ACTOR

Helen Mirren

1945 - Today

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Dame Helen Lydia Mirren (née Mironoff; born 26 July 1945) is an English actor. The recipient of numerous accolades, she is the only person to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting in both the US and the UK, winning an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen, a Tony Award and a Laurence Olivier Award for the same role in The Audience, three British Academy Television Awards for her performance as DCI Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect, and four Primetime Emmy Awards, including two for Prime Suspect. Excelling on stage with the National Youth Theatre, Mirren's performance as Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra in 1965 saw her invited to join the Royal Shakespeare Company before she made her West End stage debut in 1975. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helen Mirren has received more than 15,305,690 page views. Her biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Helen Mirren is the 109th most popular actor (up from 145th in 2019), the 189th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 246th in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Actor.

Helen Mirren is most famous for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in the 2006 film "The Queen." She is also known for her roles in films such as "The Long Good Friday," "Calendar Girls," and "The Madness of King George."

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 77.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 78

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Helen Mirren ranks 109 out of 10,030. Before her are Gary Cooper, Jean Marais, Christopher Lloyd, Mel Gibson, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Tony Curtis. After her are Robert Duvall, Sigourney Weaver, Tommy Lee Jones, Laurence Olivier, Ben Kingsley, and Gene Hackman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Helen Mirren ranks 11. Before her are Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Radovan Karadžić, Vince McMahon, Aung San Suu Kyi, Tom Selleck, and Eric Clapton. After her are Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Eddy Merckx, Jupp Heynckes, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Wim Wenders, and Ritchie Blackmore.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Helen Mirren ranks 189 out of 6,924. Before her are Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792), Elizabeth Woodville (1437), Ian Fleming (1908), Anne Hathaway (1556), William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824), and Terry Pratchett (1948). After her are John Keats (1795), Boudica (33), Robert Burns (1759), Henry I of England (1068), Henry Morgan (1635), and John Logie Baird (1888).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Helen Mirren ranks 16. Before her are Michael Caine (1933), Alan Rickman (1946), Liam Neeson (1952), Judi Dench (1934), Rowan Atkinson (1955), and Cary Grant (1904). After her are Laurence Olivier (1907), Ben Kingsley (1943), Stan Laurel (1890), Jason Statham (1967), Julie Andrews (1935), and Charlotte Rampling (1946).

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