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
May
18
2014

Today’s spotlight is the 1991 “Where Angels Fear to Tread”, in which Helen co-starred with Rupert Graves, Helena Bonham Carter and Judy Davis. To learn more about the film visit the career page. Stills, screencaptures and promotionals have been added to the gallery. A home-video trailer and three clips from the film have been added to the video archive.

May
09
2014

Simon Curtis is set to join forces once again with BBC Films, the British public broadcaster’s movie unit, to direct Woman In Gold, starring Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds and Daniel Bruhl. Shooting this month in the U.K., Mirren will play real-life heroine Maria Altmann, a Jewish WWII survivor who fought the Austrian government to retrieve several paintings by Gustav Klimt that were stolen from her family during WWII.

May
02
2014

In honor of the great Bob Hoskins, today’s movie spotlight is “The Long Good Friday”, in which Hoskins delivered a powerhouse performance as London gangster Harold Shand – and Helen Mirren fought her way to an equally powerful character as his guiding girlfriend. To learn more about the film visit the career page. Stills, screencaptures, promotionals and on-set pictures have been added to the gallery. And lots of video clips have been added to the video archive: Two trailers, a making of, television specials and four clips from the film.

Here’s Helen’s tribute to her late co-srar, as published by The Guardian:

Bob was a great actor and an even greater man. Funny, loyal, instinctive, hard-working, with that inimitable energy that seemed like a spectacular firework rocket just as it takes off. When I worked with him on The Long Good Friday he was supportive and not egotistical. He was never sexist, when many around at that time were. I had the honour of watching the creation of one of the most memorable characters in British film. I watched his brilliant Bosola in The Duchess of Malfi, and then had the greatest of pleasures in playing again opposite him in the film Last Orders. Playing again with him was like playing a duet with a brother I had grown up with, which professionally I had. I personally will miss him very much, London will miss one of her best and most loving sons, and Britain will miss a man to be proud of.

Apr
27
2014

Today’s Stage Sunday spotlights four plays that Helen did with the Royal Shakespeare Company between 1968 and 1970. Three years after Cleopatra, Helen played Shakespeare’s Cressida in Troilus and Cressida for the RSC, followed by Lady Anne in Richard III, Ophelia in Hamlet and Julia in The Two Gentlemen of Verona. The galleries have been updated with production stills, rehearsals pictures, backstage pictures and original posters. As I’m going to focus on Helen’s stage performances in the coming weeks, your help is appreciated. Have you collected pictures of Helen on stage, or theater programs, reviews, or even saw some of them? Please drop me a line to make the archive on Helen’s theatre career as comprehensive as possible.


Apr
25
2014

Today’s spotlight is the BBC’s 1981 adaptation of Edna O’Brien’s “Mrs Reinhardt”. To learn more about this, rather odd, teleplay, visit the career page. Stills, screencaptures and on-set pictures have been added to the gallery. The theatrical trailer tv spots, b-roll, interview and four clips have been added to the video archive.

Apr
20
2014

There hasn’t been a Stage Sunday in a long time, and with the current promotion on Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard bringing “Macbeth” to the screen, let’s have a look at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1974 production of the play, starring Nicol Williamson and Helen Mirren. To learn more about the play, visit the career page. Production stills and the theatrical programme have been added to the photo gallery.

Apr
18
2014

Our next spotlight is the ill-fated “Teaching Mrs. Tingle”, Kevin Williamson’s 1999 high school thriller / soap opera. To learn more about the project, visit the career page. Stills, screencaptures and on-set pictures have been added to the gallery. The theatrical trailer tv spots, b-roll, interview and four clips have been added to the video archive.

Apr
17
2014

Helen Mirren is in talks to co-star with Bryan Cranston in the biopic “Trumbo,” which is based on the life of blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. Jay Roach is attached to direct with Michael London producing through his Groundswell Productions banner, along with Janice Williams and John McNamara. Considered one of the great screenwriters of his time, Trumbo saw his career come to a halt when he was blacklisted after he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee’s investigation of communist influences in the nation. He continued writing under pseudonyms and won two Academy Awards while blacklisted. He resumed his career under his own name after the blacklist effectively ended after 1960. His credits include “Roman Holiday” and “Spartacus.” No production date has been set and the film is still looking for a distributor.

Apr
12
2014

After covering Helen’s most recent work, let’s go some 42 years back, to Ken Russell’s “Savage Messiah”, in which Helen played a passionate suffragette. To learn more about the project, visit the career page. Stills, screencaptures and on-set pictures have been added to the gallery, and three clips, alongside its theatrical trailer have been added to the video archive.

Mar
28
2014

Today’s spotlight is a double pack as we cover both R.E.D. and R.E.D. 2. The comic adaptation features Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren as retired agens who reconnect for one last job. They reunite (minus Freeman) in the sequel to fight against nuclear weapons and Anthony Hopkins. The first one I enjoyed dearly, the second left me disappointed. To learn more about R.E.D., visit the career page. Stills and Blu-Ray screencaptures have been added to the gallery, alongside lots of videos, including trailers, television spots, interviews and three clips, all to be found in the video archive video archive.


For more information on R.E.D. 2, visit the career page. The gallery has been updated with stills, Blu-Ray screencaptures as well as captures from the special features. Again, lots of video clips – including trailers, interviews, bloopers and deleted scenes, have been added to the video archive video archive. Additionally, there are clips from public appearances to promote both films, including the Comic Con and the premieres in New York, Los Angeles and London.