Helen Lydia Mironoff, known by her stage name Helen Mirren, born July 26, 1945, is an English actress. She has won an Academy Award for Best Actress, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, four Emmy Awards, and two Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Awards.
On Glee, she appeared as the inner voice of Becky Jackson. She was heard in Yes/No and Prom-asaurus, the tenth and nineteenth episode of Season Three respectively.
Personal Life[]
Mirren was born in London, Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Hammersmith, London.
She married American director Taylor Hackford (her partner since 1986) on December 31, 1997, his 53rd birthday. The ceremony took place at the Ardersier Parish Church near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.
In 1990, Mirren stated in an interview that she is an atheist. In the August 2011 issue of Esquire magazine, Mirren said, "I am quite spiritual. I believed in fairies when I was a child. I still do sort of believe in the fairies. And the leprechauns. But I don't believe in God."
Career[]
She has appeared in theater, film, and television series. After a slew of lead roles on the London stage, her first big TV break happened in 1992 when she was cast as Detective Jane Tennison in the series, Prime Suspect. Perhaps her greatest role was that of Queen Elizabeth II in the 2007 film, The Queen.
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1966 | Press for Time | Penelope Squires | uncredited |
1967 | Herostratus | Advert Woman | |
The Extravaganza of Golgotha Smuts | TV Movie | ||
1968 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hermia | |
1969 | Age of Consent | Cora Ryan | |
1970 | Red Hot Shot | ||
1971 | Cousin Bette | Valerie | (5 episodes) |
ITV Sunday Night Theatre | Rachel | ("The Silver Collection") | |
1972 | Miss Julie | Miss Julie | TV Movie |
Savage Messiah | Gosh Boyle | ||
1973 | O Lucky Man! | Patricia | |
1974 | Bellamira | Bellamira | TV Movie |
Thriller | Stella McKenzie | ("A Coffin for the Bride") | |
Play of the Month | Margery Pinchwife/Babbie/Orinthia | 1974 - 77 (4 episodes) | |
1975 | The Philanthropist | Celia | TV Movie |
Caesar and Claretta | Claretta Petacci | TV Movie | |
1976 | Hamlet | Ophelia/Gertrude | |
Great Performances | Stella | ("The Collection") | |
1978 | As You Like It | Rosalind | TV Movie |
1979 | The Quiz Kid | Joanne | |
S.O.S. Titanic | Stewardess: May Sloan | TV Movie | |
Caligula | Caesonia | ||
Oresteia | Cassandra | ("Agamemnon") | |
ITV Playhouse | Joanne | ("The Quiz Kid") | |
Play for Today | Celia/Angela | 1979 - 82 ("Blue Remembered Hills" & "Soft Targets") | |
1980 | The Long Good Friday | Victoria | |
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu | Alice Rage | ||
Hussy | Beaty Simons | ||
1981 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Titania | TV Movie |
BBC2 Playhouse | Mrs. Reinhardt | ("Mrs. Reinhardt") | |
Excalibur | Morgana | ||
1982 | Cymbeline | Imogen | TV Movie |
1984 | 2010 | Tanya Kirbuk | |
Cal | Marcella | ||
1985 | Coming Through | Frieda von Richtofen Weekley | TV Movie |
The Twilight Zone | Betty Duncan | (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes") | |
White Nights | Galina Ivanova | ||
1986 | The Mosquito Coast | Mother Fox | |
The Gospel According to Vic | Ruth Chancellor | ||
1987 | Cause célèbre | Alma Rattenbury | TV Movie |
Faerie Tale Theatre | Princess Amelia | ("The Little Mermaid") | |
1988 | Pascali's Island | Lydia Neuman | |
1989 | Red King, White Knight | Anna | TV Movie |
The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover | Georgina | ||
When the Whales Came | Clemmie Jenkins | ||
1990 | Bethune: The Making of a Hero | Frances Penny Bethune | |
The Comfort of Strangers | Caroline | ||
1991 | Where Angels Fear to Tread | Lilia Herriton | |
Prime Suspect | DCI Jane Tennison | ("Episode #1.1" & "Episode #1.2") | |
1992 | Prime Suspect 2 | DCI Jane Tennison | ("Episode #1.1" & "Episode #1.2") |
1993 | Prime Suspect 3 | DCI Jane Tennison | |
The Hawk | Annie Marsh | ||
The Hidden Room | Sarah | ("Love Crimes") | |
1994 | The Madness of King George | Queen Charlotte | |
Royal Deceit | Geruth | ||
1995 | The Snow Queen | Snow Queen | voice |
Prime Suspect: The Scent of Darkness | Supt. Jane Tennison | TV Movie | |
Prime Suspect: Inner Circles | Supt. Jane Tennison | TV Movie | |
Prime Suspect: The Lost Child | Supt. Jane Tennison | TV Movie | |
1996 | Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement | Jane Tennison | |
Some Mother's Son | Kathleen Quigley | ||
Losing Chase | Chase Phillips | TV Movie | |
1914-1918 | Princess Evelyn Blucher/Margaret Randa | voice ("Collapse" & "Total War") | |
1997 | Painted Lady | Maggie Sheridan | TV Movie |
Critical Care | Stella | ||
1998 | The Prince of Egypt | The Queen | voice |
Tracey Takes On... | Professor Horen | ("Culture") | |
1999 | Teaching Mrs. Tingle | Mrs. Tingle | |
French and Saunders | ("Witless Silence") | ||
The Passion of Ayn Rand | Ayn Rand | TV Movie | |
2000 | Greenfingers | Georgina Woodhouse | |
2001 | Gosford Park | Mrs. Wilson | |
Last Orders | Amy | ||
Happy Birthday | Distinguished Woman | ||
No Such Thing | The Boss | ||
The Pledge | Doctor | ||
2002 | Georgetown | Annabelle Garrison | TV Movie |
Door to Door | Mrs. Porter | TV Movie | |
2003 | Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness | Det. Supt. Jane Tennison | |
Calendar Girls | Chris | ||
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Karen Stone | TV Movie | |
2004 | Pride | Macheeba | TV Movie, voice |
Raising Helen | Dominique | ||
Frasier | Babette the Caller | voice ("Coots and Ladders") | |
American Masters | Narrator | ("Cary Grant: A Class Apart") | |
The Clearing | Eileen Hayes | ||
2005 | Elizabeth I | Elizabeth I | ("Episode #1.1" & "Episode #1.2") |
Shadowboxer | Rose | ||
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula | Tiberia | short | |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' ' | Deep Thought | voice | |
Third Watch | Annie Foster | ("Revelations") | |
2006 | Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act | Det. Supt. Jane Tennison | TV Movie |
The Queen | The Queen | ||
2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Emily Appleton | |
2008 | Inkheart | Elinor | |
2009 | The Last Station | Sofya | |
State of Play | Cameron Lynne | ||
30 Rock | Helen Mirren | uncredited ("Jackie Jormp-Jomp") | |
National Theatre Live | Christine Mannon/Queen Elizabeth II/Phèdre | ("Phèdre", "The Audience" & "50 Years on Stage") | |
2010 | RED | Victoria | |
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Nyla | voice | |
Brighton Rock | Ida | ||
The Tempest | Prospera | ||
The Debt | Rachel Singer (Tel Aviv 1997) | ||
Love Ranch | Grace Bontempo | ||
2011 | Arthur | Hobson | |
When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal and Helen Mirren | Sharon | video short | |
2012 | Hitchcock | Alma Reville | |
Glee | Becky's Inner Voice | voice, uncredited ("Yes/No" & "Prom-asaurus") | |
The Door | Emerenc | ||
2013 | RED 2 | Victoria | |
Monsters University | Dean Hardscrabble | voice | |
Phil Spector | Linda Kenney Baden | TV Movie | |
2014 | The Hundred-Foot Journey | Madame Mallory | |
2015 | Eye in the Sky (post-production) | Colonel Katherine Powell | |
Trumbo | Hedda Hopper | ||
Woman in Gold | Maria Altmann |