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Dame Helen Mirren was born in Queen Charlotte's Hospital in West London. Her mother, Kathleen Alexandrina Eva Matilda (Rogers), was from a working-class English family, and her father, Vasiliy Petrovich Mironov, was a Russian-born civil servant, from Kuryanovo, whose own father was a diplomat. Mirren attended St. Bernards High School for girls, ... See full bio »

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The Queen
The Queen The Queen
(2006)
Hitchcock
Hitchcock Alma Reville
(2012)
RED
RED Victoria
(2010)
Gosford Park
Gosford Park Mrs. Wilson
(2001)
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 2022 Sniff (pre-production)
The Spider
 2022 Golda (post-production)
Golda Meir
 2022 Human Resources (TV Series)
Rita St. Swithens
- Bad Mummies (2022) ... Rita St. Swithens (voice)
 2022 When Nature Calls (TV Series)
Narrator
- Omen Cat (2022) ... Narrator
 2021 Solos (TV Series)
Peg
- Peg (2021) ... Peg
 2021 F9: The Fast Saga
Queenie
 2020 Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine (TV Special)
Lip-sync Billy Bush
 2020 The Duke
Dorothy Bunton
 2020 The One and Only Ivan
Snickers (voice)
 2019 The Good Liar
Betty McLeish
 2019 Catherine the Great (TV Mini Series)
Catherine the Great
- Episode #1.4 (2019) ... Catherine the Great
- Episode #1.3 (2019) ... Catherine the Great
- Episode #1.2 (2019) ... Catherine the Great
- Episode #1.1 (2019) ... Catherine the Great
 2019/II Anna
Olga
 2019 Berlin, I Love You
Margaret
 2018 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Mother Ginger
 2018 Winchester
Sarah Winchester
 2017 The Leisure Seeker
Ella Spencer
 2017 The Fate of the Furious
Magdalene Shaw (uncredited)
 2016 Collateral Beauty
Brigitte
 2015 Trumbo
Hedda Hopper
 2015 Eye in the Sky
Colonel Katherine Powell
 2015 Woman in Gold
Maria Altmann
 2014 The Hundred-Foot Journey
Madame Mallory
 2014 Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story (TV Movie documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 2013 Fifty Years on Stage (TV Movie)
Christine Mannon (segment "Mourning Becomes Electra")
 2013 RED 2
Victoria
 2013 The Audience
Queen Elizabeth II
 2013 Monsters University
Dean Hardscrabble (voice)
 2013 Phil Spector (TV Movie)
Linda Kenney Baden
 2012 Hitchcock
Alma Reville
 2012 Glee (TV Series)
Becky's Inner Voice
- Prom-asaurus (2012) ... Becky's Inner Voice (voice, uncredited)
- Yes/No (2012) ... Becky's Inner Voice (voice, uncredited)
 2012/I The Door
Emerenc
 2011/I Arthur
Hobson
 2010 RED
Victoria
 2010 Brighton Rock
Ida
 2010/I The Tempest
Prospera
 2010/I The Debt
Rachel Singer
 2010 Love Ranch
Grace Bontempo
 2009 The Last Station
Sofya
 2009 Phèdre
Phèdre
 2009 State of Play
Cameron Lynne
 2008 Inkheart
Elinor
 2007 National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Emily Appleton
 2007 Vanity Fair: Killers Kill, Dead Men Die (Video short)
The Aristocrat (credit only)
 2006 Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act (TV Mini Series)
Det. Supt. Jane Tennison
- Part 2 (2006) ... Det. Supt. Jane Tennison
- Part 1 (2006) ... Det. Supt. Jane Tennison
 2006 The Queen
The Queen
 2005 Elizabeth I (TV Mini Series)
Elizabeth I
- Episode #1.2 (2005) ... Elizabeth I
- Episode #1.1 (2005) ... Elizabeth I
 2005 Shadowboxer
Rose / Mikey's stepmother
 2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Deep Thought (voice)
 2005 Third Watch (TV Series)
Annie Foster
- Revelations (2005) ... Annie Foster
 2004 Calendar Girls: Deleted Scenes (Video short)
Chris
 2004 Pride (TV Movie)
Macheeba (voice)
 2004 Raising Helen
Dominique
 2004 Frasier (TV Series)
Babette the Caller
- Coots and Ladders (2004) ... Babette the Caller (voice)
 2004 The Clearing
Eileen Hayes
 2004 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Narrator
- Cary Grant: A Class Apart (2004) ... Narrator (voice)
 2003 Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness (TV Mini Series)
Det. Supt. Jane Tennison
- Part 2 (2003) ... Det. Supt. Jane Tennison
- Part 1 (2003) ... Det. Supt. Jane Tennison
 2003 Calendar Girls
Chris
 2003 The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (TV Movie)
Karen Stone
 2002 Georgetown (TV Movie)
Annabelle Garrison
 2002 Gosford Park: Deleted Scenes (Video short)
Mrs. Wilson
 2002 Door to Door (TV Movie)
Mrs. Porter
 2001 Gosford Park
Mrs. Wilson
 2001 Last Orders
Amy
 2001/I Happy Birthday (Short)
Distinguished Woman
 2001 On the Edge (TV Movie)
Distinguished Woman (segment "Happy Birthday") (uncredited)
 2001 No Such Thing
The Boss
 2001/I The Pledge
Doctor
 2000 Greenfingers
Georgina Woodhouse
 1999 Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Mrs. Tingle
 1999 French and Saunders (TV Series)
- Witless Silence (1999)
 1999 The Passion of Ayn Rand (TV Movie)
Ayn Rand
 1998 The Prince of Egypt
The Queen (voice)
 1998 Tracey Takes On... (TV Series)
Professor Horen
- Culture (1998) ... Professor Horen
 1997 Painted Lady (TV Movie)
Maggie Sheridan
 1997 Critical Care
Stella
 1996 The Great War: 1914-1918 (TV Mini Series documentary)
Princess Evelyn Blucher / Margaret Randa
- Total War (1996) ... Princess Evelyn Blucher / Margaret Randa (voice)
- Collapse (1996) ... Princess Evelyn Blucher / Margaret Randa (voice)
 1996 Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement (TV Mini Series)
Jane Tennison
- Part 2 (1996) ... Jane Tennison
- Part 1 (1996) ... Jane Tennison
 1996 Losing Chase (TV Movie)
Chase Phillips
 1996 Some Mother's Son
Kathleen Quigley
 1995 The Snow Queen
Snow Queen (voice)
 1995 Prime Suspect: The Scent of Darkness (TV Movie)
Supt. Jane Tennison
 1995 Prime Suspect: Inner Circles (TV Movie)
Superintendent Jane Tennison
 1995 Prime Suspect: The Lost Child (TV Movie)
Supt. Jane Tennison
 1994 The Madness of King George
Queen Charlotte
 1994 Zig & Zag: Entertainment Cops (TV Movie)
Supt. Jane Tennison
 1994 Royal Deceit
Geruth
 1993 Prime Suspect 3 (TV Mini Series)
DCI Jane Tennison
- Part 2 (1993) ... DCI Jane Tennison
- Part 1 (1993) ... DCI Jane Tennison
 1993 The Hawk
Annie Marsh
 1993 The Hidden Room (TV Series)
Sarah
- Love Crimes (1993) ... Sarah
 1992 Prime Suspect 2 (TV Mini Series)
DCI Jane Tennison
- Operation Nadine: Part 2 (1992) ... DCI Jane Tennison
- Operation Nadine: Part 1 (1992) ... DCI Jane Tennison
 1991 Where Angels Fear to Tread
Lilia Herriton
 1991 Prime Suspect (TV Mini Series)
DCI Jane Tennison
- Price to Pay: Part 2 (1991) ... DCI Jane Tennison
- Price to Pay: Part 1 (1991) ... DCI Jane Tennison
 1990 Bethune: The Making of a Hero
Frances Penny Bethune
 1990 The Comfort of Strangers
Caroline
 1989 Red King, White Knight (TV Movie)
Anna
 1989 When the Whales Came
Clemmie Jenkins
 1988 Pascali's Island
Lydia Neuman
 1988 Coming Through (TV Movie)
Frieda von Richtofen Weekley
 1987 Cause célèbre (TV Movie)
Alma Rattenbury
 1987 Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series)
Princess Emilia
- The Little Mermaid (1987) ... Princess Emilia
 1986 The Mosquito Coast
Mother
 1986 The Gospel According to Vic
Ruth Chancellor
 1985 The Twilight Zone (TV Series)
Maddie Duncan (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
- Dead Woman's Shoes/Wong's Lost and Found Emporium (1985) ... Maddie Duncan (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
 1985 White Nights
Galina Ivanova
 1984 2010: The Year We Make Contact
Tanya Kirbuk
 1984 Cal
Marcella
 1982 Cymbeline (TV Movie)
Imogen
 1979-1982 Play for Today (TV Series)
Celia / Angela
- Soft Targets (1982) ... Celia
- Blue Remembered Hills (1979) ... Angela
 1981/I A Midsummer Night's Dream (TV Movie)
Titania
 1981 BBC2 Playhouse (TV Series)
Mrs. Reinhardt
- Mrs. Reinhardt (1981) ... Mrs. Reinhardt
 1981 Excalibur
Morgana
 1980 The Long Good Friday
Victoria
 1980 Hussy
Beaty
 1979 S.O.S. Titanic (TV Movie)
Stewardess: May Sloan
 1979 Caligula
Caesonia
 1979 Oresteia (TV Mini Series)
Cassandra
- Agamemnon (1979) ... Cassandra
 1979 ITV Playhouse (TV Series)
Joanne
- The Quiz Kid (1979) ... Joanne
 1978 The BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series)
Rosalind
- As You Like It (1978) ... Rosalind
 1974-1977 BBC Play of the Month (TV Series)
Margery Pinchwife / Babbie / Orinthia / ...
- The Country Wife (1977) ... Margery Pinchwife
- The Little Minister (1975) ... Babbie
- The Apple Cart (1975) ... Orinthia
- The Changeling (1974) ... Beatrice-Joanna
 1976 Hamlet
Ophelia / Gertrude
 1976 Great Performances (TV Series)
Stella
- The Collection (1976) ... Stella
 1975 The Philanthropist (TV Movie)
Celia
 1975 Private Affairs (TV Series)
Claretta Petacci
- Caesar and Claretta (1975) ... Claretta Petacci
 1974 Bellamira (TV Movie)
Bellamira
 1974 Miss Julie (TV Movie)
Miss Julie
 1974 Thriller (TV Series)
Stella / Angela
- A Coffin for the Bride (1974) ... Stella / Angela
 1973 O Lucky Man!
Patricia Burgess / Casting Assistant
 1972 Savage Messiah
Gosh Boyle
 1971 Cousin Bette (TV Mini Series)
Valerie
- Family Angel (1971) ... Valerie
- Bitter Harvest (1971) ... Valerie
- Delilah and Her Handmaid (1971) ... Valerie
- The House for Pleasure (1971) ... Valerie
- Poor Relations (1971) ... Valerie
 1971 ITV Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series)
Rachel
- The Silver Collection (1971) ... Rachel
 1970 Red Hot Shot
 1969 Age of Consent
Cora
 1967 Herostratus
Advert Woman
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage: Appeared (as "Hero") in "Much Ado About Nothing", Royal Shakespeare Company. See more »

Publicity Listings:

3 Print Biographies | 15 Interviews | 58 Articles | 14 Pictorials | 64 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »

Alternate Names:

Dame Helen Mirren

Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)

Spouse:

Taylor Hackford

Children:

None | See more »

Parents:

Mironoff (Rogers), Kathleen Alexandrina Eva Matilda | Mironoff, Vasiliy Petrovich

Relatives:

Mironoff, Peter Basil (sibling) | See more »
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Two phrases I hate in reference to female characters are 'strong' and 'feisty'. They really annoy me. It's the most condescending thing. You say that about a three-year-old. It infantilises women. See more »

Trivia:

Shared the cover of Vanity Fair magazine's 2016 Hollywood issue with, Jane Fonda, Viola Davis, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lawrence, Rachel Weisz, Lupita Nyong'o, Brie Larson, Alicia Vikander, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Charlotte Rampling, Diane Keaton and Saoirse Ronan. Photographed by Annie Leibovitz. See more »

Nickname:

Popper

Star Sign:

Leo
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