Dame Helen Mirren is known for the movies "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)", "The Madness of King George (1994)", "Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)", "Calendar Girls (2003)", "The Queen (2006)", "National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)", "InkHeart (2008)", "RED (2010)", "Brighton Rock (2010)" and "RED 2 (2013)".

Some other movies she appeared on are "A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)", "Age of Consent (1969)", "Miss Julie (1972)", "Savage Messiah (1972)", "O Lucky Man! (1973)", "Bellamira (1974)", "Caesar and Claretta (1975)", "The Philanthropist (1975)", "Hamlet (1976)", "As You Like It (1978)", "Caligula (1979)", "S.O.S. Titanic (1979)", "The Quiz Kid (1979)", "Hussy (1980)", "The Long Good Friday (1980)", "The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)", "Excalibur (1981)", "A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981)", "Cymbeline (1982)", "Cal (1984)", "2010 (1984)", "White Nights (1985)", "Coming Through (1985)", "The Gospel According to Vic (1986)", "The Mosquito Coast (1986)", "Cause célèbre (1989)", "When the Whales Came (1989)", "Red King, White Knight (1989)", "Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990)", "Prince of Jutland (a.k.a. Royal Deceit) (1994)", "Losing Chase (1996)", "Some Mother's Son (1996)", "The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999)", "Greenfingers (2000)", "Georgetown (2002)", "Georgetown (2002)", "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003)", "The Clearing (2004)", "Raising Helen (2004)", "Shadowboxer (2005)", "State of Play (2009)", "Phèdre (2009)", "The Last Station (2009)", "Love Ranch (2010)", "The Debt (2010)", "The Tempest (2010)", "Arthur (2011)", "The Door (2012)", "Hitchcock (2012)", "Phil Spector (2013)", "The Audience (2013)", "The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)", "Woman in Gold (2015)", "Eye in the Sky (2015)", "Trumbo (2015)", "Collateral Beauty (2016)", "The Fate of the Furious (2017)", "The Leisure Seeker (2017)", "Winchester (2018)", "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)", "Berlin, I Love You (2019)", "Anna (2019)", "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)", "The Good Liar (2019)", "The One and Only Ivan (2020)", "The Duke (2020)", "F9 (2021)", "Golda (2023)", "Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)", "Fast X (2023)" and "White Bird (2023)".

She played Jane Tennison on the ITV TV police show "Prime Suspect (1991-2006)".

Some other TV shows she appeared on are "Cousin Bette", "Thriller", "Great Performances", "Oresteia", "The Twilight Zone", "Faerie Tale Theatre", "The Hidden Room", "Tracey Takes On...", "Frasier", "Third Watch", "Elizabeth I", "Glee", "Catherine the Great ", "Solos" and "2023".

She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in the movie "The Queen (2006)".