Welcome to The Helen Mirren Archives, your premiere web resource on the British actress. Best known for her performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, "Prime Suspect" and her Oscar-winning role in "The Queen", Helen Mirren is one of the world's most eminent actors today. This unofficial fansite provides you with all latest news, photos and videos on her past and present projects.  Enjoy your stay.
Celebrating
10 years
on the web
Aug
03
2024

It’s been a while since we dived into the Mirren archives. Screencaptures from four television productions have been replaced with better quality. Four films with six performances, because in two of them, Helen played dual roles. In 1974’s “A Coffin for the Bride” from the series “Thriller”, she plays a young woman who tracks down the killer of her sister – in old-lady drag. In 1985’s “The Twilight Zone”, a mousy thrift store clerk gets transformed into a vivacious murder victim through a pair a shoes. Two very obscure and very entertaining episodes you should be checking out on your available streaming services. Also added are screencaptures from the late Shelley Duvall’s “Faerie Tale Theatre” episode “The Little Mermaid” and 2002’s TNT drama “Door to Door”, starring William H. Macy, for which Helen received Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Emmy Award nominations. Enjoy.

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Photo Gallery – Television Films & Series – Thriller: A Coffin for the Bride – Screencaptures

May
10
2024

We’re taking another deep dive into the Mirren archives with lots of new additions from the very beginning of her career to the very recent – and everything in between. Theatre programs from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Helen’s debut with the The National Youth Theatre), “The Revenger’s Tragedy” and “The Seagull” have been added, alongside on-set pictures from 1973’s “Savage Messiah” and promotional stills from “Cause Celebre”, “Hitchcock” and “Trumbo”. A complete list of updates can be found below. Enjoy and have a nice weekend.

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Photo Gallery – Career Photography – The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu – Production Stills
Photo Gallery – Career Photography – The Seagull – Posters & Key-Art
Photo Gallery – Career Photography – Savage Messiah – Production Stills
Photo Gallery – Career Photography – Savage Messiah – On-Set Pictures
Photo Gallery – Career Photography – Savage Messiah – Posters & Key-Art
Photo Gallery – Career Photography – Enemies – Production Stills
Photo Gallery – Career Photography – The Revenger’s Tragedy – Posters & Key-Art
Photo Gallery – Career Photography – A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Posters & Key-Art

Apr
04
2024

I’ve tidied up my folders recently and have found a great deal of pictures that were missing to the photo gallery. They’re all ranging from 2020 to 2023, starting with the Berlin Film Festival just days before the pandemic hit the world and feature a couple of appearances at the Venice and Cannes Film Festivals. For a complete list of updated albums, have a look at the previews below.

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Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2022 – “1923” SAG/AFTRA Conversation Panel
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Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2022 – L’Oreal Paris’ Women Of Worth Celebration
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2022 – 75th Cannes Film Festival – “Un Petit Frère” Screening
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Nov
26
2023

Here comes another great treat from the past. In March of 2002, Helen Mirren attended “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” to talk about her Oscar nomination for “Gosford Park” and winning at the SAG Awards. The interview was “crashed” (or rather politely interrupted) by her fellow nominee and “Dance of Death” co-star Ian McKellen, who was making the talkshow rounds for his nominated performance as Gandalf in “The Lord of the Rings”. The full interview can be found below, screencaptures have been added to the photo gallery. P.S. This is the first of three appearances by Helen on Conan O’Brien’s show. She also promoted “The Queen” in 2006 and her autobiography in 2008. All appearances can be found in the video archive.

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Oct
09
2023

Here’s our final anniversary update, and this one comes with a back story. 10 years ago, when I was working on launching the site, my good online friend Anke was cleaning up her archives and sent me a couple of tapes featuring old Helen Mirren appearances from the time she promoted “The Queen”. A decade later, when I was preparing the site’s 10th anniversary, I stumbled upon those tapes and realised I never digitalized them. So today, with many thanks to Anke, we can watch Helen’s appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, This Morning, Film 2006 with Jonathan Ross and Friday Night with Jonathan Ross for the first time in their entirety. Screencaptures from all shows have been added as well, and you can also find screencaptures from the 2001 television pilot Georgetown, in which Helen starred, but which was never picked up as a series. Enjoy all the updates.

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Photo Gallery – Television Films & Series – Georgetown – Pilot Screencaptures
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Oct
07
2023

We’re on our sixth day of the Archives’ week-long anniversary celebration, so only one more day until tomorrow’s finale 🙂 Today, lots of additional editorial photography has been added, ranging from 1969 to 2020, so there’s plenty of Helen Mirren through the years. For a complete overview, have a look at the list below. Enjoy and check back for tomorrow’s finale.

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Photo Gallery – Editorial Photography – 2015 – Session 05
Photo Gallery – Editorial Photography – 2015 – Session 04
Photo Gallery – Editorial Photography – 2011 – Session 10
Photo Gallery – Editorial Photography – 2010 – Session 06
Photo Gallery – Editorial Photography – 2007 – Session 03
Photo Gallery – Editorial Photography – 1999 – Session 07
Photo Gallery – Editorial Photography – 1995 – Session 13
Photo Gallery – Editorial Photography – 1993 – Session 09
Photo Gallery – Editorial Photography – 1981 – Session 04
Photo Gallery – Editorial Photography – 1980 – Session 03
Photo Gallery – Editorial Photography – 1979 – Session 06
Photo Gallery – Editorial Photography – 1979 – Session 02
Photo Gallery – Editorial Photography – 1967 – Session 02

Oct
06
2023

In our second update of public appearances pictures, we find more photo calls for “Prime Suspect” and various awards shows Helen has attended throughout the ’90s and ’00s, including the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards. The most recent updates come from 2012’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival as well as early 2023’s promotion of “1923” at the Deadline Contenders conversation panel. All updates are listed below. Enjoy.

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Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 1999 – 51st Annual Emmy Awards – Arrivals
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 1997 – “The Devils Adcovate” Premiere
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Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 1997 – 54th Annual Golden Globe Awards – Press Room
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 1997 – 54th Annual Golden Globe Awards – Arrivals
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 1996 – 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Press Room
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 1995 – 67th Annual Academy Awards – Arrivals
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 1995 – “Prime Suspect 4” Photocall

Oct
05
2023

On our fourth day, we update Helen’s public appearances with some fantastic additions from the past. This update includes pictures from various ’60s and ’70s events, promotions for “Extremities” and “2010: The Year We Make Contact” as well as pictures from an actors conversation panel at the 1990 Telluride Film Festival, which included Helen and Christopher Walken (presenting “The Comfort of Strangers”) as well as Liam Neeson and Sissy Spacek. A complete list of updates can be found below.

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Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 1993 – 24th Annual British Academy of Film and Television Arts
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Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 1990 – 17th Telluride Film Festival – Actor’s Conversation Panel
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 1989 – Taping of “Aspel and Company”
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 1985 – Unknown Event 01
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 1985 – “White Nights” Press Conference (New York)
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 1985 – Berlin Film Festival – “2010” Premiere
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Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 1970 – Unknown Event 02
Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 1970 – Taping of The Brian Connell Interview
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Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 1965 – Nicolas Egan Heampstad Studio

Oct
04
2023

The second batch of Helen’s career photography update features promotional stills from various “Prime Suspects”, some great behind-the-scenes pictures of her directorial debut “On the Edge” from 2001 and additional stills and on-set pictures from her classic performances, inlcuding “Calendar Girls”, “The Queen” and “Catherine the Great”. As always, a complete list of updates can be found below. Enjoy and check back tomorrow for more.

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Oct
03
2023

On we go with our week-long celebration for The Helen Mirren Archives’ 10th anniversary with a massive career update consisting of production stills, on-set pictures, promotionals and theatre programmes from many of Helen’s projects throughout the years. In the first part of this update, we find theatre pictures from “Troilus and Cressida”, “Antony and Cleopatra” and “Madame Bovary”, some deleted scenes from “Caligula” and on-set pictures from “Hussy” and “The Mosquito Coast”. To view all updates, check out the list below.

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Photo Gallery – Career Photography – The Long Good Friday – Promotional Stills
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Photo Gallery – Career Photography – Troilus and Cressida – Production Stills
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