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Helen Mirren has won international recognition for her work on stage, screen and television. For her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen in 2006, she received an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award, and BAFTA Award for Best Actress. She was also named Best Actress by virtually every critics organization from Los Angeles to London. In 2014 she was honored with the BAFTA Fellowship for her outstanding career in film. On television she played the title role in Elizabeth I for which she won Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Awards.
Mirren began her career in the role of Cleopatra at the National Youth Theatre. She then joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she starred in such productions as Troilus and Cressida and Macbeth. In 1972, she joined renowned director Peter Brooks Theatre Company and toured the world. Since then her theatre work has spanned numerous productions in the West End, the Fringe, the RSC, the National Theatre and Broadway, including A Month in the Country, for which she received a Tony nomination, and The Dance of Death opposite Ian McKellen. Subsequent productions include Orpheus Descending at the Donmar Warehouse and Mourning Becomes Electra at the National, for which she received an Olivier Best Actress Award nomination. She returned to the National in 2009 in the title role of Racine Phedre directed by Nicholas Hytner. This made history when it became the first theatre production to be filmed for "NTLive" and was seen in cinemas throughout the world. In her most recent performance in 2013 in London's West End, she reprised her role of Queen Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan's The Audience, directed by Stephen Daldry, for which she won an Olivier Award for Best Actress. She reprised the role on Broadway for which she received the 2015 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.
In 2013 she starred alongside Anthony Hopkins in the film Hitchcock, and with Al Pacino in HBO's "Phil Spector," for which she won a SAG Award for her performance. On television she earned an Emmy and three BAFTAs for playing Jane Tennison in the multi award-winning series "Prime Suspect." Her other television includes "Losing Chase," for which she won a Golden Globe Award, "The Passion of Ayn Rand," for which she won a Emmy Award, "Door to Door" and "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone."
Helen Mirren became a Dame of the British Empire in 2003.
[1967]Herostratus Advert Woman
[1968]A Midsummer Night's Dream Hermia
[1969]Age of Consent Cora
[1972]Savage Messiah Gosh Boyle
[1976]Hamlet Ophelia, Gertrude
[1979]Caligula Caesonia
[1980]The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu Alice Rage
[1980]Hussy Beaty
[1980]The Long Good Friday Victoria
[1981]Excalibur Morgana
[1984]2010: The Year We Make Contact Tanya Kirbuk
[1984]Cal Marcella
[1985]White Nights Galina Ivanova
[1986]The Gospel According to Vic Ruth Chancellor
[1986]The Mosquito Coast Mother
[1988]Pascali's Island Lydia Neuman
[1989]When the Whales Came Clemmie Jenkins
[1989]The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover Georgina
[1990]Bethune: The Making of a Hero Frances Penny Bethune
[1990]The Comfort of Strangers Caroline
[1991]Where Angels Fear to Tread Lilia Herriton
[1993]The Hawk Annie Marsh
[1994]Royal Deceit Geruth
[1994]The Madness of King George Queen Charlotte
[1995]The Snow Queen Snow Queen
[1996]Some Mother's Son Kathleen Quigley
[1997]Critical Care Stella
[1998]The Prince of Egypt The Queen
[1999]Teaching Mrs. Tingle Mrs. Tingle
[2000]Greenfingers Georgina Woodhouse
[2001]Gosford Park Mrs. Wilson
[2001]Last Orders Amy
[2001]The Pledge Doctor
[2001]No Such Thing The Boss
[2003]Calendar Girls Chris
[2004]Raising Helen Dominique
[2004]The Clearing Eileen Hayes
[2005]Shadowboxer Rose, Mikey's'stepmother
[2005]The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Deep Thought
[2006]The Queen The Queen
[2007]National Treasure: Book of Secrets Emily Appleton
[2008]Inkheart Elinor
[2009]State of Play Cameron Lynne
[2009]Phèdre Phèdre
[2009]The Last Station Sofya
[2010]The Debt Rachel Singer
[2010]The Tempest Prospera
[2010]Brighton Rock Ida
[2010]RED Victoria
[2010]Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Nyra
[2010]Love Ranch Grace Bontempo
[2011]Arthur Hobson
[2012]Hitchcock Alma Reville
[2012]The Door Emerenc
[2013]RED 2 Victoria
[2013]Monsters University Dean Hardscrabble
[2013]The Audience Queen Elizabeth II
[2014]The Hundred-Foot Journey Madame Mallory
[2015]Trumbo Hedda Hopper
[2015]Eye in the Sky Colonel Katherine Powell
[2015]Woman in Gold Maria Altmann
[2016]Collateral Beauty Brigitte
[2017]The Leisure Seeker Ella Spencer
[2018]The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Mother Ginger
[2018]Winchester Sarah Winchester
[2019]Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw Queenie
[2019]Anna Olga
[2019]The Good Liar Betty McLeish
[2019]Berlin, I Love You Margaret
[2020]The Duke Dorothy Bunton
[2020]The One and Only Ivan Snickers
[2021]F9: The Fast Saga Queenie
[2023]Golda Golda Meir
[2023]Shazam! Fury of the Gods Hespera
[2023]Fast X Queenie
Helen Mirren, The Audience
Helen Mirren, The Audience
Helen Mirren, The Audience
Helen Mirren, The Audience
Helen Mirren, The Audience
Helen MirrenThe Audience
Helen MirrenThe Audience
Helen MirrenMourning Becomes Electra
Helen Mirren, Dance of Death
Helen Mirren, Dance of Death
Helen MirrenOrpheus Descending
Helen Mirren, A Month in the Country
Helen Mirren, A Month in the Country
Helen Mirren, A Month in the Country
Helen Mirren , A Month in the Country
Helen MirrenAntony And Cleopatra
Helen Mirren has appeared on Broadway in 3 shows.
Helen Mirren has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.
Helen Mirren's first West End show was The Audience which opened in 2013
Helen Mirren has been nominated for several awards throughout her career. Some of the awards she has been nominated for include: - Best Leading Actress in a Play (BroadwayWorld Awards) for "The Audience" - Outstanding Actress in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for "The Audience" - Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for "The Audience" - Outstanding Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for "The Audience" - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for "The Audience" - Best Actress (Evening Standard Awards) for "The Audience" - Best Actress (Olivier Awards) for "The Audience" - Best Actress (Olivier Awards) for "Mourning Becomes Electra" - Outstanding Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for "Dance of Death" - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for "Dance of Death" - Best Actress (Olivier Awards) for "Orpheus Descending" - Outstanding Actress - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for "A Month in the Country" - Best Debut Performance (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for "A Month in the Country" - Performance (Theatre World Awards) for "A Month in the Country" - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for "A Month in the Country" - Actress of the Year in a Revival (Olivier Awards) for "Antony And Cleopatra" These nominations represent the recognition Helen Mirren has received for her performances on Broadway.
Helen Mirren has won several awards for her performances on Broadway. These include the Best Leading Actress in a Play at the BroadwayWorld Awards, the Outstanding Actress in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards, and the Outstanding Actress in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, all for her role in "The Audience." She also won the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards, the Best Actress at the Evening Standard Awards, and the Best Actress at the Olivier Awards, again for her performance in "The Audience." Additionally, she won the Best Debut Performance at the Outer Critics Circle Awards and a Performance award at the Theatre World Awards for her role in "A Month in the Country."
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