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Biography

Helen Mirren began as Ilyena Mironoff, having been born in England into a Russian family. Her grandfather was a Russian diplomat who was in…more

Born

7/26/1945, Chiswick, London, England, UK

Birth Name

Ilyena Lydia Mironoff

Gender

Female

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Role
- Prime Suspect
  Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison
  - S 7: Ep 2 Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act, Part 2
    10/22/06
  - S 7: Ep 1 Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act, Part 1
    10/15/06
  - S 6: Ep 2 Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness, Part 2
    11/10/03
  - S 6: Ep 1 Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness, Part 1
    11/9/03
  - S 5: Ep 1 Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement, Part 1
    10/20/96
  - + 3 More Credits
- Elizabeth I
  Queen Elizabeth I
  - S 1: Ep 2 Elizabeth I, Part 2
    10/6/05
  - S 1: Ep 1 Elizabeth I, Part 1
    9/29/05
- Prime Suspect
  DCI Jane Tennison
  - S 3: Ep 2 Prime Suspect 3, Part 2
    12/20/93
  - S 3: Ep 1 Prime Suspect 3, Part 1
    12/19/93
  - S 2: Ep 1 Prime Suspect II, Part 1
    12/15/92
  - S 1: Ep 2 Prime Suspect, Part 2
    4/8/91
  - S 1: Ep 1 Prime Suspect, Part 1
    4/7/91
Guest Star (52)

Role
- TMZ
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 27 Episode #5.027
    10/5/11
- The Andrew Marr Show
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 4 25th September, 2011
    9/25/11
  - S 4: Ep 6 5th October, 2008
    10/5/08
  - S 1: Ep 30 30th April, 2006
    4/30/06
- The View
  Herself
  - S 16: Ep 3 September 8, 2011
    9/8/11
  - S 10: Ep 28 October 12, 2006
    10/12/06
  - S 7: Ep 140 Mirren/Bernard
    3/29/04
  - S 7: Ep 72 Mirren/Keys
    12/11/03
  - S 5: Ep 19 February 8, 2002
    2/8/02
- Live! with Kelly
  Herself
  - S 23: Ep 226 August 19, 2011
    8/19/11
  - S 23: Ep 25 October 11, 2010
    10/11/10
  - S 20: Ep 76 December 18, 2007
    12/18/07
- OK! TV
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 45 Thursday 21/4/11
    4/21/11
- Saturday Night Live
  Herself
  - S 36: Ep 19 Dame Helen Mirren/Foo Fighters
    4/9/11
- Saturday Night Live
  Voice of Herself
  - S 36: Ep 2 Bryan Cranston/Kanye West
    10/2/10
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Self
  - S 15: Ep 85 Helen Mirren
    6/29/10
- Lopez Tonight
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 98 June 22, 2010
    6/22/10
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 17: Ep 152 Show #3324
    6/14/10
  - S 15: Ep 89 Show #2896
    3/31/08
  - S 6: Ep 208 Show #1273
    8/13/99
- Live from Studio Five
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 90 Tuesday 26/1/10
    1/26/10
- GMTV
  Herself
  - S 9: Ep 18 Tuesday 26th January
    1/26/10
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
  Herself
  - S 16: Ep 12 Dame Helen Mirren, Simon Pegg, Miley Cyrus, Spandau Ballet.
    4/24/09
  - S 13: Ep 3 Dame Helen Mirren, Richard Hammond Christian Slater, The Hives.
    9/21/07
  - S 9: Ep 1 Joan Rivers, Jack Dee, Helen Mirren, The Black-Eyed Peas.
    9/9/05
- The One Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 197 Tuesday 7th October 2008
    10/7/08
- The Today Show
  Herself
  - S 57: Ep 66 April 1, 2008
    4/1/08
  - S 55: Ep 204 October 12, 2006
    10/12/06
- The Academy Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 80: Ep 1 The 80th Annual Academy Awards
    2/24/08
  - S 79: Ep 1 The 79th Annual Academy Awards
    2/25/07
- e-Talk Daily
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 78 December 10, 2007
    12/10/07
  - S 3: Ep 31 February 26, 2007
    2/26/07
- Top Gear
  Herself
  - S 10: Ep 1 Series 10 Episode 1
    10/7/07
- Shootout
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 15 Mark Wahlberg, John Lasseter
    2/11/07
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 78 Helen Mirren/K.T. Tunstall
    1/16/07
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 15: Ep 132 Helen Mirren; Isaac Mizrahi; Los Lonely Boys
    1/11/07
  - S 15: Ep 71 Helen Mirren; B.J. Novak; Jet
    10/3/06
- Parkinson
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 2 Helen Mirren, Trinny & Susannah, Dame Edna Everage
    9/23/06
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself
  - S 58: Ep 1 The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    8/27/06
- Third Watch
  Annie Foster
  - S 6: Ep 15 Revelations
    2/11/05
- Frasier
  Voice of Babette
  - S 11: Ep 17 Coots and Ladders
    3/16/04
- American Masters
  Narrator
  - S 18: Ep 3 Cary Grant: A Class Apart
    1/7/04
- The Frank Skinner Show
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 4 Helen Mirren, Matthew Kelly, Frank Maloney
    10/27/03
- Parkinson (1998)
  Herself
  - S 10: Ep 1 Helen Mirren, Cilla Black, Annie Lennox, Jo Brand
    9/20/03
- The Academy Awards
  Herself
  - S 74: Ep 1 The 74th Annual Academy Awards
    3/24/02
  - S 67: Ep 1 The 67th Annual Academy Awards
    3/27/95
- Omnibus (UK)
  Herself
  - S 36: Ep 3 Robert Altman In England
    2/2/02
  - S 33: Ep 15 Yes, Sir Nigel
    10/15/99
- Slap Bang
  Guest
  - — Show 1
    5/12/01
- Masterpiece Theatre
  Maggie Sheridan
  - S 27: Ep 19 Painted Lady (2)
    5/3/98
  - S 27: Ep 18 Painted Lady (1)
    4/26/98
- Tracey Takes On...
  Professor Horen
  - S 3: Ep 9 Culture
    3/1/98
- The Last Resort (1987)
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 17 The Last Resort:
    12/24/97
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 49: Ep 1 The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/14/97
- Ruby Wax Meets
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 4 Helen Mirren and Julianna Margulies
    2/2/97
- TFI Friday
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 8 Helen Mirren, Shaun Ryder, Björk, The Divine Comedy, Pet Shop Boys.
    11/1/96
- Reading Rainbow
  Herself
  - S 14: Ep 3 How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
    4/10/96
- Mystery!
  DCI Jane Tennison
  - S 13: Ep 12 Prime Suspect II
    1/1/93
- Pebble Mill
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 54 Episode 104
    3/19/92
  - S 2: Ep 23 Episode 73
    2/5/92
- Aspel & Company
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 9 John Hurt, Helen Mirren
    1/14/89
- Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre
  Princess Emilia
  - S 6: Ep 2 The Little Mermaid
    4/6/87
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
  Maddie Duncan
  - S 1: Ep 21 Dead Woman's Shoes
    11/22/85
- BBC Television Shakespeare
  Princess Imogen
  - S 1: Ep 28 Cymbeline
    7/10/83
- Play for Today
  Celia
  - S 13: Ep 1 Soft Targets
    10/19/82
- BBC Television Shakespeare
  Titania
  - S 1: Ep 21 A Midsummer Night's Dream
    12/13/81
- Play for Today
  Angela
  - S 9: Ep 14 Blue Remembered Hills
    1/30/79
- BBC Television Shakespeare
  Rosalind
  - S 1: Ep 3 As You Like It
    12/17/78
- Play of the Month
  Babbie
  - S 11: Ep 2 The Little Minister
    11/2/75
- Play of the Month
  Orinthia
  - S 10: Ep 5 The Apple Cart
    1/19/75
- Thriller (1973)
  Stella MacKenzie
  - S 3: Ep 1 A Coffin for the Bride
    6/1/74
- Play of the Month
  Beatrice-Joanna
  - S 9: Ep 5 The Changeling
    1/20/74
Cameo (1)

Role
- Lopez Tonight
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 114 July 27, 2010
    7/27/10
Co-Executive Producer (1)

Role
- Criminal Minds
  Co-Executive Producer
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Last Word
    11/15/06

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- Helen spent a night in a brothel in preparation for her role in Love Ranch, in which she plays the owner of Nevada's first legalised brothel, The Mustang Ranch. Helen didn't want to go, but her husband Taylor Hackford, who is directing the film, insisted she do so.
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- In 2008, Dame Helen donated a signed copy of Suite Francais by Irene Nemirovsky for it to be auctioned off; other books were donated by Sir Ian McKellen, Sir David Jason and Gary Lineker. The proceed of the auction went to the charity Book Aid International which raises money to develop literacy in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Helen was ranked #39 in Glamour's "The 50 most glamorous women of '08" list
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- Helen: I was always a good girl. I always showed up on time. I was never ever late. I never got drunk. I did drugs but only on my own time, not when I was working.
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- Helen: I waited my whole life to win an Oscar, then after I won it, I forgot I even had it. There's nothing like waking up and realising you've won an Oscar.
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- Helen: (explaining she had to force husband, Taylor, to kiss her after she won her Best Actress Oscar in 2007) I had to force my husband to stand up and kiss me. At first he didn't want to do it because he said, 'It's not my moment.' But I told him it was his moment as well.
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