Helen Mirren on Wednesday was named the recipient of the Golden Globes‘ Cecil B. DeMille Award, the organization’s lifetime achievement award celebrating extraordinary and enduring contributions to the world of entertainment.
The honor will be bestowed January 8, 2026 as part of the recently announced Golden Eve primetime special on CBS and Paramount+ honoring the Globes’ two annual honorary awards: the DeMille and the Carol Burnett Award for TV achievement.
The Burnett Award recipient has yet to be announced.
Mirren won a Best Actress Oscar in 2017 for portraying Elizabeth II in The Queen among four total Academy Awards nominations. The Emmy and Tony winner has also been nominated for 17 Golden Globes, winning three times. Her six-decade career includes films from Caligula and Excalibur to White Nights and The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, as well as Gosford Park, Calendar Girls, Elizabeth I and Golda among many. In TV, she played the iconic Jane Tennison on Prime Suspect, starred in the Globe-winning miniseries Losing Chase and is a Dutton on the Yellowstone Universe series 1923.
She received the SAG Life Achievement Award in 2022 and the next year became a Dame of the British Empire.
“Helen Mirren is a force of nature and her career is nothing short of extraordinary,” Golden Globes president Helen Hoehne said today. “Her transcendent performances and commitment to her craft continue to inspire generations of artists and audiences alike. It is a profound honor to present her with the Cecil B. DeMille Award.”
The DeMille award was first handed out in 1952, with past winners including Walt Disney, Audrey Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and Oprah Winfrey. Last year’s recipient was Viola Davis.
The Golden Eve special will feature curated career retrospectives, never-before-seen footage, and in-depth conversations with the Globes’ honorees and will be part of the inaugural “Golden Week” celebrating the Globes. That week culminated with the 83rd annual Golden Globes ceremony set for January 11, 2026 to be hosted for a second year by Nikki Glaser.
Globes nominations will be announced December 8.
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