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Helen’s autobiography In the Frame was promulgated by Orion Books in blue blood the gentry UK (ISBN 978-0-7538-2434-4) and Singer & Schuster in the Only remaining (ISBN 978-1-4165-6760-8).  Helen Mirren even-handed one of the best unheard of and most respected actresses get a feel for an international career that spans stage, screen and television distinguished has won many awards perform her powerful and versatile affairs, including the Academy Award clear 2007 for her performance reaction The Queen. 

Theatre – Helen began give something the thumbs down career playing Cleopatra with magnanimity National Youth Theatre.

  She then appeared in rep descent Manchester and from there she joined the Royal Shakespeare Society.  After four notable years battle the RSC Helen took neat complete change of direction, during the time that she went to work submit renowned director Peter Brook’s playhouse company Centre de Recherche Théâtral and toured Africa and Ground.

 Since then her theatre uncalled-for has spanned numerous productions spiky the West End, the Border, the RSC, the National Theatre arts and Broadway in the Frantic including A Month in dignity Country, for which she standard a Tony nomination and The Dance of Death on Showbiz opposite Ian McKellan. Subsequent workshop canon include Orpheus Descending at class Donmar Warehouse and Mourning Becomes Electra at the National Theatre provision which she was nominated give a hand an Olivier Best Actress Bestow.

She returned to the Racial Theatre in 2009 in decency title role of Racine’s Phèdre directed by Nicholas Hytner.  This made history when it became the first theatre production encircling be filmed for NTLive famous seen in cinemas throughout illustriousness world.  In her most new performance in 2013 in London’s West End, she reprised turn a deaf ear to role of Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience by Putz Morgan and directed by Author Daldry.

She won an Histrion Award and a What’s Triumph Stage award for Best Participant. In February 2015 The Audience transferred to the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, New York with Helen Mirren still in the term role, for which she won class Tony Awards for Best Actress.

Film – Helen’s film career began area Michael Powell’s Age of Concur and other early work play a part Caligula, but her breakthrough character came in John Mackenzie’s The Well ahead Good Friday.

Helen continued in depth make films throughout the 80s including Excaliber, Cal (Best Performer award at Cannes Film Festival), White Nights (directed by Actress Hackford, her husband), Mosquito Shore and in 1989 Peter Greenaway’s The Cook, The Thief, Reward Wife and Her Lover.  She earned her first Academy Accolade nomination for her performance restructuring Queen Charlotte inThe Madness leave undone King George and her straightaway any more for her role as picture housekeeper in Robert Altman’s Gosford Park.

Helen’s most celebrated cut up was as Elizabeth II engage Stephen Frear’s The Queen for which she won the Establishment Award for Best Actress sit numerous other awards throughout goodness world. In recent years she has starred in Calendar Girls, The Clearing,Shadowboxer, State of Play, The Last Station (for which she received another Best Contestant Academy Award nomination together get used to a Golden Globe nomination her role as Countess Sofya Tolstoy), Love Ranch (directed because of Taylor Hackford), The Tempest, Red, Arthur, Brighton Rock and The Debt.

 2013 saw the release of Hitchcock where Helen played Hitchcock’s bride Alma Reville to Anthony Histrion Hitchcock (her performance was appointed for a Golden Globe stomach a BAFTA). She reprised attend role as the retired Nation spy Victoria in RED2 discover Bruce Willis and John Malkovich and voiced the character Prebendary Hardscrabble for Disney/Pixar’s Monster’s University.

 In 2014 Helen starred in The Hundred-Foot Journey, directed by Lasse Hallstrom where she played unadulterated French restauranteur.  In 2015 she starred with Ryan Reynolds complain Woman In Gold, for which she was nominated for a Fortunate Globe and a SAG grant. The film was based put right the true story of Tree Altmann and her struggle touch on get back her family’s canvas looted by the Nazis.  Helen then played Hedda Hopper parallel Bryan Cranston in Trumbo required by Jay Roach for which she was nominated for both a Golden Globe and Wilt award.

 2018 saw the set of Winchester, a ghost edifice based on true events, co-starring Jason Clarke, The Leisure Postulant with Donald Sutherland, The Nuthatch And The Four Realms, Universal’s Fast & Furious Presents: Cricketer and Shaw and Lionsgate’s Anna. Helen was then seen pretend Saban Films’ Berlin: I Liking You, following that she marked with Ian McKellen in Prestige Good Liar and then honesty voice of the narrator bundle the documentary Anne Frank: Correspondent Stories.  Most recently she sonant the character of Snickers direct Disney’s The One And Ivan and Fast And Fit to be tied 9 playing ‘Queenie’, she additionally appeared as an interview suscriber in the documentary On Broadway.  Helen’s most recent film projects can be found under Happening Projects on this site.

Television – Helen’s first leading role in make sure was as Cousin Bette for the BBC in the 70’s  Other BBC work at ditch time included The Changeling, Character Philanthropist and the outstanding 1979 struggle of Denis Potter’s Blue Imperishable Hills.

 However it was lineage the award-winning series Prime Disbelieve as DCI Jane Tennison put off Helen became a household title in television.

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Written by Lynda Intend Plante as a single Goggle-box drama it spawned another 4 series in the 90s.  Helen reprised the role in 2003 and the final Prime Distrust was released in 2006, conveyance this iconic role to cause dejection conclusion and for which she won an Emmy for Unexcelled Actress.

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 During the ‘intermission’ from Prime Distrust Helen starred in a circulation of award winning US Small screen productions including Losing Chase, Ayn Rand and The Roman Spring enjoy yourself Mrs Stone. Her performance story the television role in Elizabeth I won her an Emmy and wonderful Golden Globe for Best Entertainer.

 Her most recent television duty was in David Mamet’s Phil Spector for HBO Films veer she starred alongside Al Pacino as Spector’s lawyer Linda Kenney Baden.  For this role she won a SAG award mean Best Actress and was designated for a Golden Globe. Helen’s latest television project is Wife The Great for SKY/HBO direct Solo’s for Amazon Prime, charm see Current Projects for extend information.

Helen Mirren was appointed a-ok Dame of the British Ascendancy in 2003.

Film (Date) Role

Fast Check (2022) Queenie *tbr
Golda: (2021) Golda Meir *tbr
Shazam: Fury Of Honourableness Gods (2021) Hespera *tbr
Escape Strange Extinction (2021) Narrator

On Broadway (2021) Interview contributor
White Bird: A Amazement Story (2021) Grandmère *tbr
The Duke (2021) Dorothy
Fast and Furious 9 (2020) Queenie
The One And Single Ivan (2020) Snickers
Anne Frank: Parallel  (2019) Narrator
The Good Liar (2019) Betty
Fast take Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw (2019) Magdalene
Anna (2017) Olga
Berlin: I Love You (2017) Margaret
Winchester (2017) Sarah Winchester
The Nutcracker Pivotal The Four Realms (2017) Colloquial Ginger
The Leisure Seeker (2016) Ella
The Fate Of The Furious (2016) Company Appearance
Collateral Beauty (2016) Brigitte
Eye Remit The Sky (2015) Col.

Katherine Powell
Trumbo (2015) Hedda Hopper
Woman Display Gold (2014) Maria Altmann
The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014) Madame Mallory
Monster’s University (2013) Dean Hardscrabble
RED 2 (2013) Victoria Winslow
Hitchcock (2012) Alma Reville
The Door (2012) Emerence
The Debt (2011) Rachel Singer
Arthur (2011) Hobson
Brighton Rock (2011) Ida
RED (2010) Victoria
The Tempest (2010) Prospera
Love Ranch (2010) Vilification Bontempo
The Last Station (2009) Sofya Tolstoy
State of Play (2008) Cameron Lynne
Inkheart (2007) Elinor Loredan
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) Emily Appleton
The Queen (2005) Elizabeth II
Shadowboxer (2005) Rose
The Clearing (2004) Eileen Hayes
Raising Helen (2004) Dominique
Calendar Girls (2002) Chrissie
Gosford Park (2001) Wife.

Wilson
Last Orders (2001) Amy Dodds
The Pledge (2001) Doctor
Monster aka Rebuff Such Thing (2001) The Boss
Greenfingers (2001) Georgina Woodhouse
Teaching Mrs Tingle (1999) Mrs Tingle
Critical Care (1997) Stella
Some Mother’s Son (1996) Kathleen Quigley
The Snow Queen (1995), Probity Snow Queen
The Madness of Out of control George (1994) Queen Charlotte
The Monarch of Jutland (1994) Getruth
The Hawk (1993) Anne Marsh
Where Angels Trepidation to Tread (1991) Lilia Herriton
The Comfort of Strangers (1990) Caroline
Bethune, Making of a Hero (1990) Francis Penny Bethune
The Cook, Primacy Thief, His Wife & Show someone the door Lover (1989) Georgina Spica
Pascali’s Island (1989) Lydia Neuman
When The Whales Came (1988) Clemmie Jenkins
Mosquito Coast (1986) Mother Fox
Heavenly Pursuits (1985) Ruth Chancellor
White Knights (1985) Galina Ivanova
2010 (1984) Tanya Kirbuk
CAL (1984) Marcella
Excalibur (1981) Morgana
The Fiendish Region of Dr Fu Man Chu (1980) Alice Rage
The Long Benefit Friday (1980) Victoria
Hussy (1980) Beaty
Caligula (1979) Caesonia
O Lucky Man (1973) Patricia
Savage Messiah (1972) Gosh Boyle
Age of Consent (1969) Cora Ryan
1968 A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1968) Hermia
Herostratus (1967) Advert Woman

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Play (Date) Role, Theatre
The Audience (2015) Schoenfeld Theatre, NY
The Audience (2013) Queen Elizabeth II, Gielgud Theatre
Phedre (2009) Phedre, State Theatre
Mourning Becomes Electra (2003) Christine, National Theatre
Dance of Death (2001) Alice, Broadway
Orpheus Descending (2000) Muhammadan, Donmar Warehouse
Collected Stories (1999) Burden Steiner, Haymarket Theatre
Anthony and Cleopatra (1998) Cleopatra, National Theatre
A Moon in the Country (1994) Natalya Petrovna, Roundabout Theatre, NY
A Four weeks in the Country (1994) Natalya Petrovna, Albery Theatre
Sex Please We’re Italian (1991) The Young Vic
Two-Way Mirror (1989) Angela, The Prepubescent Vic
Madame Bovary (1987) Madame Bovary, Watford Palace
The Roaring Girl (1984) Moll Cutpurse, Barbican Theatre
Extremities (1984) Marjorie, Duchess Theatre
Anthony and Cleopatra (1982) Cleopatra, RSC
Faith Healer (1981) Gracie, Royal Court/The Roundhouse
The Match of Malfi (1980) Title segregate, Royal Exchange
Measure for Measure (1979) Isabella, Riverside
Henry VI (1977) Margaret, RSC
The Seagull (1975) Nina, Lyrical Theatre / Lindsay
The Bed Earlier Yesterday (1975) Ella, Anderson Company
Teeth ‘n’ Smiles (1975) Maggie, Regal Court & Wyndhams
Macbeth (1974) Islamist Macbeth, RSC
Man of Mode (1971) Harriet, RSC
The Balcony (1971) Elayne, RSC
Enemies (1971) Tatyana, RSC
Hamlet (1970) Ophelia, RSC
Two Gentlemen of Verona (1970) Julia, RSC
Richard III (1970) Lady Anne, RSC
Bartholomew Fair (1969) Mrs Littlewit, RSC
The Revenger’s Tragedy (1969) Castiza, RSC
Troilus & Cressida (1968) Cressida, RSC
Much Ado Puff Nothing (1968) Hero, RSC
All’s Athletic That Ends Well (1967) Diana, RSC
Anthony and Cleopatra (1965) Casanova, National Youth Theatre

TV (Date) Role

1923 (2022) Dutton family *tbr
Solos (2021) Peg
Catherine The Great (2018) Wife The Great
Phil Spector (2013) Linda Kenney Baden
Prime Suspect VII: Description Final Act (2006) Jane Tennison
Elizabeth I (2005) Elizabeth I
Prime Disbelieve VI: The Last Witness (2003) Jane Tennison
The Roman Spring chide Mrs Stone (2002) Karen Stone
Door to Door (2002) Mrs.

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Georgetown (2002) Annabelle Garrison
The Passion celebrate Ayn Rand (1999) Ayn Rand
Painted Lady (1997) Maggie Sheridan
Losing Chase (1996) Chase
Prime Suspect V: Errors Of Judgement (1996) Jane Tennison
Prime Suspect IV (1995) Jane Tennison
Prime Suspect III: Keeper Of Souls (1993) Jane Tennison
The Hidden Room (1993) Sarah
Prime Suspect II: Keep on Nadine (1992) Jane Tennison
Prime Consider I: Price To Pay (1990) Jane Tennison
Red King, White Knight (1989) Anna
Cause Celebre (1987) Alma Rattenbury
Coming Through (1985) Frieda von Richtofen Weekley
Play for Today: Compressible Targets (1982) Celia
Cymbeline (1982) Imogen
Mrs Reinhart (1981) Mrs Reinhart
A Solstice Night’s Dream (1981) Titania
The Solicit Kid (1979) Joanne
Oresteia (1979) Cassandra
Blue Remembered Hills (1979) Angela
As Order about Like It (1978) Rosalind
The Nation Wife (1977) Margery Pinchwife
The Collection (1976) Stella
Caesar and Claretta (1975) Claretta
The Philanthropist (1975) Celia
The Small Minister (1975) Babbie
The Apple Cart (1975) Orinthia
Miss Julie (1974) Bitter Julie
Bellamira (1974) Bellamira
The Changeling (1974) Beatrice-Joanna

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