Helen Mirren - biography

“Actors are rogues and vagabonds.  Or they ought to be.”

“All you have to do is to look like crap on film and everyone thinks you’re a brilliant actress.  Actually, all you’ve done is look like crap.”

“The trick in life is learning how to deal with it.”

“Flesh sells.  People don’t want to see pictures of churches.  They want to see naked bodies.”

“It’s great to be queen!”

“It’s never been confirmed that Elizabeth I was a virgin.  It’s like the Virgin Mary - it’s about branding, a logo.  To use a modern term, Elizabeth was actually a bit of a slut.”

Helen Mirren has appeared in the following films:
Herostratus (1967)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1968)
Age of Consent (1969)
Savage Messiah (1972)
Miss Julie (1972)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Hamlet (1976)
Caligola (1979)
The Quiz Kid (1979)
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)
The Long Good Friday (1980)
Hussy (1980)
Excalibur (1981)
2010 (1984)
Cal (1984)
White Nights (1985)
The Mosquito Coast (1986)
Heavenly Pursuits (1987)
Pascali’s Island (1988)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989)
When the Whales Came (1989)
Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990)
The Comfort of Strangers (1990)
Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)
The Hawk (1993)
The Madness of King George (1994)
Prince of Jutland (1994)
The Snow Queen (1995)
Some Mother’s Son (1996)
Critical Care (1997)
The Prince of Egypt (1998)
Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
Greenfingers (2000)
Gosford Park (2001)
Last Orders (2001)
No Such Thing (2001)
The Pledge (2001)
Happy Birthday (2001)
Calendar Girls (2003)
The Clearing (2004)
Raising Helen (2004)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Shadowboxer (2005)
The Queen (2006)
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
Inkheart (2008)
State of Play (2009)
The Last Station (2009)
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (2010)
Love Ranch (2010)
The Debt (2010)
The Tempest (2010)
Brighton Rock (2010)
Arthur (2011)
The Door (2012)


Helen Mirren directed the following films:
Happy Birthday (2001)