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1 of 13Caligula, Caesonia, 1979Penthouse -
2 of 13Excalibur, Morgana, 1981Warner Bros. -
3 of 13Cal, Marcella, 1984Warner Bros. -
4 of 13Prime Suspect, Jane Tennison, 1991-2006Matthew Ford—Granada Television -
5 of 13The Madness of King George, Queen Charlotte, 1994Samuel Goldwyn Company -
6 of 13Gosford Park, Mrs. Wilson, 2002Focus Features -
7 of 13Calendar Girls, Chris, 2003Touchstone Pictures -
8 of 13Elizabeth I, Elizabeth I, 2005HBO -
9 of 13The Queen, Queen Elizabeth II, 2006Granada Productions -
10 of 13The Last Station, Sofya, 2010Stephan Rabold—Sony Pictures -
11 of 13Hitchcock, Alma Reville, 2012Suzanne Tenner—Montecito Picture Company -
12 of 13The Hundred-Foot Journey, Madame Mallory, 2014Francois Duhamel—Touchstone Pictures -
13 of 13Woman in Gold, Maria Altmann, 2015Robert Viglasky—BBC Films
Few actors can boast a resume as impressive as Helen Mirren’s. The London-born dame has played a detective (Prime Suspect, two Emmy awards), Ayn Rand (Emmy win), prominent wives (in Hitchcock, about the director, and The Last Station, about Tolstoy) and several British queens: Charlotte in The Madness of King George (Oscar nomination), the title role in Elizabeth I (Golden Globe win) and Elizabeth II in The Queen (Oscar win).
Mirren, who turns 70 on Sunday, has a total nomination count of four Academy Awards, 13 Golden Globes and 11 Emmys. Here are 13 of her best film and television roles over the course of a fruitful (and, thankfully, ongoing) career. All hail the queen.
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