a Play

Helen Mirren, The Audience


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Tony Awards - 2015 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Helen Mirren, The Audience


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Evening Standard Awards - 2013 - Best Actress

Helen MirrenThe Audience


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Olivier Awards - 2013 - Best Actress

Helen MirrenThe Audience

Olivier Awards - 2004 - Best Actress

Helen MirrenMourning Becomes Electra

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2002 - Outstanding Actress in a Play

Helen Mirren, Dance of Death

Tony Awards - 2002 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Helen Mirren, Dance of Death

Olivier Awards - 2001 - Best Actress

Helen MirrenOrpheus Descending

Drama Desk Awards - 1995 - Outstanding Actress - Play

Helen Mirren, A Month in the Country


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Outer Critics Circle Awards - 1995 - Best Debut Performance

Helen Mirren, A Month in the Country


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Theatre World Awards - 1995 - Performance

Helen Mirren, A Month in the Country

Tony Awards - 1995 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Helen Mirren , A Month in the Country

Olivier Awards - 1983 - Actress of the Year in a Revival

Helen MirrenAntony And Cleopatra

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Helen Mirren News


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Ryan Gosling Will Perform 'I'm Just Ken' at the Oscars

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Video: Watch Barbra Streisand's Life Achievement Award Acceptance Speech at the 30th Annual SAG Awards

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THE COLOR PURPLE, MAESTRO & More Nominated For SAG Awards - Full List of Nominations!

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Da'vine Joy Randolph, Emma Stone & More Win Golden Globe Awards - Full List of Winners!

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Ryan Gosling Drops Holiday Remix of 'I'm Just Ken' in New EP With Three New Versions of the BARBIE Song

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BARBIE Is Now Streaming on Max

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Meet the Cast of DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES, Beginning Previews on Broadway Tonight!

Following the critically acclaimed, sold out run at Atlantic Theater Company, Days of Wine and Roses opens on Broadway on Sunday, January 28, 2024 at Studio 54. This limited 16-week engagement begins previews tonight, January 6, 2024. Meet the cast of Days of Wine and Roses here!

Helen Mirren FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Helen Mirren been in?

Helen Mirren has appeared on Broadway in 3 shows.

How many West End shows has Helen Mirren been in?

Helen Mirren has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.

What was Helen Mirren's first West End show?

Helen Mirren's first West End show was The Audience which opened in 2013

What awards has Helen Mirren been nominated for?

Helen Mirren has been nominated for several awards throughout her Broadway career. These include Best Leading Actress in a Play at the BroadwayWorld Awards, Outstanding Actress in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards, Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards, Outstanding Actress in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards, Best Actress at the Evening Standard Awards, Best Actress at the Olivier Awards, and more. Her nominations span various productions such as "The Audience," "Mourning Becomes Electra," "Dance of Death," "Orpheus Descending," "A Month in the Country," and "Antony And Cleopatra."

What awards has Helen Mirren won?

Helen Mirren has won several awards for her performances on Broadway, including Best Leading Actress in a Play at the BroadwayWorld Awards, Outstanding Actress in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards, and Outstanding Actress in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, all for her role in "The Audience." She also won the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards, Best Actress at the Evening Standard Awards, and Best Actress at the Olivier Awards for the same production. Additionally, she won the Best Debut Performance at the Outer Critics Circle Awards and a Performance award at the Theatre World Awards for her role in "A Month in the Country."

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