Helen Mirren

Highest Rated: 100% Age of Consent (1969)

Lowest Rated: 13% Winchester (2018)

Birthday: Jul 26, 1945

Birthplace: Ilford, Essex, England

Perhaps the ultimate thinking man's sex symbol, Helen Mirren is also one of the most respected actresses of British stage, screen, and television. With classical training, years of work on the London stage, an acclaimed television series, and dozens of films to her name, Mirren has proven herself an actress of talent, versatility, and unforgettable presence.Born Ilynea Lydia Mironoff on July 26, 1945, in London, Mirren is a descendant of the White Russian nobility. Her father was a member of an aristocratic Russian military family who came to England during the Russian Revolution, but while Mirren was growing up, he worked in turn as a violinist with the London Philharmonic, a taxi driver, and a driving instructor. His daughter, on the other hand, knew her true calling by the age of six, when she realized she wanted to become an actress, in the "old-fashioned and traditional sense." After trying to please her parents with a stint at a teacher's college, Mirren joined the National Youth Theatre, where she first made her mark playing Cleopatra. The acclaim for her performance led the way to other work, and she was soon a member of the vaunted Royal Shakespeare Company, with whom she performed a wide range of classics. Her stage career thriving, Mirren made her screen debut in 1968 in the somewhat forgettable Herostratus. The same year, she made a more auspicious appearance as Hermia in Peter Hall's lauded adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and her screen career soon took off. She worked steadily throughout the late '60s and '70s, starring in 1969's Age of Consent and working with such directors as Robert Altman on The Long Goodbye (1973) and Lindsay Anderson on O Lucky Man! (also 1973). In 1977, Mirren earned permanent notoriety for her work in Caligula, a mainstream porn offering from the powers at Penthouse that also starred such notables as Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, and Malcolm McDowell.During the subsequent decade, Mirren continued to work on the stage, and she also broadened her cinematic resumé and fan base with such films as Excalibur (1981) and Cal (1984). Her portrayal of an older woman in love with a younger man in the latter film earned her a Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival and further established her reputation as an actress willing to explore the kind of unconventional relationships often ignored on the screen. The actress' willingness go beyond safe conventionality was demonstrated with her work in such films as The Mosquito Coast (1986), Pascali's Island (1988), The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989), and The Comfort of Strangers (1991). She again took on the role of an older woman in love with a younger man in Where Angels Fear to Tread in 1991, proving that seven years after Cal, her powers of attraction had been in no way tempered by time.At the beginning of the 1990s, Mirren began appearing on the television series Prime Suspect. Her character, Jane Tennison, a hard-boiled detective, proved immensely popular with viewers and critics alike, and she stayed with the series for its seven incarnations. Mirren also continued to do acclaimed work for the stage and screen, earning a Cannes Best Actress award and Oscar and BAFTA nominations for her work in The Madness of King George in 1994, and making her Broadway debut in Turgenev's A Month in the Country in 1995. The following year, she earned further acclaim for her work in Some Mother's Son, in which she played the mother of a Belfast prison hunger striker. In 1997, Mirren found the time to marry producer/director Taylor Hackford before signing on to provide the voice of the Queen in the Disney animated film The Prince of Egypt (1998). In 1999, she played the titular teacher in Kevin Williamson's disappointing Teaching Mrs. Tingle, earning the only good reviews given the movie, and she again won over critics with her title role in the made-for-television The Passion of Ayn Rand, earning an Emmy for her performance. Back on the b

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MOVIES

		CREDIT
No Score Yet	The Good Liar	Actor	—	2019
No Score Yet	Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw	Actor	—	2019
19%	Berlin, I Love You	Margaret	—	2019
34%	The Nutcracker and the Four Realms	Mother Ginger	—	2018
36%	The Leisure Seeker	Ella	—	2018
13%	Winchester	Sarah Winchester	$24.6M	2018
No Score Yet	Nøtteknekkeren og de fire kongerikene	Mother Ginger	—	2018
14%	The Pulitzer at 100	Actor	$3.1K	2017
68%	The Fate of the Furious	Actor	$225.7M	2017
14%	Collateral Beauty	Brigitte	$31M	2016
95%	Eye In The Sky	Col. Katherine Powell	$16.7M	2016
74%	Trumbo	Hedda Hopper	—	2015
No Score Yet	Unity	Actor	—	2015
57%	Woman in Gold	Maria Altmann	—	2015
68%	The Hundred-Foot Journey	Madame Mallory	$46.3M	2014
No Score Yet	Tcm Presents And The Oscar (R) Goes To...	Actor	—	2014
No Score Yet	Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story	Actor	—	2014
No Score Yet	National Theatre Live: The Audience	Actor	—	2013
44%	Red 2	Victoria	$53.3M	2013
79%	Monsters University	Dean Hardscrabble	$260.4M	2013
50%	Phil Spector	Linda Kenney Baden	—	2013
No Score Yet	National Theatre Live: The Audience Encore	Actor	—	2013
60%	Hitchcock	Alma Reville	$6.1M	2012
No Score Yet	Kiran Bedi: Yes Madam, Sir	Actor	—	2012
44%	The Door	Emerenc	—	2012
76%	The Debt	Rachel Singer	$31.2M	2011
51%	Brighton Rock	Ida	$0.3M	2011
26%	Arthur	Hobson	$29.3M	2011
31%	The Tempest	Prospera	$0.3M	2010
71%	Red	Victoria	$89M	2010
51%	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	Nyra	$54.5M	2010
13%	Love Ranch	Grace Bontempo	$0.2M	2010
No Score Yet	Arabia	Narrator	—	2010
71%	The Last Station	Sofya Tolstoy	$6.6M	2010
No Score Yet	Phedre	Actor	—	2009
84%	State of Play	Cameron Lynne	$37M	2009
38%	Inkheart	Elinor Loredan	$17.3M	2009
No Score Yet	Yes Madam, Sir	Narrator	—	2008
No Score Yet	Helen Mirren At The Bbc	Actor	—	2008
No Score Yet	The Jazz Baroness	Actor	—	2008
35%	National Treasure: Book of Secrets	Emily Appleton	$220M	2007
97%	The Queen	The Queen	$56.3M	2006
No Score Yet	Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act	Jane Tennison	—	2006
19%	Shadowboxer	Rose	$0.4M	2005
60%	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Deep Thought	$51.1M	2005
43%	The Clearing	Eileen Hayes	$5.6M	2004
No Score Yet	Pride	Macheeba	—	2004
25%	Raising Helen	Dominique	$37.4M	2004
75%	Calendar Girls	Chris	$31M	2003
No Score Yet	Tennessee Williams' The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone	Karen Stone	—	2003
No Score Yet	Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness	Det. Supt. Jane Tennison	—	2003
60%	Door to Door	Mrs. Porter	—	2002
29%	No Such Thing	The Boss	—	2002
79%	Last Orders	Amy Dodds	$2.2M	2002
86%	Gosford Park	Mrs. Wilson	$41.3M	2001
No Score Yet	On the Edge	Director	—	2001
46%	Greenfingers	Georgina Woodhouse	—	2001
78%	The Pledge	Doctor	$18.9M	2001
94%	Long Night's Journey into Day	Actor	—	2000
83%	The Passion of Ayn Rand	Ayn Rand	—	1999
19%	Teaching Mrs. Tingle	Mrs. Tingle	—	1999
79%	The Prince of Egypt	Queen	—	1998
No Score Yet	Painted Lady	Actor	—	1998
59%	Critical Care	Stella	—	1997
50%	Comfort of Strangers	Caroline	—	1997
69%	Some Mother's Son	Kathleen Quigley	—	1996
No Score Yet	The Snow Queen	Actor	—	1995
No Score Yet	Losing Chase	Chase Philips	—	1995
93%	The Madness of King George	Queen Charlotte	—	1994
64%	Where Angels Fear to Tread	Lilia Herriton	—	1994
No Score Yet	Royal Deceit (Prince of Jutland)	Geruth	—	1994
No Score Yet	Prime Suspect - The Scent of Darkness	Actor	—	1994
No Score Yet	Prime Suspect - The Lost Child	Actor	—	1994
No Score Yet	The Hawk	Annie Marsh	—	1993
No Score Yet	Bethune: The Making of a Hero	Frances Penny Bethune	—	1993
No Score Yet	Dr. Bethune	Actor	—	1993
60%	When the Whales Came	Clemmie Jenkins	—	1989
89%	The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover	Georgina Spica	—	1989
No Score Yet	Red King, White Knight	Anna	—	1989
67%	Pascali's Island	Lydia Neuman	—	1988
No Score Yet	People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe	Narrator	—	1988
No Score Yet	Cause Célèbre	Alma Rattenbury	—	1987
76%	The Mosquito Coast	Mother	—	1986
No Score Yet	The Gospel According To Vic (Heavenly Pursuits)	Ruth Chancellor	—	1986
46%	White Nights	Galina Ivanova	—	1985
No Score Yet	Coming Through	Frieda	—	1985
64%	2010	Tanya Kirbuk	—	1984
91%	Cal	Marcella	—	1984
No Score Yet	Cymbeline	Actor	—	1982
96%	The Long Good Friday	Victoria	—	1982
No Score Yet	Priest Of Love	Actor	—	1981
79%	Excalibur	Morgana	—	1981
20%	The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu	Alice Rage	—	1980
No Score Yet	Hussy	Beaty	—	1980
No Score Yet	S.O.S. Titanic	Stewardess: May Sloan	—	1979
23%	Caligula	Caesonia	—	1979
No Score Yet	Blue Remembered Hills	Actor	—	1979
No Score Yet	As You Like It	Rosalind	—	1979
No Score Yet	Laurence Olivier Presents	Actor	—	1976
97%	The Long Goodbye	Actor	—	1973
78%	O Lucky Man!	Patricia	—	1973
63%	Savage Messiah	Gosh Smith-Boyle	—	1972
No Score Yet	Cousin Bette	Actor	—	1971
100%	Age of Consent	Cora Ryan	—	1969
No Score Yet	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Hermia	—	1968
No Score Yet	Herostratus	Actor	—	1968

TV

		CREDIT
94%	Documentary Now! 2015-2016	Host	2019 2016 2015
No Score Yet	The Late Late Show With James Corden 2015-2018	Guest	2018
No Score Yet	The Talk 2010	Guest	2018
No Score Yet	Today 2017	Guest	2018
No Score Yet	The Late Show With Stephen Colbert 2015	Guest	2018 2017
No Score Yet	Great Performances 2000	Appearing	2018 2014
No Score Yet	The View 1997	Guest	2018 2016 2011
No Score Yet	The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003	Guest	2018 2016 2010
No Score Yet	The Graham Norton Show 2007	Guest	2018 2017 2016 2011 2007
No Score Yet	CBS This Morning 2012	Guest	2016
No Score Yet	Charlie Rose 2013-2017	Guest	2016 2015 2014
No Score Yet	Late Night With Seth Meyers 2014	Guest	2015
No Score Yet	Sunday Morning 2011-2018	Guest	2015
98%	Last Week Tonight With John Oliver 2014	Voice	2015 2014
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014	Guest	2015 2014
No Score Yet	Late Show With David Letterman 1993-2015	Guest	2015 2013
No Score Yet	Shakespeare Uncovered 2013-2018	Appearing	2013
No Score Yet	The Daily Show With Jon Stewart 1999-2015	Guest	2013 2010
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 1992-2014	Guest	2013 2010
No Score Yet	Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 2009-2014	Guest	2012 2011 2010
No Score Yet	Saturday Night Live 1975	Host	2011
No Score Yet	Top Gear 2002-2018	Guest	2008
No Score Yet	American Idol 2002-2016	Appearing	2007
No Score Yet	Masterpiece 1971-2014	Guest Det. Supt. Jane Tennison Jane Tennison DCI Jane Tennison DSI Jane Tennison	2007 2006 2004 1996
No Score Yet	Prime Suspect 1991-2006	Det. Supt. Jane Tennison Jane Tennison	2006
No Score Yet	American Masters 2001	Narrator	2005
No Score Yet	Tracey Takes On... 1996-1999		1998
No Score Yet	Mystery! 1980-2007	Jane Tennison Alma Rattenbury	1994 1993 1988
No Score Yet	The Twilight Zone 1985-1989		1985

QUOTES FROM Helen Mirren CHARACTERS

Papa	Is he as good as I think he is?
Madame Mallory	Better.

Madame Mallory

One Michelin star is good. Two is amazing. Three is only for the gods.

Madame Mallory

In this restaurant we do not serve an old, tired marriage, but a passionate affair.

Madame Mallory

If your food is anything like your music, then I suggest you tone it down.

Georgina Woodhouse

That's what I like about plants. They don't answer back.

Rose	The only man a woman can count on is her son.

The Boss

The nation's already forgotten that the government's on strike. They're not impressed. Has the president shot himself yet?

Dean Hardscrabble	Mr. Sullivan, I am a 7 year-old girl...
Sullivan	(roars)
Dean Hardscrabble	I wasn't finished. I you were to know that that 7 year-old was afraid of snakes, a mere roar would not make her scream, it would make her cry, thus alerting her parents of the existence of our world, which would lead to utter destruction. And we wouldn't want that, would we Mr. Sullivan? I thereby suggest that you would not continue with us in the Scaring Program.
Sullivan	But, I'm a Sullivan.
Dean Hardscrabble	Well, then I'm sure your family would be very disappointed.

Dean Hardscrabble	You did what?!
Sullivan	Mike had nothing to do with it, it's just...I cheated.
Dean Hardscrabble	I want you off this campus by tomorrow morning!
Sullivan	Yes, ma'am.
Dean Hardscrabble	You are a DISGRACE to this university, and to your family!

Leo Tolstoy	Despite good cause for it, I have never stopped loving you.
Sofya Tolstoy	Of course
Leo Tolstoy	But God knows you don't make it easy
Sofya Tolstoy	Why should it be easy? I am the work of your life, you are the work of mine. That's what love is

Michael the Lover	You have beautiful eyes
Michael the Lover	You have beautiful eyes.
Michael	You have beautiful eyes.
Albert Spica the Thief	And you have a beautiful prick, Mr. Gynecologist.
Georgina Spica	And you have a beautiful prick, Mr. Gynecologist.

Ivan Simonov	Your radiance is almost killin' me tonight.
Victoria	Almost
Victoria	Almost.

Dean Hardscrabble

You're just not scary.

Victoria	IT's important to enjoy life while you still can
Victoria	IT's important to enjoy life while you still can.

Victoria

Its important to enjoy life while you still can!

Dean Hardscrabble	I wish the best of luck for you too
Dean Hardscrabble	I wish the best of luck for you two.

Dean Hardscrabble	I monsters scare, is the true measure of a monster
Dean Hardscrabble	I monsters scare, is the true measure of a monster.

Dean Hardscrabble

You two did something no student had over done before, you surprised me.

Dean Hardscrabble

Don't go in there!

Alma Reville

Charming. Doris Day should do it as a musical.

Ayn Rand

Love is a command to rise to our highest nature, The best and noblest vision of ourselves. Love is a reward, the greatest we can earn, granted to us for the moral qualities we have achieved in our lives.

Barbara Branden	I'm asking you to show compassion.
Ayn Rand	Why?
Barbara Branden	It's what humans do.

Ayn Rand	(Asled the question "What do you love?" by an interviewer) Reason, heroism, the luminous potential of man.
Ayn Rand	[when asked, What do you love?] Reason, heroism, the luminous potential of man.

Ayn Rand

Why is it moral to server the happiness of others, but not your own?

Ayn Rand

Lesser people could never accept this, but we are not lesser people. Our rules are different.

Ayn Rand

I know what kind of injustice an intellectual young girl has to suffer. But I will see that no harm comes to you.

Ayn Rand

You accept that emotion ultimately derives from the thinking one has done, or has failed to do.

Alma Reville

You should kill her off in the first 30 minutes.

Hobson	did you kill minnie mouse or did she surrender her dress willingly?
Hobson	Did you kill Minnie mouse or did she surrender her dress willingly?
Naomi	if it helps she didnt suffer
Naomi	If it helps she didn't suffer.

Georgina Spica the Wife	Georgina to her husband, Albert, "Go on, Albert, Eat."
Georgina Spica the Wife	Georgina to her husband, Albert, 'Go on, Albert, Eat.'

Georgina Spica the Wife

I dont want to eat him Richard.

Georgina Spica the Wife	Yes! He's a man. He's Jewish and he's from Ethiopia!
Albert Spica the Thief	What?
Georgina Spica the Wife	His mother is a Roman Catholic, he's been imprisoned in South Africa, he's as black as the ace of spades and he probably drinks his own pee!

Georgina Spica the Wife

Try the cock, Albert. It's a delicacy. And you know where it's been.

The Queen

A good walk and fresh air sorts everything out.

Rachel Singer

We can't go back.

Rachel Singer

My name is Rachel Singer. Please publish what you are about to read. In 1965, I was part of a mission to kidnap Dieter Vogel, The Surgeon of Birkenau, and bring him to Israel to stand trial. We have always claimed that Vogel was killed, trying to escape. But this was a lie. A lie I have lived with for thirty years. And now I understand that I must tell the truth.

Rachel Singer

God doesn't plant car-bombs.

Grace	"Amid all the lies, I knew the truth. That we had it, for a moment, love and truth together. How many people can say that?"
Grace	Amid all the lies, I knew the truth. That we had it, for a moment, love and truth together. How many people can say that?

Arthur	Why have you never told me?
Hobson	I didn't want you to feel bad.
Arthur	Why are you telling me now?
Hobson	I want you to feel bad.

Georgina Spica the Wife

What good are all these books? You can't eat them.

Sofya Tolstoy

Look at me! This is who I am, *this* is what you married. We may be older, maybe we're old, but I'm still your little chicken. And you're still my big cock.

Sofya Tolstoy

I'm your little bird, you know the sounds I make.

Hobson

Normally, one would have to go to a bowling alley to meet a woman of her stature.

Hobson

I'll alert the media