Age: 74
Birthday: 26th July
Dame Helen Mirren, is an English actor. Excelling on stage with the National Youth Theatre, her 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. She is one of the few performers who have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting in the US. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen, the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the same role in The Audience, and has won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie four times.
Mirren's other Academy Award nominations were for The Madness of King George (1994), Gosford Park (2001), and The Last Station (2009).
After her breakthrough film role in The Long Good Friday (1980), some other notable film roles include 2010 (1984), Calendar Girls (2003), Hitchcock (2012), The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014) and Woman in Gold (2015). She also appeared in the action films Red (2010) and Red 2 (2013), playing an ex-MI6 assassin, and Hobbs & Shaw (2019).
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS: 4 WIN: 1
2010 - Best Leading Actress: THE LAST STATION
2007 - WIN: Best Leading Actress: THE QUEEN
2002 - Best Supporting Actress: GOSFORD PARK
1995 - Best Supporting Actress: THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE
BAFTA NOMINATIONS: 11 WIN: 4
2013 - Best Leading Actress: HITCHCOCK
2007 - WIN: Best Leading Actress: THE QUEEN
2004 - Best Leading TV Actress: PRIME SUSPECT
2002 - Best Supporting Actress: GOSFORD PARK
1997 - Best Leading TV Actress: PRIME SUSPECT
1996 - Best Leading Actress: THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE
1996 - Best Leading TV Actress: PRIME SUSPECT
1994 - WIN: Best Leading TV Actress: PRIME SUSPECT
1993 - WIN: Best Leading TV Actress: PRIME SUSPECT
1992 - WIN: Best Leading TV Actress: PRIME SUSPECT
1984 - Best Leading Actress: CAL
GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS: 16 WIN: 2
2020 - Best Leading TV Actress: CATHERINE THE GREAT
2018 - Best Leading Actress: THE LEISURE SEEKER
2016 - Best Supporting Actress: TRUMBO
2015 - Best Leading Actress: THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY
2014 - Best Leading TV Actress: PHIL SPECTOR
2013 - Best Leading Actress: HITCHCOCK
2010 - Best Leading Actress: THE LAST STATION
2007 - WIN: Best Leading Actress: THE QUEEN
2007 - WIN: Best Leading TV Actress: ELIZABETH I
2007 - Best Leading TV Actress: PRIME SUSPECT
2004 - Best Leading Actress: CALENDAR GIRLS
2004 - Best Leading TV Actress: THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS STONE
2003 - Best Leading TV Actress: DOOR TO DOOR
2002 - Best Supporting Actress: GOSFORD PARK
2000 - Best Leading TV Actress: THE PASSION OF AYN RAND
1997 - WIN: Best Leading TV Actress: LOSING CHASE
How do you rate Dame Helen Mirren's movies?
WATCH HELEN MIRREN THIS WEEK
ON TV:
FILM: National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
Thursday 25th June, Sky Cinema Disney, 3:45pm / 6:00pm
Mirren joins the cast of this Disney adventure for the sequel.
ON NETFLIX:
FILM: RED (2010) (Age 12)
Mirren has fun as one of a group of elderly assassins in this action comedy.
ON AMAZON PRIME:
FILM: The Queen (2006)
Helen Mirren won the Oscar for her portrayal of our Royal Monarch in this classic drama.
FILM: Collateral Beauty (2016) (Age 12+)
Some of Britain's finest actors, including Helen Mirren, star alongside Will Smith in this ensemble drama.
What's your favourite Helen Mirren performance / film?
