Best portrayals of Queen Elizabeth in TV and film

The late monarch has been depicted in Oscar-winning movies and hit television shows

Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth
Helen Mirren as Elizabeth II in Stephen Frears’ The Queen

Queen Elizabeth II inspired a wealth of television and film dramatisations during her 70-year reign.

Her Majesty has been “immortalised in everything from the big-budget period drama The Crown to cartoon fame in The Simpsons”, said Sky News’ entertainment reporter Gemma Peplow. Following the Queen’s death last Thursday, the former show returned to Netflix’s Top Ten most-viewed English-language TV list, with almost 17.6m hours of season one watched globally in the week up to 11 September.

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