Helen Mirren biography
Helen Mirren is a British actress (born 1945), born on 26 July 1945 in Hammersmith.
Helen Mirren's screen career began in 1966 with Press for Time, playing Penelope Squires.
Helen Mirren has appeared in 102 films and 35 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are A Talent for Murder (2026), Goodbye June (2025), The Thursday Murder Club (2025).
Helen Mirren is best known for The Queen, Prime Suspect, The Passion of Ayn Rand, Elizabeth I.
Honours include Academy Award for Best Actress, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire and Theatre World Award.
- Also known as
- Illiana Lydia Petrovna Mironova, Helen Lydia Mironoff
- Born
- 26 July 1945 (age 81)
- Birthplace
- Hammersmith
- Work
- Television actor, Film actor, Voice actor, Stage actor, Actor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1963 to present
- Known for
- The Queen, Prime Suspect, The Passion of Ayn Rand, Elizabeth I, Cal, The Madness of King George
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Theatre World Award
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress , Motion Picture Drama
Helen Mirren filmography
102 films and 35 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | A Talent for Murder | Patricia Highsmith | ||
| 2025 | Goodbye June | June Cheshire | ||
| 2025 | The Thursday Murder Club | Elizabeth Best | ||
| 2024 | White Bird | Grandmère / old Sara Blum | ||
| 2023 | White Bird: A Wonder Story | English | ||
| 2023 | Fast X | Magdalene "Queenie" Shaw | ||
| 2023 | Shazam! Fury of the Gods | Hespera | ||
| 2023 | Golda | Golda Meir | ||
| 2023 | Barbie | Narrator | ||
| 2021 | F9 | Magdalene "Queenie" Shaw | ||
| 2020 | The One and Only Ivan | Snickers (voice) | ||
| 2020 | The Duke | Dorothy Bunton | ||
| 2019 | The Good Liar | Betty McLeish | ||
| 2019 | Hobbs & Shaw | Magdalene "Queenie" Shaw | ||
| 2019 | Anna | Olga | ||
| 2019 | Berlin, I Love You | Margaret | ||
| 2019 | #AnneFrank. Parallel Stories | Narrator (voice) | ||
| 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 "Queenie" Shaw | Uncredited | |
| 2017 | Cries from Syria | Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2016 | Collateral Beauty | Brigitte | ||
| 2016 | The Pulitzer at 100 | |||
| 2015 | Eye in the Sky | Colonel Katherine Powell |
Show all 102 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Unity | Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2015 | Woman in Gold | Maria Altmann | ||
| 2015 | Trumbo | Hedda Hopper | ||
| 2014 | The Hundred-Foot Journey | Madame Mallory | ||
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | English | ||
| 2013 | RED 2 | Victoria Winslow | ||
| 2013 | Istintobrass | Italian | ||
| 2013 | Monsters University | Dean Hardscrabble (voice) | ||
| 2012 | The Door | Emerenc | ||
| 2012 | Hitchcock | Alma Reville | ||
| 2011 | Arthur | Lillian Hobson | ||
| 2011 | Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts | English | ||
| 2010 | RED | Victoria Winslow | ||
| 2010 | The Tempest | Prospera | ||
| 2010 | Love Ranch | Grace Bontempo | ||
| 2010 | The Debt | Rachel Singer | ||
| 2010 | Brighton Rock | Ida | ||
| 2010 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Nyra (voice) | ||
| 2009 | The Last Station | Sofya Tolstoy | ||
| 2009 | State of Play | Cameron Lynne | ||
| 2008 | Inkheart | Elinor Loredan | ||
| 2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Emily Appleton | ||
| 2006 | The Queen | Elizabeth II | ||
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Deep Thought (voice) | ||
| 2005 | Shadowboxer | Rose | ||
| 2004 | Raising Helen | Dominique | ||
| 2004 | The Clearing | Eileen Hayes | ||
| 2003 | Calendar Girls | Chris Harper | ||
| 2001 | Last Orders | Amy | ||
| 2001 | The Pledge | Doctor | ||
| 2001 | No Such Thing | The Boss | ||
| 2001 | Gosford Park | Mrs. Wilson | ||
| 2001 | Happy Birthday | Distinguished Woman | Also director | |
| 2000 | Greenfingers | Georgina Woodhouse | ||
| 1999 | Teaching Mrs. Tingle | Mrs. Eve Tingle | ||
| 1998 | The Prince of Egypt | Queen Tuya (voice) | ||
| 1997 | Critical Care | Stella | ||
| 1996 | Some Mother's Son | Kathleen Quigley | Also associate producer | |
| 1995 | The Snow Queen | Snow Queen (voice) | ||
| 1994 | Prince of Jutland | English | ||
| 1994 | The Madness of King George | Queen Charlotte | ||
| 1994 | Children of God | The Narrator (voice) | ||
| 1993 | The Hawk | Annie Marsh | ||
| 1993 | Royal Deceit | Geruth | ||
| 1991 | Where Angels Fear to Tread | Lilia Herriton | ||
| 1990 | The Comfort of Strangers | Caroline | ||
| 1990 | Bethune: The Making of a Hero | Frances Penny Bethune | ||
| 1990 | A Story is Not Final II: The Second Chapter | Xanyides | ||
| 1989 | When the Whales Came | Clemmie Jenkins | ||
| 1989 | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover | English | ||
| 1989 | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | Georgina Spica | ||
| 1988 | Pascali's Island | Lydia Neuman | ||
| 1986 | The Mosquito Coast | Mother Fox | ||
| 1986 | Gospel According to Vic | English | ||
| 1985 | White Nights | Galina Ivanova | ||
| 1985 | Coming Through | Frieda von Richthofen Weekley | ||
| 1985 | Heavenly Pursuits | Ruth Chancellor | ||
| 1984 | Cal | Marcella | ||
| 1984 | 2010: The Year We Make Contact | English | ||
| 1984 | 2010 | Tanya Kirbuk | ||
| 1981 | Excalibur | Morgana | ||
| 1980 | The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu | Alice Rage | ||
| 1980 | The Long Good Friday | Victoria | ||
| 1980 | Hussy | Beaty | ||
| 1979 | Caligula | Caesonia | ||
| 1976 | The Collection | English | ||
| 1976 | Hamlet | Ophelia/Gertrude | ||
| 1974 | The Changeling | English | ||
| 1973 | O Lucky Man! | Patricia | ||
| 1972 | Savage Messiah | Gosh Boyle | ||
| 1972 | Miss Julie | Miss Julie | ||
| 1970 | Red Hot Shot | Unknown | ||
| 1969 | The Syndicate: A Death in the Family | Italian | ||
| 1969 | Age of Consent | Cora Ryan | ||
| 1968 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hermia | ||
| 1967 | Herostratus | Advert Woman | ||
| 1966 | Press for Time | Penelope Squires | Uncredited |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | MobLand | Maeve Harrigan | Main cast | |
| 2022 | Human Resources | Shame Wizard Rita St. Swithens (voice) | Episode: "Bad Mummies" | |
| 2022 | 1923 | Cara Dutton | Main cast | |
| 2021 | When Nature Calls with Helen Mirren | Narrator (voice) | 7 episodes | |
| 2021 | Solos | Peg | Episode: "Peg" | |
| 2020 | Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine | Billy Bush | Television special | |
| 2019 | Catherine the Great | Catherine the Great | Miniseries, 4 episodes and also executive producer | |
| 2013 | Phil Spector | Linda Kenney Baden | TV film | |
| 2012 | Glee | Becky's Inner Voice | Uncredited voice role; 2 episodes | |
| 2005 | Elizabeth I | Queen Elizabeth I | Miniseries, 2 episodes | |
| 2005 | Third Watch | Annie Foster | Episode: "Revelations" | |
| 2004 | Pride | Macheeba | Voice TV film | |
| 2004 | Frasier | Babette (voice) | Episode: "Coots and Ladders" | |
| 2003 | The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Karen Stone | TV film | |
| 2002 | Georgetown | Annabelle Garrison | TV film | |
| 2002 | Door to Door | Mrs. Porter | TV film | |
| 1999 | The Passion of Ayn Rand | Ayn Rand | TV film | |
| 1998 | Tracey Takes On | Professor Horen | Episode: "Culture" | |
| 1997 | Painted Lady | Maggie Sheridan | Miniseries | |
| 1996 | Errors of Judgement (2) | English | ||
| 1996 | Errors of Judgement (1) | English | ||
| 1996 | Losing Chase | Chase Phillips | TV film | |
| 1993 | The Hidden Room | Episode: "Love Crimes" | ||
| 1991 | Prime Suspect | Jane Tennison | 15 episodes | |
| 1989 | Red King, White Knight | Anna | TV film |
Show all 35 titles
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Coming Through | Frieda von Richtofen Weekley | TV film | |
| 1987 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Princess Amelia | Episode: "The Little Mermaid" | |
| 1987 | Cause Célèbre | Alma Rattenbury | TV film | |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | Maddie Duncan | Episode: "Dead Woman's Shoes" | |
| 1979 | S.O.S. Titanic | Mary Sloan | TV film | |
| 1979 | ITV Playhouse | Joanne | Episode: "The Quiz Kid" | |
| 1978 | BBC Television Shakespeare | Rosalind/Imogen | Episodes: As You Like It, Cymbeline | |
| 1975 | The Philanthropist | Celia | TV film | |
| 1975 | Caesar and Claretta | Claretta Petacci | TV film | |
| 1974 | Thriller | Stella McKenzie/Angela Ludlow | Episode: "A Coffin for the Bride" |