Helen Mirren Helen Mirren Dame Helen Lydia Mirren, (; born 26 July 1945) is an English actor. Mirren began her acting career with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1967, and is one of the few performers who have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2007 for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in "The Queen" and received the Olivier Award for Best Actress and Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the same role in "The Audience". Mirren's other Academy Award nominations include "The Madness of King George" (1994), "Gosford Park"
Robert Fox (producer) Hours" with Scott Rudin, directed by Stephen Daldry, starring Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore; and "Iris" (Miramax/Mirage) directed by Richard Eyre starring Judi Dench, Kate Winslet and Jim Broadbent, both of which garnered Oscars in 2003. Other credits include Executive Producer on "Another Country"; a television film of "Suddenly, Last Summer" with Maggie Smith; and "A Month by the Lake" for Miramax starring Vanessa Redgrave, Edward Fox and Uma Thurman. He co-produced "Notes on a Scandal" for Fox Searchlight starring Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench. Fox is married to Fiona Golfar, with whom he has two children. He