
Dame Helen Mirren
Highest Rated: 100% Cries From Syria (2017)
Lowest Rated: 11% Berlin, I Love You (2019)
Birthday: Jul 26, 1945
Birthplace: Chiswick, London, England, UK
Born in 1945 and raised in post-World War II England, Helen Mirren gravitated towards acting at a young age, appearing in school productions throughout her youth. By the age of 20, she was a full-time theatre actress, soon joining the Royal Shakespeare Company and remaining there, off and on, for the bulk of the '60s and '70s. Her early film work included roles in "Herostratus" (1967) and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1968). Mirren made her TV debut in the film "Caesar and Claretta" (1975). She remained actively involved with theater, though by the late '70s, she started to transition more to film, with a variety of roles in films such as "Caligula" (1979), "Hamlet" (1976), and "Excalibur" (1981). Her critical breakthrough started to take shape with her role in Cannes darling "Cal" (1984). A decade later Mirren earned her first Academy Award nomination for her role as Queen Charlotte in "The Madness of King George" (1994). A year later, she made her Broadway debut, earning the first of two Tony nominations for her work in "A Month in the Country." Mirren's most notable TV role started up during the '90s as the first series of "Prime Suspect" (ITV 1991-2006) debuted in 1991, followed up by six more series over the course of the next 15 years. By the turn of the century, Mirren started to assert her position as a celebrated Hollywood actress, working with Robert Altman in his celebrated drama "Gosford Park" (2001), which led to Mirren's second Oscar nomination. It kicked off a busy decade for Mirren, leading into roles in "Calendar Girls" (2003), "Raising Helen" (2004), and even a voiceover role in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (2005). In 2006, she finally won an Academy Award, earning Best Actress for her performance as Queen Elizabeth I in "The Queen" (2006). She balanced her notable acting performances with more flighty roles such as an appearance in the Nicholas Cage-starring "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" (2007) and a legitimate action movie role with the Bruce Willis-starring "RED" (2010). Despite primarily being involved in screen work, she still took time to return to the stage in the 21st century, which led to her last major performance in "The Audience" where she played Queen Elizabeth II and drew much acclaim, including a Tony Award for Best Actress. The 2010s were still filled with interesting roles for Mirren even as she closed in on her 70s, kicking off the decade with a role opposite Russell Brand in the remake of "Arthur" (2011) and going on to earn more acclaim for her performance in the Jay Roach-directed drama "Trumbo" (2015). In 2017, she joined the Fast and the Furious series in an uncredited role in "The Fate of the Furious" (2017) before reprising the role in "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019) with plans to appear in "Fast & Furious 9" (2020). She also starred as the title character "Catherine the Great" (HBO 2019), which reunited her with the work of Nigel Williams, who wrote the play "The Queen" was based on.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | F9 | Magdalene Shaw (Character) | - | 2021 |
71% | 67% | The One and Only Ivan | Snickers (Voice) | - | 2020 |
100% | No Score Yet | The Duke | Lilya Frances (Character) | - | 2020 |
60% | 100% | Escape From Extinction | Narrator | - | 2020 |
100% | No Score Yet | #AnneFrank. Parallel Stories | Unknown (Character) | - | 2019 |
67% | 88% | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw | Queenie (Character) | $173.8M | 2019 |
11% | 29% | Berlin, I Love You | Unknown (Character) | - | 2019 |
33% | 81% | Anna | Olga (Character) | $7.7M | 2019 |
63% | 85% | The Good Liar | Betty McLeish (Character) | $17.1M | 2019 |
32% | 34% | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | Mother Ginger (Character) | $54.8M | 2018 |
13% | 31% | Winchester | Sarah Winchester (Character) | $25.1M | 2018 |
100% | 91% | Cries From Syria | Narrator | - | 2017 |
67% | 72% | The Fate of the Furious | Magdalene Shaw (Character) | $225.7M | 2017 |
38% | 56% | The Leisure Seeker | Ella Spencer (Character) | $3.2M | 2017 |
25% | No Score Yet | The Pulitzer at 100 | Self | $2.6K | 2016 |
14% | 64% | Collateral Beauty | Brigitte (Character) | $31M | 2016 |
95% | 82% | Eye in the Sky | Colonel Katherine Powell (Character) | $18.7M | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 59% | Unity | Narrator | - | 2015 |
74% | 79% | Trumbo | Hedda Hopper (Character) | $7.9M | 2015 |
57% | 79% | Woman in Gold | Maria Altmann (Character) | $33.3M | 2015 |
68% | 81% | The Hundred-Foot Journey | Madame Mallory (Character) | $54.2M | 2014 |
50% | 32% | Phil Spector | Linda Kenney Baden (Character) | - | 2013 |
80% | 81% | Monsters University | Dean Hardscrabble (Voice) | $268.5M | 2013 |
44% | 63% | Red 2 | Victoria (Character) | $53.2M | 2013 |
60% | 60% | Hitchcock | Alma Reville (Character) | $6M | 2012 |
44% | 41% | The Door | Emerenc (Character) | - | 2012 |
26% | 44% | Arthur | Hobson (Character) | $33M | 2011 |
30% | 28% | The Tempest | Prospera (Character) | $263.4K | 2010 |
13% | 28% | Love Ranch | Grace Bontempo (Character) | $134.9K | 2010 |
77% | 66% | The Debt | Rachel Singer (Character) | $31.1M | 2010 |
52% | 63% | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Nyra (Voice) | $55.7M | 2010 |
51% | 33% | Brighton Rock | Ida (Character) | $223.9K | 2010 |
72% | 72% | Red | Victoria (Character) | $90.4M | 2010 |
39% | 45% | Inkheart | Elinor (Character) | $17.3M | 2009 |
71% | 67% | The Last Station | Sofya (Character) | $6.6M | 2009 |
84% | 73% | State of Play | Cameron Lynne (Character) | $37M | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jazz Baroness | Narrator | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 90% | Yes Madam, Sir | Narrator | - | 2008 |
36% | 67% | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Emily Appleton (Character) | $220M | 2007 |
96% | 76% | The Queen | HM Queen Elizabeth II (Character) | $56.4M | 2006 |
60% | 65% | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Deep Thought (Voice) | $51M | 2005 |
19% | 37% | Shadowboxer | Rose (Character) | $370.6K | 2005 |
43% | 32% | The Clearing | Eileen Hayes (Character) | $5.8M | 2004 |
25% | 61% | Raising Helen | Dominique (Character) | $37.5M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Pride | Macheeba (Voice) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Peace One Day | Unknown (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 70% | Prime Suspect: The Last Witness | Det. Supt. Jane Tennison (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 60% | The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Karen Stone (Character) | - | 2003 |
74% | 67% | Calendar Girls | Chris (Character) | $31M | 2003 |
60% | 83% | Door to Door | Mrs. Porter (Character) | - | 2002 |
79% | 73% | Last Orders | Amy (Character) | $2.3M | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 89% | On the Edge | Director | - | 2001 |
30% | 58% | No Such Thing | The Boss (Character) | $60K | 2001 |
78% | 59% | The Pledge | Doctor (Character) | $19.7M | 2001 |
86% | 78% | Gosford Park | Mrs. Wilson (Character) | $41.3M | 2001 |
46% | 66% | Greenfingers | Georgina Woodhouse (Character) | $1.4M | 2000 |
19% | 31% | Teaching Mrs. Tingle | Mrs. Eve Tingle (Character) | $8.9M | 1999 |
83% | 58% | The Passion of Ayn Rand | Ayn Rand (Character) | - | 1999 |
80% | 76% | The Prince of Egypt | The Queen (Voice) | $101.3M | 1998 |
59% | 30% | Critical Care | Stella (Character) | $169.4K | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Painted Lady | Maggie Sheridan (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Prime Suspect: Errors of Judgment | Jane Tennison (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 74% | Losing Chase | Chase Phillips (Character) | - | 1996 |
69% | 87% | Some Mother's Son | Kathleen Quigley (Character) | $608K | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 20% | The Snow Queen | Snow Queen (Voice) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Prime Suspect: Inner Circles | Supt. Jane Tennison (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 84% | Prime Suspect: The Scent of Darkness | Supt. Jane Tennison (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 84% | Prime Suspect: The Lost Child | Unknown (Character) | - | 1995 |
93% | 80% | The Madness of King George | Queen Charlotte (Character) | $15.2M | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 25% | Prince of Jutland | Geruth (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Children of God | Narrator | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 27% | The Hawk | Annie Marsh (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Prime Suspect 2 | DCI Jane Tennison (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Prime Suspect III | DCI Jane Tennison (Character) | - | 1992 |
64% | 53% | Where Angels Fear to Tread | Lilia Herriton (Character) | $1.4M | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bethune: The Making of a Hero | Frances Penny Bethune (Character) | - | 1990 |
47% | 61% | The Comfort of Strangers | Caroline (Character) | - | 1990 |
85% | 88% | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover | Georgina Spica (Character) | $7M | 1989 |
60% | 86% | When the Whales Came | Clemmie Jenkins (Character) | $37K | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Red King, White Knight | Anna (Character) | - | 1989 |
69% | 60% | Pascali's Island | Lydia Neuman (Character) | $861.1K | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cause Celebre | Alma Rattenbury (Character) | - | 1987 |
76% | 62% | The Mosquito Coast | Mother Fox (Character) | $12.9M | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 14% | Heavenly Pursuits | Ruth Chancellor (Character) | $50K | 1986 |
46% | 74% | White Nights | Galina Ivanova (Character) | $41.5M | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Coming Through | Frieda von Richtofen Weekley (Character) | - | 1985 |
66% | 61% | 2010 | Tanya Kirbuk (Character) | - | 1984 |
91% | 77% | Cal | Marcella (Character) | - | 1984 |
80% | 80% | Excalibur | Morgana (Character) | - | 1981 |
17% | 45% | The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu | Alice Rage (Character) | - | 1980 |
96% | 89% | The Long Good Friday | Victoria (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | 11% | Hussy | Beaty Simons (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | 31% | S.O.S. Titanic | Stewardess: May Sloan (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | As You Like It | Rosalind (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kiss, Kiss, Kill, Kill | Stella McKenzie (Character) | - | 1974 |
78% | 87% | O Lucky Man! | Patricia (Character) | - | 1973 |
60% | 79% | Savage Messiah | Gosh Boyle (Character) | - | 1972 |
100% | 51% | Age of Consent | Cora Ryan (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | 53% | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hermia (Character) | - | 1968 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Extra | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dish Nation | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | etalk | Guest | 2019-2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Front Row Late | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | PBS NewsHour Weekend | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Entertainment Studios.TV | Guest | 2019 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CBS This Morning | Guest | 2019 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Catherine the Great |
Catherine the Great (Character), Executive Producer |
2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live with Kelly and Ryan | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today | Guest | 2018-2019 2015-2016 2011 2008 |
No Score Yet | 35% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2018-2019 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2018-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2018-2019 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Guest | 2018-2019 2016 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Entertainment Tonight Canada | Guest | 2018-2019 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Morning America | Guest | 2019 2015-2016 2013 |
94% | 82% | Documentary Now! | Host | 2019 2015-2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Coffee With America | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 34% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sunday Today With Willie Geist | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity Page | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today With Kathie Lee & Hoda | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The View | Guest | 2018 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Insider | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today's Take | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Access Hollywood | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Secret Talent Theatre | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Row J | Unknown (Character) | 2015 |
98% | 83% | Last Week Tonight With John Oliver | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 37% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live! With Kelly and Michael | Guest | 2012-2015 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2014-2015 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Late Show With David Letterman | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CBS News Sunday Morning | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Great Performances | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Katie | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Guest | 2013 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Made in Hollywood | Guest | 2012-2013 2009-2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2010-2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2012 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live With Regis and Kelly | Guest | 2010-2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saturday Night Live |
Unknown (Guest Star), Host |
2010-2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | ES.TV | Guest | 2010-2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kickin' It: With Byron Allen | Guest | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Entertainers: With Byron Allen | Guest | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie Rose | Guest | 2009-2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lopez Tonight | Guest | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Early Show | Guest | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Conan O'Brien | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Entertainment Studios.com | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Top Gear | Guest | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 2006 2004 1996-1998 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Prime Suspect: The Final Act on Masterpiece | Unknown (Character) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Prime Suspect | Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison (Character) | 2006 2003 1995-1996 1991-1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Elizabeth I | Elizabeth I (Character) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Third Watch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
93% | 95% | Frasier | Babette the Caller (Guest Voice) | 2004 |
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