Dame Helen Mirren is a highly acclaimed English actor recognized for her extensive and decorated career across screen and stage. She has won an Academy Award, five Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, four BAFTA Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award. Mirren holds the distinction of achieving both the US and UK Triple Crowns of Acting and has received the BAFTA Fellowship, Honorary Golden Bear, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. In recognition of her contributions, she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2003.
In 1904, Pyotr Vasilievich Mironov, Helen Mirren's grandfather, served as a colonel in the Imperial Russian Army and fought in the Russo-Japanese War.
In 1908, Helen Mirren's mother, Kathleen "Kitty" Alexandrina Eva Matilda (née Rogers), was born.
In 1913, Vasily Petrovich Mironoff, Helen Mirren's father, was born.
In 1917, the Russian Revolution stranded Helen Mirren's grandfather, Pyotr Vasilievich Mironov, and his family in Britain while he was negotiating an arms deal.
In 1923, Helen Mirren had a role in the television show 1923.
Since 2022, Helen Mirren portrays Cara Dutton in the Yellowstone spinoff 1923 which is set in 1923, also featuring Harrison Ford and Timothy Dalton.
In 1928, Countess Lydia Andreevna Kamenskaya, Helen Mirren's great-grandmother, passed away.
In 1938, Graham Greene's novel "Brighton Rock", which inspired the film of the same name starring Helen Mirren in 2010, was published.
In 1938, Vasily Mironoff and Kathleen Rogers married in Hammersmith.
In 1942, Helen Mirren's older sister Katherine was born.
In July 1945, Elena Lydia Mironov, who would become Helen Mirren, was born in London at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital.
In 1947, Helen Mirren's younger brother Peter Basil was born.
In 1951, the family name was changed to Mirren by deed poll.
In 1957, Pyotr Vasilievich Mironov, Helen Mirren's grandfather, passed away.
In 1964, Helen Mirren was allegedly treated inappropriately by Michael Winner at a casting call.
Between 1965 and 1967, Helen Mirren appeared in four productions directed by Braham Murray for Century Theatre at the University Theatre in Manchester.
In 1965, at the age of 18, Helen Mirren started her career as a performer with the National Youth Theatre, where she played Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra.
In 1966, Helen Mirren played Castiza in Trevor Nunn's staging of The Revenger's Tragedy with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
In 1967, Helen Mirren first visited Israel after the Six-Day War and witnessed some disturbing events, but still felt the magical energy of the country starting to put its roots in the ground.
In 1967, Helen Mirren had a role in Herostratus.
In 1967, Helen Mirren had her first credited film role in Herostratus.
In 1967, Helen Mirren played Diana in All's Well That Ends Well with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
In 1968, Helen Mirren appeared in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
In 1968, Helen Mirren played Cressida in Troilus and Cressida and Rosalind in As You Like It with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
From 1969, Golda Meir was prime minister of Israel, Helen Mirren portrayed her in the 2023 biopic Golda.
In 1969, Helen Mirren had a role in Age of Consent.
In 1970, Helen Mirren played Julia in The Two Gentlemen of Verona with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
In 1970, John Goldschmidt made a documentary film, Doing Her Own Thing, about Helen Mirren during her time with the Royal Shakespeare Company, shown on ITV.
In 1971, Helen Mirren played Tatiana in Gorky's Enemies at the Aldwych and the title role in Miss Julie at The Other Place, with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
In 1971, Helen Mirren's television performances include Cousin Bette.
In 1972 and 1973, Helen Mirren worked with Peter Brook's International Centre for Theatre Research and joined the group's tour in North Africa and the US, during which they created The Conference of the Birds.
In 1973, Helen Mirren appeared in O Lucky Man!.
In 1973, Helen Mirren worked with Peter Brook's International Centre for Theatre Research and joined the group's tour in North Africa and the US, during which they created The Conference of the Birds.
In 1974, Helen Mirren rejoined the RSC, playing Lady Macbeth at Stratford.
In 1974, while appearing in Nunn's Macbeth, Helen Mirren sharply criticised both the National Theatre and the RSC for their lavish production expenditure in a letter to The Guardian newspaper.
Until 1974, Golda Meir was prime minister of Israel, Helen Mirren portrayed her in the 2023 biopic Golda.
In September 1975, Helen Mirren played the role of Maggie in Teeth 'n' Smiles at the Royal Court Theatre.
Beginning in November 1975, Helen Mirren played in West End repertory with the Lyric Theatre Company as Nina in The Seagull and Ella in The Bed Before Yesterday.
In 1975, Helen Mirren joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and made her West End stage debut.
In 1975, Helen Mirren rejoined the RSC, playing Lady Macbeth at the Aldwych Theatre.
In May 1976, Helen Mirren reprised the role of Maggie in a revival of Teeth 'n' Smiles at Wyndham's Theatre.
In 1976, Helen Mirren appeared with Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates and Malcolm McDowell in a production of Harold Pinter's The Collection as part of the Laurence Olivier Presents series.
In 1977, Helen Mirren played a steely Queen Margaret in Terry Hands' production of Henry VI at the RSC in Stratford.
In 1979, Helen Mirren appeared in Caligula and As You Like It. She also appeared in Blue Remembered Hills this year.
In 1979, Helen Mirren gained further recognition for her role in Caligula.
In 1979, Helen Mirren won acclaim for her performance as Isabella in Peter Gill's production of Measure for Measure at Riverside Studios.
In 1980, Helen Mirren co-starred with Bob Hoskins in The Long Good Friday, which was her breakthrough film role.
In 1980, Vasily Petrovich Mironoff, Helen Mirren's father, passed away.
In 1981, Helen Mirren gained further recognition for her role in Excalibur.
In 1981, Helen Mirren returned to the Royal Court for the London premiere of Brian Friel's Faith Healer.
In 1981, Helen Mirren worked on 'Excalibur' and met Liam Neeson, with whom she began a relationship.
In 1981, the original "Arthur" movie was released, a film which was remade in 2010 with Helen Mirren appearing in it.
In 1982, Sally Beauman reported in her history of the RSC, that Mirren criticized the National Theatre and the RSC for lavish expenditure.
In January 1983, Helen Mirren was described as having "swaggered through the action with radiant singularity of purpose" as Moll Cutpurse in The Roaring Girl at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
In April 1983, Helen Mirren played Moll Cutpurse in The Roaring Girl at the Barbican Theatre.
In 1984, Helen Mirren took roles in the movie 2010.
In 1985, Helen Mirren appeared in White Nights and The Twilight Zone episode "Dead Woman's Shoes".
In 1985, Helen Mirren met American director Taylor Hackford on the set of 'White Nights'.
In 1986, Helen Mirren and Taylor Hackford began dating.
In 1986, Helen Mirren gained further recognition for her role in The Mosquito Coast.
In 1988, Helen Mirren took roles in Pascali's Island.
At the beginning of January 1989, Helen Mirren co-starred with Bob Peck at the Young Vic in the London premiere of the Arthur Miller double-bill, Two Way Mirror.
In 1989, Helen Mirren gained further recognition for her role in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover.
In 1989, Helen Mirren took roles in When the Whales Came.
In 1990, Helen Mirren identified herself as an atheist in an interview.
In 1990, Helen Mirren reunited with Donald Sutherland in the film Bethune: The Making of a Hero after a period of not working together.
In 1991, Helen Mirren began playing DCI Jane Tennison in ITV's police procedural Prime Suspect.
In 1992, Helen Mirren won a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for her role in Prime Suspect.
In 1994, Helen Mirren appeared in "The Madness of King George".
In 1994, Helen Mirren portrayed Charlotte in "The Madness of King George".
In 1994, Helen Mirren received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in The Madness of King George.
In 1994, Helen Mirren won a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for her role in Prime Suspect. Also in 1994 she had a stage breakthrough in Yvonne Arnaud Theatre production of A Month in the Country.
In 1995, Helen Mirren was Tony-nominated for A Month in the Country.
In 1996, Helen Mirren appeared in "Some Mother's Son".
In 1996, Helen Mirren's mother, Kathleen passed away.
On December 31, 1997, Helen Mirren married Taylor Hackford at the Ardersier Parish Church near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. It was her first marriage and his third.
In 1997, Helen Mirren appeared in "Painted Lady".
In 1997, Helen Mirren wanted to see the defeat of the Conservative Party at the UK general election.
In 1998, Helen Mirren appeared in "The Prince of Egypt" and played Cleopatra in "Antony and Cleopatra" at the National Theatre.
In 1999, Helen Mirren earned an Emmy Award for portraying Ayn Rand in the Showtime television film The Passion of Ayn Rand.
In 1999, Helen Mirren played the role of Mrs. Eve Tingle, a sadistic history teacher, in "Teaching Mrs. Tingle".
In 1999, Helen Mirren portrayed Ayn Rand in the television film "The Passion of Ayn Rand", winning an Emmy for her performance.
In 2000, Helen Mirren acted as Lady Torrance in "Orpheus Descending" at the Donmar Warehouse in London.
In 2000, Helen Mirren acted in "Greenfingers", a comedy about prison gardeners, and "The Pledge", where she played a child psychologist.
In September 2001, the fraught rehearsal period for The Dance of Death, co-starring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen, coincided with the terrorist attacks on New York on 11 September 2001.
In 2001, Helen Mirren received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Gosford Park.
In 2001, Helen Mirren starred in "Gosford Park", receiving awards and nominations for her role as Mrs. Wilson.
In 2002, Helen Mirren appeared in the film "Door to Door".
In 2002, Helen Mirren was Tony-nominated for The Dance of Death.
In 2002, Helen Mirren's younger brother Peter Basil passed away.
In November 2003, Helen Mirren played Christine Mannon in "Mourning Becomes Electra" at the National Theatre.
In 2003, Helen Mirren starred in "Calendar Girls", a film inspired by the true story of Yorkshire women raising money for Leukaemia Research.
In 2003, Lana Clarkson died in Phil Spector's mansion, which led to Phil Spector's murder trials. The film "Phil Spector" focuses on these trials.
In 2004, Helen Mirren appeared in "The Clearing", "Pride", and "Raising Helen".
In 2004, Helen Mirren was named Naturist of the Year by British Naturism and expressed her love for nude beaches and naturism.
In 2005, Helen Mirren appeared in "Shadowboxer" and voiced the supercomputer Deep Thought in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".
In 2005, Helen Mirren earned an Emmy Award for portraying Queen Elizabeth I in the HBO miniseries Elizabeth I.
In 2005, Helen Mirren portrayed Elizabeth I in the television series "Elizabeth I", earning an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
In 2006, Helen Mirren came 29th on ITV's poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars voted by the British public, primarily due to Prime Suspect.
In 2006, Helen Mirren concluded her role as DCI Jane Tennison in ITV's Prime Suspect.
In 2006, Helen Mirren portrayed Elizabeth II in "The Queen", winning an Academy Award for Best Actress, a BAFTA, and a Golden Globe.
In 2006, Helen Mirren stated that she had never been a member of any political party.
In 2006, Helen Mirren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Elizabeth II in the drama The Queen.
In September 2007, Helen Mirren's autobiography, In the Frame: My Life in Words and Pictures, was published in the UK.
On September 16, 2007, Helen Mirren won an Emmy Award for her role in "Prime Suspect: The Final Act" on PBS.
In 2007, Helen Mirren spoke about director Michael Winner's treatment of her at a casting call in 1964.
In 2007, the Israeli film, also titled "The Debt", was released, which was later remade with Helen Mirren.
In a 2008 interview with GQ, Helen Mirren disclosed that she was date raped as a student, and had used cocaine at parties until the 1980s, stopping after learning that Klaus Barbie profited from cocaine dealing.
In January 2009, Helen Mirren was named on The Times' list of the top 10 British actresses of all time.
In July 2009, Helen Mirren played the title role in Jean Racine's "Phèdre" at the Epidaurus amphitheatre.
In 2009, Helen Mirren prepared for her role in "The Debt" by studying Hebrew language, Jewish history, and Holocaust writing while filming in Israel.
In 2009, Helen Mirren was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in The Last Station.
In 2009, the novel 'The Leisure Seeker' was published, which Helen Mirren later starred in the film adaptation of in 2017.
On May 11, 2010, Helen Mirren attended the unveiling of her waxwork at Madame Tussauds in London.
In September 2010, Helen Mirren's film "Brighton Rock" premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
In 2010, Helen Mirren appeared in films such as The Tempest and Red.
In 2010, Helen Mirren starred in "Love Ranch", directed by her husband Taylor Hackford, and in Julie Taymor's "The Tempest".
In 2010, Helen Mirren starred in the film 2010.
In 2010, Richard C. Morais's novel, "The Hundred-Foot Journey" was published; it was later adapted into a film starring Helen Mirren in 2014.
In August 2011, Helen Mirren stated that while she does not believe in God, she is quite spiritual and still believes in fairies and leprechauns.
In 2010, she was named Sexiest Woman Alive by Esquire, and in a 2011 photo shoot for the magazine, she stripped down and covered up with the Union Jack.
In 2012, Helen Mirren appeared in the film Hitchcock.
In 2012, Helen Mirren played Alma Reville in the biopic "Hitchcock", which focused on the making of "Psycho".
In 2012, Helen Mirren was selected by Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover, celebrating British cultural figures.
In February 2013, Helen Mirren began playing Elizabeth II in "The Audience" at the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End.
In March 2013, Helen Mirren was announced as a model for Marks & Spencer's "Womanism" campaign, and The Guardian listed her as one of the 50 Best-Dressed Over 50.
In 2013, Helen Mirren appeared in the film sequel Red 2.
In 2013, Helen Mirren received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In 2013, Helen Mirren received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress for playing Elizabeth II in The Audience.
In 2013, Helen Mirren replaced Bette Midler in the television film "Phil Spector" and voiced Dean Hardscrabble in "Monsters University".
In 2014, Helen Mirren starred in "The Hundred-Foot Journey", a comedy-drama based on Richard C. Morais's 2010 novel.
In June 2015, Helen Mirren won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in "The Audience", achieving the US "Triple Crown of Acting".
In 2015, Helen Mirren appeared in the films Eye in the Sky and Trumbo.
In 2015, Helen Mirren starred in 'Woman in Gold' as Maria Altmann, appeared in 'Eye in the Sky' as a military intelligence officer, and played Hedda Hopper in 'Trumbo'.
Prior to 2015, Helen Mirren had twice been nominated for Broadway's Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.
In 2016, Helen Mirren starred in the film Collateral Beauty alongside Will Smith, Keira Knightley, and Kate Winslet. The film received largely negative reviews.
In 2017, Helen Mirren became a U.S. citizen.
In 2017, Helen Mirren narrated the documentary 'Cries from Syria' and made a cameo appearance in 'The Fate of the Furious', playing Magdalene Shaw. She also starred in 'The Leisure Seeker'.
In 2018, Helen Mirren portrayed Sarah Winchester in the film 'Winchester' and starred as Mother Ginger in Disney's 'The Nutcracker and the Four Realms'.
In 2019, Helen Mirren appeared in the film 'Berlin, I Love You', the French crime thriller 'Anna', and co-starred in 'Hobbs & Shaw'.
In 2019, Helen Mirren portrayed Catherine the Great in a television role.
In 2020, Helen Mirren voted in her first U.S. election and supported Patricia Ackerman's campaign in Nevada's 2nd congressional district.
In March 2021, Helen Mirren was cast as the villain Hespera in the superhero film 'Shazam! Fury of the Gods'.
In April 2021, Helen Mirren took part in the music video "La Vacinada" by Checco Zalone, which humorously addressed the safety of having an affair with someone vaccinated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2021, Helen Mirren was named by Carnegie Corporation of New York as an honoree of the Great Immigrants Award.
In 2022, Helen Mirren appeared in Kendrick Lamar's "Count Me Out" music video as a therapist. Since 2022, she portrays Cara Dutton in the Yellowstone spinoff 1923.
In 2022, Helen Mirren had a role in the television show 1923.
In 2022, Helen Mirren received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.
In August 2023, Helen Mirren expressed strong support for Israel's existence, citing the Holocaust, while also opposing the Israeli government's policies and proposed judicial reforms. She expressed opposition to cultural boycotts of Israel.
In 2023, Helen Mirren portrayed Golda Meir in the biopic 'Golda' and served as the narrator in Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie'.
In March 2024, to commemorate the 65th anniversary of International Women's Day, Helen Mirren was one of a number of female celebrities who had their likeness turned into Barbie dolls.
In 2025, Helen Mirren is slated to appear in MobLand.
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