Helen Mirren

Dame Helen Mirren is an English actor. With a career spanning over six decades of <a href="/facts/Helen_Mirren_on_screen_and_stage/WXUGGJfL">screen and stage</a>, <a href="/facts/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Helen_Mirren/H0fk8X3P">her accolades</a> include an <a href="/facts/Academy_Award/CwTxYuNQ">Academy Award</a>, five <a href="/facts/Emmy_Awards/M6GvMDJc">Emmy Awards</a>, a <a href="/facts/Tony_Award/Md77rBE0">Tony Award</a>, four <a href="/facts/BAFTA_Awards/GszEPR7E">BAFTA Awards</a>, and a <a href="/facts/Laurence_Olivier_Award/E5kWXxU3">Laurence Olivier Award</a>. She is the only person to have achieved both the <a href="/facts/Triple_Crown_of_Acting/2LzqpMH3">US</a> and <a href="/facts/Triple_Crown_(UK_entertainment)/gJG5Yz2m">UK Triple Crowns of Acting</a>, and has also received the <a href="/facts/BAFTA_Fellowship/S4ctjkPK">BAFTA Fellowship</a>, <a href="/facts/Honorary_Golden_Bear/ukBN7FLh">Honorary Golden Bear</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Screen_Actors_Guild_Life_Achievement_Award/tIS0yQE3">Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award</a>. Mirren was made a <a href="/facts/Dame/EuyFwh4K">Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a> (DBE) by <a href="/facts/Queen_Elizabeth_II/os6eB47B">Queen Elizabeth II</a> in <a href="/facts/2003_Birthday_Honours/qsc1t03X">2003</a>.
Mirren started her career at the age of 18 as a performer with the <a href="/facts/National_Youth_Theatre/44fWQ69y">National Youth Theatre</a>, where she played <a href="/facts/Cleopatra/zxUlkxUF">Cleopatra</a> in <a href="/facts/Antony_and_Cleopatra/myWBheI4">Antony and Cleopatra</a> (1965). She later joined the <a href="/facts/Royal_Shakespeare_Company/CK2wrr7h">Royal Shakespeare Company</a> and made her <a href="/facts/West_End_theatre/dWqroVfz">West End</a> stage debut in 1975. She went on to receive the <a href="/facts/Laurence_Olivier_Award_for_Best_Actress/SWgJKBTl">Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress</a> for playing Elizabeth II in the <a href="/facts/Peter_Morgan/uvkF0B7S">Peter Morgan</a> play <a href="/facts/The_Audience_(play)/ksIznTKA">The Audience</a> (2013). She reprised the role on <a href="/facts/Broadway_theatre/6USkK8x9">Broadway</a> and won the <a href="/facts/Tony_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Play/75Ev7akj">Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play</a>. She was Tony-nominated for <a href="/facts/A_Month_in_the_Country_(play)/1BaHzfku">A Month in the Country</a> (1995) and <a href="/facts/The_Dance_of_Death_(Strindberg_play)/f59E4vCB">The Dance of Death</a> (2002).
Mirren's first credited film role was in <a href="/facts/Herostratus_(film)/NwnfYb3h">Herostratus</a> (1967) and her first major role was in <a href="/facts/Age_of_Consent_(film)/QhlGWcC4">Age of Consent</a> (1969). She gained further recognition for her roles in <a href="/facts/O_Lucky_Man!/m0t8e6sM">O Lucky Man!</a> (1973), <a href="/facts/Caligula_(film)/zsmpJ1HH">Caligula</a> (1979), <a href="/facts/The_Long_Good_Friday/DfpnDr38">The Long Good Friday</a> (1980), <a href="/facts/Excalibur_(1981_film)/0E0TUUfl">Excalibur</a> (1981), <a href="/facts/The_Mosquito_Coast_(film)/AgCoLVgk">The Mosquito Coast</a> (1986), and <a href="/facts/The_Cook%2c_the_Thief%2c_His_Wife_%2526_Her_Lover/G5d8To9h">The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover</a> (1989). She received Academy Award nominations for her performances in <a href="/facts/The_Madness_of_King_George/YUDmUpkY">The Madness of King George</a> (1994) and <a href="/facts/Gosford_Park/8dBbLygB">Gosford Park</a> (2001), before winning <a href="/facts/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actress/gdtCoxC8">Best Actress</a> for her portrayal of Elizabeth II in the drama <a href="/facts/The_Queen_(2006_film)/6NajKB3y">The Queen</a> (2006). She was nominated again for her performance in <a href="/facts/The_Last_Station/KsHTEq4m">The Last Station</a> (2009), and went on to appear in further films such as <a href="/facts/The_Tempest_(2010_film)/khjbv5z8">The Tempest</a> (2010), <a href="/facts/Hitchcock_(film)/qLhuLKNC">Hitchcock</a> (2012), <a href="/facts/Eye_in_the_Sky_(2015_film)/qeJpClF8">Eye in the Sky</a> (2015), and <a href="/facts/Trumbo_(2015_film)/LG3jl8ry">Trumbo</a> (2015). She has also appeared in the action film <a href="/facts/Red_(2010_film)/jacnAu91">Red</a> (2010) and its <a href="/facts/Red_2_(film)/SF2IlYSz">2013 sequel</a>, as well as four films in the <a href="/facts/Fast_%2526_Furious/XYoJaSu9">Fast & Furious</a> franchise.
On television, Mirren played DCI Jane Tennison in <a href="/facts/ITV_(TV_network)/pIlD3oza">ITV</a>'s <a href="/facts/Police_procedural/vylKjcPX">police procedural</a> <a href="/facts/Prime_Suspect/EHRpvRmH">Prime Suspect</a> (1991–2006), for which she earned three <a href="/facts/British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Actress/ExX04RMV">British Academy Television Awards for Best Actress</a> and two <a href="/facts/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Lead_Actress_in_a_Limited_or_Anthology_Series_or_Movie/S13XeLbR">Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie</a>. She also earned Emmy Awards for portraying <a href="/facts/Ayn_Rand/MjuSIIng">Ayn Rand</a> in the <a href="/facts/Showtime_(TV_network)/1yjns2Wy">Showtime</a> television film <a href="/facts/The_Passion_of_Ayn_Rand_(film)/dVgWvqAM">The Passion of Ayn Rand</a> (1999) and <a href="/facts/Queen_Elizabeth_I/5cT5QrWj">Queen Elizabeth I</a> in the <a href="/facts/HBO/gGSPvEEu">HBO</a> miniseries <a href="/facts/Elizabeth_I_(2005_TV_series)/0rL7pJLL">Elizabeth I</a> (2005). Her other television roles include <a href="/facts/Door_to_Door_(film)/sG9EXR42">Door to Door</a> (2002), <a href="/facts/Phil_Spector_(film)/9l2j8ve6">Phil Spector</a> (2013), <a href="/facts/Catherine_the_Great_(miniseries)/bBBYHS1X">Catherine the Great</a> (2019), <a href="/facts/1923_(TV_series)/e016kzeP">1923</a> (2022), and <a href="/facts/MobLand/Gh4r62EJ">MobLand</a> (2025).

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