Born Ilynea Lydia Mironoff in 1945, Chiswick, London, Helen Mirren is the daughter of an English mother; her father was a Russian aristocrat stranded in London after the 1917 Russian Revolution. Mirren realised she wanted to become an actress from a very early age. She joined the National Youth Theatre, where she first made her mark at the age of eighteen playing Cleopatra in Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra (1965) at the Old Vic. This led to her joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1967. Mirren made her screen debut in the forgettable Herostratus (1968). That same year, she made a more favourable appearance as Hermia in Peter Hall's adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968). She next starred opposite James Mason as a teenage seductress in Michael Powell's Age of Consent (1969). In 1972 she joined Peter Brook's experimental International Centre of Theatre Research, touring in Africa and America. She appeared on screen in an early raunchy role in Ken Russell's Savage Messiah (1972), and the Lindsay Anderson musical drama O Lucky Man! (1974). After a short spell in television appearing in the likes of Dennis Potter's Blue Remembered Hills (1979), she returned to the big screen in the controversial Penthouse film Caligula (1979). The 1980s saw Mirren come of age as an actress and earn her first acclaimed role when cast opposite Bob Hoskins in the British gangster film The Long Good Friday (1979).

During the subsequent decade, Mirren continued to work on stage and screen, broadening her appeal with such roles as the seductively evil Morgana in John Boorman's Excalibur (1981), and playing the widow of a British officer who unwittingly falls in love with the man responsible for her husband’s death in Pat O'Connor's Cal (1984). Her accurate portrayal of strong feminine characters continued in Peter Weir's The Mosquito Coast (1986), as Harrison Ford’s loyal wife, and as the adulterous wife of a gangster in Peter Greenaway's controversial The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989). The 1990s saw Mirren tackling varying roles, ranging from a fragile wife in the thriller The Comfort of Strangers (1991), to a headstrong widow in Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991). Mirren also began appearing on television as the hard-bitten DCI Jane Tennison in Lynda La Plante's Prime Suspect, the ITV series proving immensely popular with viewers. She achieved her biggest international success to date and earned an Oscar nomination for her part in Nicholas Hytner's The Madness of King George (1994), playing the devoted queen whose husband, George III (Nigel Hawthorne), is suffering from declining mental health. The following year she earned further acclaim for her work in Some Mother's Son (1996), in which she played the mother of a Belfast hunger striker. She has more recently played a titular teacher in Kevin Williamson's disappointing Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999) and Georgina Woodhouse in the comedy Greenfingers (2000). She earned her second Oscar nomination for Robert Altman's acclaimed ensemble comedy Gosford Park (2001). Mirren followed with another choice part as the widow of deceased butcher Michael Caine in the sentimental drama Last Orders (2002).

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  America (2006) (pre-production)

Elizabeth I (2005) (TV) .... Queen Elizabeth I
Shadowboxer (2005) .... Rose
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) (voice) .... Deep Thought
Pride (2004) (TV) (voice) .... Macheeba
Raising Helen (2004) .... Dominique
The Clearing (2004) .... Eileen Hayes
... aka Anatomie einer Entführung (Germany)
Prime Suspect 6 (2003) (TV) .... Det. Supt. Jane Tennison
... aka ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre: Prime Suspect 6 (USA)
... aka Prime Suspect the Last Witness (UK)
Calendar Girls (2003) .... Chris Harper
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003) (TV) .... Karen Stone
Door to Door (2002/I) (TV) .... Mrs. Porter
Georgetown (2002) (TV) .... Annabelle Garrison
Gosford Park (2001) .... Mrs. Wilson
... aka Gosford Park (Germany)
Last Orders (2001) .... Amy Dodds
... aka Letzte Runde (Germany)
Happy Birthday (2001) .... Distinguished Woman
On the Edge (2001/II) (TV) .... Distinguished Woman (segment "Happy Birthday")
No Such Thing (2001) .... The Boss
The Pledge (2001) .... Doctor
Greenfingers (2000/I) .... Georgina Woodhouse
... aka Jailbuds (Europe: English title: DVD box title)

Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999) .... Mrs. Eve Tingle
The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999) .... Ayn Rand
The Prince of Egypt (1998) (voice) .... The Queen
"Painted Lady" (1997) (mini) TV Series .... Maggie Sheridan
Critical Care (1997) .... Stella
Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgment (1996) (TV) .... Supt. Jane Tennison
Losing Chase (1996) (TV) .... Chase Phillips
Some Mother's Son (1996) .... Kathleen Quigley
... aka Sons and Warriors (video catalogue title)
Prime Suspect 4: Scent of Darkness (1995) (TV) .... Supt Jane Tennison
Prime Suspect 4: Inner Circles (1995) (TV) .... Supt. Jane Tennison
Prime Suspect 4: The Lost Child (1995) (TV) .... Supt. Jane Tennison
The Madness of King George (1994) .... Queen Charlotte
... aka The Madness of George III (Australia)
... aka The Madness of King George III (Australia)
Prince of Jutland (1994) .... Geruth
... aka Amled, prinsen af Jylland (Denmark)
... aka Prinsen af Jylland (Denmark: video title)
... aka Royal Deceit (USA)
Prime Suspect 3 (1993) (TV) .... DCI Jane Tennison
The Hawk (1993) .... Annie Marsh
Prime Suspect 2 (1992) (TV) .... DCI Jane Tennison
Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991) .... Lilia Herriton
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV) .... DCI Jane Tennison
... aka Prime Suspect 1
Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990) .... Frances Penny Bethune
... aka Bethune, l'étoffe d'un héros (Canada: French title)
... aka Dr. Bethune
The Comfort of Strangers (1990) .... Caroline
... aka Cortesie per gli ospiti (Italy)

Red King, White Knight (1989) (TV) .... Anna
The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover (1989) .... Georgina Spica
... aka Cuisinier, le voleur, sa femme et son amant, Le (France)
... aka Spica
... aka The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
When the Whales Came (1989) .... Clemmie Jenkins
Pascali's Island (1988) .... Lydia Neuman
... aka Isola di Pascali, L' (Italy)
Cause célèbre (1987) (TV) .... Alma Rattenbury
The Mosquito Coast (1986) .... Mother Fox
White Nights (1985) .... Galina Ivanova
Coming Through (1985) .... Frieda von Richtofen Weekley
Heavenly Pursuits (1985) .... Ruth Chancellor
... aka The Gospel According to Vic (USA)
2010 (1984) .... Tanya Kirbuk
... aka 2010: The Year We Make Contact
Cal (1984) .... Marcella
Cymbeline (1982) (TV) .... Imogen
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Cymbeline (USA: video title)
Soft Targets (1982) (TV) .... Celia
... aka Play for Today: Soft Targets (UK: series title)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981/I) (TV) .... Titania
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream (USA: video title)
Excalibur (1981) .... Morgana
Mrs. Reinhardt (1981) (TV) .... Mrs. Reinhardt
The Long Good Friday (1980) .... Victoria
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980) .... Alice Rage
Hussy (1980) .... Beaty

S.O.S. Titanic (1979) (TV) .... Stewardess Mary Sloan
Caligola (1979) .... Caesonia
... aka Caligula (USA)
... aka Caligula, My Son (UK: changed title)
... aka Io, Caligola (Italy: recut version)
"Oresteia" (1979) (mini) TV Series .... Cassandra
... aka The Serpent Son (UK)
Blue Remembered Hills (1979) (TV) .... Angela
... aka Play for Today: Blue Remembered Hills (UK: series title)
The Quiz Kid (1979) .... Joanne
As You Like It (1978) (TV) .... Rosalind
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: As You Like It (USA: video title)
The Country Wife (1977) (TV) .... Mrs. Pinchwife
... aka Play of the Month: The Country Wife (UK)
The Collection (1976) (TV) .... Stella
... aka Laurence Olivier Presents: The Collection (UK: series title)
Hamlet (1976) .... Ophelia and Gertrude
The Little Minister (1975) (TV) .... Babbie
... aka Play of the Month: The Little Minister (UK)
The Philanthropist (1975) (TV)
Caesar and Claretta (1975) (TV) .... Claretta Petacci
... aka Private Affairs: Caesar and Claretta (UK: series title)
The Applecart (1975) (TV) .... Orinthia
... aka Play of the Month: The Apple Cart (UK: series title)
Coffin for the Bride (1974) (TV) .... Stella McKenzie
... aka Kiss, Kiss, Kill, Kill (USA)
... aka Thriller: Coffin for the Bride (UK: series title)
The Changeling (1974) (TV) .... Beatrice-Joanna
... aka Play of the Month: The Changeling (UK)
Bellamira (1974) (TV) .... Bellamira
O Lucky Man! (1973) .... Patricia
Savage Messiah (1972) .... Gosh Boyle
Miss Julie (1972) .... Miss Julie
"Cousin Bette" (1971) (mini) TV Series .... Valerie

Age of Consent (1969) .... Cora Ryan
Colpo rovente (1969)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968) .... Hermia
Herostratus (1967)