Helen Mirren (1945)

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Helen Mirren
General Information
Birth Name	Helen Lydia Mironoff
Aliases	Dame Helen Lydia Mirren
Gender	Female
Birth Place	Hammersmith, London, England
Birth Date	July 26, 1945
Occupation	Actress, Director, Producer
Years Active	1965 to Present

Background

Helen Mirren ( b. 26 July 1945 ) is an English actress, director, and producer. She was a classic stage thespian who transitioned into live action television and cinematic roles; as well as voice acting performances.

Mirren is highly regarded as one of the finest actress in the world and is noteworthy career spanning over 60 years. She has been a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and had performances in both the West End and Broadway. Among her various accolades and awards include winning five Emmys, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, an Academy Award, an Oliver Award, and a Tony Award.

She is most well known for her film roles in The Queen and Hitchcock; and for her extended role as DCI Jane Tennison in the Prime Suspect TV series.

Filmography

• Press for Time (1966)
• The Extravaganza of Golgotha Smuts (1967)
• Herostratus (1967)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
• Age of Consent (1969)
• Red Hot Shot (1970)
• Doing Her Own Thing (1970)
• ITV Sunday Night Theatre (1971) 1 episode
• Cousin Bette (1971) 5 episodes
• Savage Messiah (1972)
• Miss Julie (1972)
• O Lucky Man! (1973)
• Thriller (1974) 1 episode
• Bellamira (1974)
• BBC Play of the Month (1974-77) 4 episodes
• Caesar and Claretta (1975)
• The Philanthropist (1975)
• Great Performances (1976) 1 episode
• Hamlet (1976)
• As You Like It (1978)
• ITV Playhouse (1979) 1 episode
• Oresteia (1979) 1 episode
• Caligula (1979)
• S.O.S. Titanic (1979)
• The Quiz Kid (1979)
• Play for Today (1979-82) 2 episodes
• Hussy (1980)
• The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)
• The Long Good Friday (1980)
• Excalibur (1981)
• BBC2 Playhouse (1981) 1 episode
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981)
• Cymbeline (1982)
• Cal (1984)
• 2010 (1984)
• The Twilight Zone (1985) 1 episode
• White Nights (1985)
• Coming Through (1985)
• The Gospel According to Vic (1986)
• The Mosquito Coast (1986)
• Invocation: Maya Deren (1987)
• Faerie Tale Theatre (1987) 1 episode
• Cause celebre (1987)
• Pascali's Island (1988)
• When the Whales Came (1989)
• The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
• Red King, White Knight (1989)
• The Comfort of Strangers (1990)
• Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990)
• Prime Suspect (1991) 2 episodes
• Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)
• Prime Suspect 2 (1992) 2 episodes
• The Hidden Room (1993) 1 episode
• The Hawk (1993)
• Prime Suspect 3 (1993) 2 episodes
• Entertainment Cops (1994)
• Royal Deceit (1994)
• The Madness of King George (1994)
• Prime Suspect: The Lost Child (1995)
• Prime Suspect: Inner Circles (1995)
• Prime Suspect: The Scent of Darkness (1995)
• The Snow Queen (1995)
• Reading Rainbow (1996) 1 episode
• 1914-1918 (1996) 2 episodes
• Losing Chase (1996)
• Some Mother's Son (1996)
• Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement (1996) 1 episode
• Critical Care (1997)
• Painted Lady (1997)
• Tracey Takes On... (1998) 1 episode
• Sidoglio Smithee (1998)
• The Prince of Egypt (1998)
• The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999)
• French and Saunders (1999) 1 episode
• Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
• Long Night's Journey Into Day (2000)
• Greenfingers (2000)
• The Pledge (2001)
• No Such Thing (2001)
• Happy Birthday (2001)
• Last Orders (2001)
• Gosford Park (2001)
• Door to Door (2002)
• A Salute to Robert Altman, an American Maverick (2002)
• Georgetown (2002)
• The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003)
• Calendar Girls (2003)
• Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness (2003) 1 episode
• The Clearing (2004)
• American Masters (2004) 1 episode
• Frasier (2004) 1 episode
• Raising Helen (2004)
• Pride (2004)
• Third Watch (2005) 1 episode
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
• Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula (2005)
• Shadowboxer (2005)
• ITV 50 Greatest Shows (2005)
• Elizabeth I (2005) 2 episodes
• Best Ever Muppet Moments (2006)
• The Queen (2006)
• Bloody Business (2006)
• Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act (2006) 1 episode
• TV's 50 Greatest Stars (2006)
• National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
• Top Gear (2007) 1 episode
• Richard & Judy's Christmas Books (2007)
• Inkheart (2008)
• How TV Changed Britain (2008) 2 episodes
• Kiran Bedi: Yes Madam, Sir (2008)
• The Perfect TV Detective (2008)
• Helen Mirren a Conversation with Cora (2009)
• 30 Rock (2009) 1 episode
• State of Play (2009)
• National Theatre Live: Phedre (2009)
• The Last Station (2009)
• Love Ranch (2010)
• The Debt (2010)
• The Tempest (2010)
• The Hunt for Britain's Sex Traffickers (2010)
• Brighton Rock (2010)
• Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
• RED (2010)
• Saturday Night Live (2010-11) 2 episodes
• When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal and Helen Mirren (2011)
• Arthur (2011)
• Arabia 3D (2011)
• The Door (2012)
• Glee (2012) 2 episodes
• Hitchcock (2012)
• Shakespeare Uncovered (2012) 1 episode
• Phil Spector (2013)
• Goodbye Granadaland (2013)
• Monsters University (2013)
• National Theatre Live: The Audience (2013)
• RED 2 (2013)
• National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (2013)
• Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story (2014)
• The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)
• Woman in Gold (2015)
• Eye in the Sky (2015)
• Trumbo (2015)
• Unity (2015)
• Behind the Sword in the Stone (2015)
• Collateral Beauty (2016)
• The Fate of the Furious (2017)
• The Leisure Seeker (2017)
• Winchester (2018)
• The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
• Anna (2019)
• Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
• F9: The Fast Saga (2021)
• Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)
• Fast X (2023)
• Barbie (2023)

Trivia

• Is the only actress who has ever played Queen Elizabeth ― both of them. She played Queen Elizabeth I who reigned from 1558 to 1603 in the Elizabeth I TV mini-series and subsequently Queen Elizabeth II who reigned from 1952 to 2022 in The Queen.

Quotes

• "Actors are rogues and vagabonds. Or they ought to be."

• "You can't control how other people see you or think of you. But you have to be comfortable with that."

• "I don't believe that if you do good, good things will happen. Everything is completely accidental and random. Sometimes bad things happen to very good people and sometimes good things happen to bad people. But at least if you try to do good things, then you're spending your time doing something worthwhile."

• "I don't like the word 'strong,' because a strong character is never an interesting character. A character is made interesting by their vulnerabilities and their weaknesses."

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