The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Helen Mirren.
Dame Helen Mirren is an English actor whose career has spanned over six decades, with recognition for her work in film, television, and on stage. She has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, four BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Peabody Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, and a Tony Award. She was made a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE) by Elizabeth II in 2003 for her services to drama.
She received the Academy Award for Best Actress, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture â Drama, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role for her portrayal of Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006). She was Oscar-nominated for The Madness of King George (1994), Gosford Park (2001), and The Last Station (2009). She was Globe-nominated for being Alma Hitchcock in Hitchcock (2012) and Hedda Hopper in Trumbo (2015).
For television she won 3 British Academy Film Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards for Prime Suspect (1991âÂÂ2006). She received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress â Miniseries or Television Film, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie for being Elizabeth I in said HBO miniseries (2005).
On stage, she played Queen Elizabeth II in the Peter Morgan play The Audience on the West End and Broadway stage winning the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress and Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play respectively. She was previously Tony-nominated for playing Natalia Petrovna in the Ivan Turgenev play A Month in the Country (1995) and Alice in the August Strindberg play The Dance of Death (2002).
Mirren is one of few actresses to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting, which is competitive Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Tony Award wins, as well the British equivalent of British Academy Film and Television Awards plus an Olivier, and the only person to have completed both crowns. She has received several honorary awards, including the BAFTA Fellowship in 2013, the Film Society of Lincoln Center Gala Tribute in 2018, the Berlin International Film Festival's Honorary Golden Bear in 2020, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2022.
Mirren was invested as a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2003 Birthday Honours for services to drama. When she received the honour, Mirren commented that Prince Charles was "very graceful", but forgot to give her half of the award. Another person had to remind him to give Mirren the star. She also said that she felt wary about accepting the award, and had to be persuaded by comrades to accept the damehood. In 1996, she had declined appointment as a Commander of the order (CBE). On 3 January 2013, Mirren received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 6714 Hollywood Boulevard, in front of the Pig 'n Whistle, and joked about her star's proximity to that of The King's Speech actor Colin Firth, stating: "I couldn't be prouder and more happy that I'm actually going to finally lie next to Colin Firth, something I've been wanting to do for a very long time."
Dame Helen Mirren has been awarded several honorary degrees, in recognition of her acting career and her promotion of educational and charitable initiatives. These include: