Helen Mirren is an English actress who has one many awards for her acting, including an Academy Award, four Screen Actors Guild awards, four BAFTAs, four Emmys, three Golden Globes, and two Cannes Film Festival Best Actress awards. In 2003, Mirren was also received as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, identifying her as Dame Helen Mirren thereafter.

Mirren joined the National Youth Theatre when she was 18 and has been acting ever since, on stage, in film, and on television.

Her most notably performances are in television series Prime Suspect (1991-2006), Elizabeth I (2005), The Queen (2006), and The Last Station (2009), among others.

Her latest film is a comedy, Arthur (2011), in which she stars with Russel Brand and Jennifer Garner.