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- Birthday: 1945-07-26
- Born Place: Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Also Known As:
헬렌 미렌, Έλεν Μίρεν, Helen Lydia Mironoff, Helen Lydia Mirren, Dame Helen Mirren, 海伦·米伦, Ilyena Vasilievna Mironova, هلن میرن
Helen Mirren
Dame Helen Mirren is one of the most distinguished and highly decorated British actresses of her generation, renowned for her versatility across stage, screen, and television, and one of the few performers to have achieved the "Triple Crown of Acting" (Academy, Emmy, and Tony Awards). Born Helen Lydia Mironoff in London in 1945, she began her career in the theatre, achieving prominence with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) by her early twenties. Her film breakthrough came with roles in The Long Good Friday (1980) and Excalibur (1981), with her performance in Cal (1984) earning her the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival. She became a household name globally for her iconic, long-running role as the tough, pioneering Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison in the acclaimed television series Prime Suspect (1991–2006), winning multiple BAFTA and Emmy Awards for the character. Mirren is particularly celebrated for her nuanced and formidable portrayals of British royalty, which have brought her the highest accolades. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for playing Queen Elizabeth I in the miniseries Elizabeth I (2005) and achieved her greatest critical triumph with her Oscar-winning performance as Queen Elizabeth II in the film The Queen (2006), a role she reprised on stage to win a Tony Award for The Audience. Her career continues to span multiple genres, including the action-comedy franchise RED, the Fast & Furious series as the street-wise matriarch Queenie, the historical drama Golda (2023) where she played Golda Meir, and voice work as the Narrator in Barbie (2023). A Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire since 2003, her upcoming projects include the film adaptations The Thursday Murder Club and Goodbye June (2025), cementing her legacy as a formidable and enduring international screen presence.
