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| + | |name = Helen Lydia Mironoff |
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| + | |born = July 26, 1945 (age {{age|1945|7|26}})<br>London, England |
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| + | |occupation(s) = Actress |
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| + | |notable works = [[Queen Tuya]] (voice) |
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| + | |years active=1965 |
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| + | |spouse=Taylor Hackford (1997) |
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| + | |partner=Liam Neeson (1980-1985) |
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| + | Mirren's stage performance as Cleopatra in ''Antony and Cleopatra'' at the National Youth Theatre in 1965 provided her an opportunity to join the Royal Shakespeare Company, before making her West End stage debut in 1975. She subsequently went on to achieve success in film and television, appearing in films such as ''The Madness of King George'' (1994), ''Gosford Park'' (2001), and ''The Last Station'' (2009), receiving Academy Award nominations for each of those performances. For her role on ''Prime Suspect'', which ran from 1991 to 2006, she won three consecutive British Academy Television Awards for Best Actress (1992, 1993 and 1994)—a record of consecutive wins shared with Dame Julie Walters—and two Primetime Emmy Awards. She played Queen Elizabeth I in the television series ''Elizabeth I'' (2005), and Queen Elizabeth II in the film ''The Queen'' (2006); she is the only actor to have portrayed both of the regnant Elizabeths on screen. |
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| + | After her breakthrough role in ''The Long Good Friday'' (1980), Mirren appeared in a variety of other films including ''Cal'' (1984), for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, ''2010'' (1984), ''The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover'' (1989), ''Teaching Mrs. Tingle'' (1999), ''Calendar Girls'' (2003), ''The Tempest'' (2010), ''The Debt'' (2010), ''Hitchcock'' (2012), ''The Hundred-Foot Journey'' (2014), ''Woman in Gold'' (2015), ''Eye in the Sky'' (2015), ''Trumbo'' (2015) (with [[Bryan Cranston]] and [[John Goodman]]), and ''The Leisure Seeker'' (2017). She has also appeared in several action films such as ''Red'' (2010) and its sequel ''Red 2'' (2013), as well as in the ''Fast & Furious'' film franchise ''The Fate of the Furious'' (2017), ''Hobbs & Shaw'' (2019), and ''F9'' (2021) (with [[Michelle Rodriguez]]). |
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== DreamWorks Roles == |
== DreamWorks Roles == |
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+ | Queentuya.jpg|[[Queen Tuya]]<br>(''[[The Prince of Egypt]]'') |
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Latest revision as of 01:49, 27 November 2023
Helen Mirren (born Helen Lydia Mironoff; born 26 July 1945) is an English actress. She performed the voice of Queen Tuya in The Prince of Egypt.
Mirren's stage performance as Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra at the National Youth Theatre in 1965 provided her an opportunity to join the Royal Shakespeare Company, before making her West End stage debut in 1975. She subsequently went on to achieve success in film and television, appearing in films such as The Madness of King George (1994), Gosford Park (2001), and The Last Station (2009), receiving Academy Award nominations for each of those performances. For her role on Prime Suspect, which ran from 1991 to 2006, she won three consecutive British Academy Television Awards for Best Actress (1992, 1993 and 1994)—a record of consecutive wins shared with Dame Julie Walters—and two Primetime Emmy Awards. She played Queen Elizabeth I in the television series Elizabeth I (2005), and Queen Elizabeth II in the film The Queen (2006); she is the only actor to have portrayed both of the regnant Elizabeths on screen.
After her breakthrough role in The Long Good Friday (1980), Mirren appeared in a variety of other films including Cal (1984), for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, 2010 (1984), The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999), Calendar Girls (2003), The Tempest (2010), The Debt (2010), Hitchcock (2012), The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014), Woman in Gold (2015), Eye in the Sky (2015), Trumbo (2015) (with Bryan Cranston and John Goodman), and The Leisure Seeker (2017). She has also appeared in several action films such as Red (2010) and its sequel Red 2 (2013), as well as in the Fast & Furious film franchise The Fate of the Furious (2017), Hobbs & Shaw (2019), and F9 (2021) (with Michelle Rodriguez).
