Birth Place: ENGLAND
Helen Mirren has won international recognition for her work on stage, screen and television. For her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen in 2006, she received an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award, and BAFTA Award for Best Actress. She was also named Best Actress by virtually every critics organization from Los Angeles to London. In 2014 she was honored with the BAFTA Fellowship for her outstanding career in film. On television she played the title role in Elizabeth I for which she won Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Awards.
Mirren began her career in the role of Cleopatra at the National Youth Theatre. She then joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she starred in such productions as Troilus and Cressida and Macbeth. In 1972, she joined renowned director Peter Brooks Theatre Company and toured the world. Since then her theatre work has spanned numerous productions in the West End, the Fringe, the RSC, the National Theatre and Broadway, including A Month in the Country, for which she received a Tony nomination, and The Dance of Death opposite Ian McKellen. Subsequent productions include Orpheus Descending at the Donmar Warehouse and Mourning Becomes Electra at the National, for which she received an Olivier Best Actress Award nomination. She returned to the National in 2009 in the title role of Racine Phedre directed by Nicholas Hytner. This made history when it became the first theatre production to be filmed for "NTLive" and was seen in cinemas throughout the world. In her most recent performance in 2013 in London's West End, she reprised her role of Queen Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan's The Audience, directed by Stephen Daldry, for which she won an Olivier Award for Best Actress. She reprised the role on Broadway for which she received the 2015 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.
In 2013 she starred alongside Anthony Hopkins in the film Hitchcock, and with Al Pacino in HBO's "Phil Spector," for which she won a SAG Award for her performance. On television she earned an Emmy and three BAFTAs for playing Jane Tennison in the multi award-winning series "Prime Suspect." Her other television includes "Losing Chase," for which she won a Golden Globe Award, "The Passion of Ayn Rand," for which she won a Emmy Award, "Door to Door" and "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone."
Helen Mirren became a Dame of the British Empire in 2003.
Helen Mirren, The Audience
Helen Mirren, The Audience
Helen Mirren, The Audience
Helen Mirren, The Audience
Helen Mirren, The Audience
Helen MirrenThe Audience
Helen MirrenThe Audience
Helen MirrenMourning Becomes Electra
Helen Mirren, Dance of Death
Helen Mirren, Dance of Death
Helen MirrenOrpheus Descending
Helen Mirren, A Month in the Country
Helen Mirren, A Month in the Country
Helen Mirren, A Month in the Country
Helen Mirren , A Month in the Country
Helen MirrenAntony And Cleopatra
Helen Mirren has appeared on Broadway in 3 shows.
Helen Mirren has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.
Helen Mirren's first West End show was The Audience which opened in 2013
Helen Mirren has been nominated for various awards throughout her career, including Best Leading Actress in a Play at the BroadwayWorld Awards, Outstanding Actress in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards, Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards, and Outstanding Actress in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, all for her role in "The Audience." She was also nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for the same production. Additionally, she received nominations for Best Actress at the Evening Standard Awards and the Olivier Awards for "The Audience." Mirren's other nominations include Best Actress at the Olivier Awards for "Mourning Becomes Electra," Outstanding Actress in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Dance of Death," and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for "Dance of Death." She was also nominated for Best Actress at the Olivier Awards for "Orpheus Descending," Outstanding Actress - Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "A Month in the Country," and Best Debut Performance at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for the same production. Mirren received a Performance award at the Theatre World Awards for "A Month in the Country" and was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for the same play. She also won the Actress of the Year in a Revival award at the Olivier Awards for her performance in "Antony And Cleopatra."
Helen Mirren has won several awards for her performances on Broadway, including Best Leading Actress in a Play at the BroadwayWorld Awards, Outstanding Actress in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards, and Outstanding Actress in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, all for her role in "The Audience." She also won the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards, Best Actress at the Evening Standard Awards, and Best Actress at the Olivier Awards, all for her performance in "The Audience." Additionally, she won the Best Debut Performance at the Outer Critics Circle Awards and a Performance award at the Theatre World Awards for her role in "A Month in the Country."
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