On July 26, 1945, Helen Lydia Mironoff, an English actor, was born. She has garnered countless accolades and is the only performer to have won the Triple Crown of Acting in both the US and the UK. Her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen earned her both an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award.
For the same role in The Audience, she also received a Tony Award and a Laurence Olivier Award. In addition, she received three British Academy Television Awards for her performance in Prime Suspect as DCI Jane Tennison. In addition, she received four Primetime Emmy Awards, two of which were for Prime Suspect.
Mirren received the chance to join the Royal Shakespeare Company prior to making her West End stage debut in 1975 because of her theatrical performance as Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra at the National Youth Theatre in 1965.
With roles in films like The Madness of King George (1994), Gosford Park (2001), and The Last Station (2009), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award, she later achieved success in both television and cinema.
Helen Mirren parents: Who are her father and mother?
Mirren was born in London to a Scottish mother and a Russian-born father. Her father is Vasiliy Petrovich Mironov, and her mother is Kathleen Alexandrina Eva Matilda (Rogers).
