Dame Helen Mirren was born in Queen Charlotte's Hospital in West London. Her mother, Kathleen Alexandrina Eva Matilda (Rogers), was from a working-class English family, and her father, Vasiliy Petrovich Mironov, was a Russian-born civil servant, from Kuryanovo, whose own father was a diplomat. Mirren attended St. Bernards High School for girls, where she would act in school productions. After high school, she began her acting career in theatre working in many productions including in the West End and Broadway.

Helen Mirren at an event for RED 2 (2013)

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Helen Mirren in Saturday Night Live (1975)

Helen Mirren and Johnny Flynn in Goodbye June (2025)

Helen Mirren and Kate Winslet in Goodbye June (2025)

Helen Mirren and Henry Lloyd-Hughes in The Thursday Murder Club (2025)

Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley, and Celia Imrie in The Thursday Murder Club (2025)

Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, and Ben Kingsley in The Thursday Murder Club (2025)

Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, and Naomi Ackie in The Thursday Murder Club (2025)

Helen Mirren in The Thursday Murder Club (2025)

Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, and Mary-Louise Parker in RED (2010)

Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Michael Wincott, Toni Collette, Jessica Biel, James D'Arcy, Danny Huston, and Scarlett Johansson in Hitchcock (2012)

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