A descendant of Russian aristocracy, Helen Mirren was born Ilynea Lydia Mironoff on July 26, 1945, in London. A veteran of Britain's esteemed National Youth Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company, Mirren first appeared on-screen in 1967's Herostratus, followed by Peter Hall's 1968 A Midsummer Night's Dream.She went to play notable roles in Excalibur, White Nights, the controversial The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover and the Emmy-winning lead in The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999). In 1991, she gave her first of seven portrayals as Jane Tennison in the BBC police procedural "Prime Suspect," for which she won two Emmys.
Mirren was recognized with Oscar nods for her roles in The Madness of King George (1994) and Gosford Park (2001). Since becoming a Dame of the British Empire in 2003, she has won an Emmy and Golden Globe for her role as Queen Elizabeth I in a miniseries, and won the Oscar playing Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen.
AddThe QueenAfter Princess Diana's shocking death, Queen Elizabeth II (Helen Mirren, in an Oscar-winning role) and Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) engage in intimate talks as Britain demands the princess be memorialized in a manner beyond standard protocol. This Best Picture nominee goes behind the scenes as the... Read More
AddCalendar GirlsThe members of the Rylstone Women's Institute of North Yorkshire are resourceful and refined -- and they're about to shock the residents of their little English town with a daringly bare philanthropy project. When one of their own (Julie Walters) learns her husband has cancer, the group decides to... Read More
Add AllPrime Suspect 1Helen Mirren received a BAFTA award for playing Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison in this acclaimed Masterpiece Theatre mystery series (a big hit on PBS on this side of the pond). As she works to solve the case of a prostitute murdered by a kinky serial killer, Jane not only has to battle wits... Read More
AddShadowboxerIn this audacious thriller, a nasty crime lord (Stephen Dorff) hires Rose (Helen Mirren) and her stepson Mikey (Cuba Gooding Jr.) -- assassin partners and longtime lovers -- to off his spouse, Vickie (Vanessa Ferlito). But Rose, ill with cancer and on her last job, spares her mark when she learns... Read More
Add AllPrime Suspect 2Helen Mirren returns to her role as Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison in this Emmy-winning miniseries that tackles murder and racism on the streets -- and within the police force. Tension reaches a boiling point after the body of a young Afro-Caribbean girl is found in a neighborhood already... Read More
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