Queen Elizabeth II died: five actresses who played her in the cinema

During her reign, numerous actresses played Queen Elizabeth II in a film. And even if in the last years of her it has been distinguished the succession of different figures who recreated her from different eras in the series The crownthere were also noteworthy performances on the big screen.

Two great figures such as Helen Mirren and Emma Thompson also received the royal title of Lady, delivered by the Queen herself. In Mirren’s case, it was because of the film. Queenwhile Thompson went for his show on the show Walking with dogsfrom 2012.

Despite the national mourning and mourning decreed in the UK, the Queen survives at the cinema thanks to subsequent memorable performances.

Elena Mirren

The famous English actress made one of the best portraits of Elizabeth II. It was 2006, in the movie Queenby prestigious director Stephen Frears.

Queen It was a success with the public and received positive reviews from the specialized press. In fact, Mirren won an Oscar for Best Actress. Additionally, the film was nominated in five additional categories: Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Direction, Best Costume, and Best Music.

Queen Elizabeth II herself praised Mirren’s work and invited her to Buckingham Palace for dinner. As additional information, it should be noted that the actress had previously won a Tony Award for playing the queen in the comedy The Audience, from which the series was based. The crown..

freya wilson

In 2010, in the film The king’s speechWilson played a young Princess Elizabeth, alongside Colin Firth, who played her father, King George VI.

The story is fascinating: the future King must struggle against his impediment to speak without stammering.

The result was a success and The king’s speech It won an Oscar for Best Picture, Best Actor (Firth), Best Director (Tom Hooper), and Best Original Screenplay (David Seidler). In total, he had 12 nominations, including wonderful supporting actors Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter.

Sarah Gadon

In 2015 the romantic comedy was released A real nighttranslated as night out. It shows the misadventures of a young Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret (played by Bel Powley) outside the palace walls on the day of the celebration of the end of World War II.

Neve Campbell

In 2004 a parody of the events of the Second World War entitled Churchill: The Hollywood yearsby director Peter Richardson.

Neve Campbell played Princess Elizabeth, in a cast that also included Christian Slater as Winston Churchill who wins the war and wins the heart of the future queen.

Jeanette Charles

Perhaps she is not exactly an actress, but simply a person with a striking resemblance to the real queen. Thus, for almost 40 years, Jeannette Charles appeared in such films as The naked gun, Austin Powers. Goldmember, all you need is cash, National Lampoon’s European Vacation, Queen Kong.

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