The Big Picture: Helen Mirren Career & Biographical Notes: Real name is Ilyena Vasilievna Mironov. We swear. Is married to Ray director Taylor Hackford. Won an Academy Award for playing Queen Elizabeth. Coincidentally, her grandfather was the royal butcher for Queen Victoria. Only answers to Her Royal Highness nowadays.

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Helen Mirren Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• Arthur
• Prince of Egypt, The
• Red

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Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
The Last Station	1/15/10	N/A
State of Play	4/17/09	N/A
Inkheart	1/23/09	N/A
National Treasure: Book of Secrets	12/21/07				205.99	Info
The Clearing	7/2/04	R	56	0.62	5.76	Info
Raising Helen	5/28/04	PG-13	2717	14.24	37.49	Info
Calendar Girls	12/19/03	PG-13	24	0.15	31.01	Info
Last Orders	2/15/02	R	58	0.22	2.33	Info

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Awards:

2006
The Queen

• Win: Best Actress, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Actress, Screen Actors' Guild
• Win: Best Actress, Toronto Film Critics
• Win: Best Actress, Online Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Actress, National Society of Film Critics
• Win: Best Actress, Chicago Film Critics
• Win: Best Actress, San Francisco Film Critics Circle
• Win: Best Actress, Washington (DC) Area Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Actress, San Diego Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Actress, New York Film Critics
• Win: Best Actress, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Actress, Southeastern Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Actress, Las Vegas Film Critics
• Win: Best Actress, Dallas Fort Worth Critics
• Win: Best Actress, Phoenix Film Critics Society
• Win: Best Actress - Drama, Golden Globes
• Win: Best Actress - Drama, Golden Satellites
• Win: Best Actress, National Board of Review
• Win: Best Actress, Boston Film Critics
• Win: Best Actress, Los Angeles Film Critics
• Win: Best Actress, New York Film Critics

2003
Calendar Girls

• Runner-Up: Best Actress - Musical or Comedy, Golden Satellites
• Runner-Up: Best Actress - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes

2001
Gosford Park

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, New York Film Critics
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, National Society of Film Critics
• Win: Best Supporting Actor, Screen Actors' Guild
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Online Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Chicago Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, BOP's Calvin Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Golden Globes

1994
The Madness of King George

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Academy Awards

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