How actors who've played Queen Elizabeth compare to the real-life monarch

Talia LakritzApr 6, 2021, 01:56 IST

Helen Mirren in "The Queen."Pathé Pictures

Queen Elizabeth has been portrayed in roughly 100 films and TV shows, according to IMDb.
Freya Wilson played a young Princess Elizabeth in "The King's Speech."
Helen Mirren and Emma Thompson, both appointed dames by the Queen, have taken on the iconic role.

Freya Wilson played a very young Princess Elizabeth in "The King's Speech."

Freya Wilson played Elizabeth, while Ramona Marquez played her younger sister, Margaret. The Weinstein Company

Here's Princess Elizabeth in 1933, before she became queen.

A young Queen Elizabeth in 1933. AP

Sarah Gadon played a teenage Princess Elizabeth in "A Royal Night Out."

Sarah Gadon. Lionsgate Films

Gadon resembled then-Princess Elizabeth, who was a truck mechanic and driver for the Auxiliary Territorial Service, a women's branch of the British Army.

Princess Elizabeth in uniform in 1945. AP

In the bizarre World War II parody film "Churchill: The Hollywood Years," Neve Campbell also played Princess Elizabeth.

Neve Campbell. Pathe Pictures

The real royal also wore tiaras and sashes with ball gowns in her youth.

Queen Elizabeth. Keystone/Getty Images

In the first two seasons of Netflix's "The Crown," Claire Foy portrayed Elizabeth in the early days of her reign.

Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II. Netflix/IMDb

Foy strongly resembled Queen Elizabeth when she took the throne at age 25.

Queen Elizabeth at 25 years old. Associated Press

Olivia Colman also played the Queen for two seasons of "The Crown."

Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth. Liam Daniel/Netflix

Colman embodied the Queen's stoic salute on horseback.

Queen Elizabeth in 1985. PA Images via Getty Images

Emma Thompson took on the role for an episode of the BBC series "Playhouse Presents."

Emma Thompson. BBC

Thompson mastered Queen Elizabeth's facial expressions.

Queen Elizabeth in 1977. Serge Lemoine/Getty Images

Jeannette Charles is a famous Queen Elizabeth lookalike.

Jeannette Charles. Evening Standard/Getty Images

Charles nailed Queen Elizabeth's outfits and mannerisms.

Queen Elizabeth in 1972. AFP via Getty Images

The UK's Channel 4 hired five actresses for "The Queen," a 2009 docu-drama about trying moments in Elizabeth's reign.

Barbara Flynn. Channel 4

Barbara Flynn's portrayal of the Queen reenacted pivotal moments from her life in 1992, the year of her silver jubilee.

Queen Elizabeth in 2018. Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images

Helen Mirren won an Oscar for her portrayal of Elizabeth in 2006's "The Queen," which tells the story of the royal family's response to Princess Diana's death in 1997.

Helen Mirren. Pathé Pictures

From the hair to the glasses, Mirren's portrayal of the Queen was uncanny.

Queen Elizabeth. Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images

Jane Alexander took a turn as the Queen in the Hallmark Channel's TV movie "William & Catherine: A Royal Romance."

Jane Alexander. Hallmark

Alexander's perfectly coiffed hair, subtle makeup, and polished outfit reflected Queen Elizabeth's aesthetic.

Queen Elizabeth in 2007. POOL/ Tim Graham Picture Library/Getty Images

"SNL" actor Fred Armisen played a bawdy, foul-mouthed version of the Queen in several sketches.

Fred Armisen. NBC

"SNL" did get the Queen's lavender outfit and accessories just right.

Queen Elizabeth in 2017. Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images

Andy Samberg's tennis mockumentary "7 Days in Hell" featured June Squibb as a very intimidating version of Queen Elizabeth II.

June Squibb. HBO

The actual Queen Elizabeth behaves in a much more distinguished fashion.

Queen Elizabeth in 2017. DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images

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