Helen Mirren to receive Golden Globes’ 2026 Cecil B. DeMille Award

Posted by Brandy McDonnell on Nov 20, 2025 | 0 comments

Actress, producer and three-time Golden Globe winner Dame Helen Mirren will be the 70th recipient of the Golden Globes’ Cecil B. DeMille Award in recognition of her enduring contributions to the world of entertainment.

“Helen Mirren is a force of nature and her career is nothing short of extraordinary,” said Helen Hoehne, president of the Golden Globes, in a statement. “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.”

With a career spanning more than six decades, Mirren has delivered a remarkable body of work across stage, film and television. She has earned global recognition for her fearless versatility and her powerhouse portrayals of queens, cops and more.

Mirren has been nominated for 17 Golden Globes, winning three times. She won her first Globe for best actress in a miniseries or TV movie for 1996’s “Losing Chase” and became a double winner at the 2007 awards show, for playing Queen Elizabeth I in the miniseries “Elizabeth I” and Queen Elizabeth II in “The Queen.”

Her previous honors have included an Oscar, multiple Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Emmy Awards, numerous BAFTA Awards, a Tony Award, a BAFTA Fellowship Award, the Film Society at Lincoln Center’s Chaplin Award and the SAG Life Achievement Award.

Plus, she was made a Dame of the British Empire in 2003 in acknowledgement of her artistic achievements.

First created in 1952 and honoring the eponymous director, the Cecil B. DeMille Award has been bestowed upon 69 honorees drawn from Hollywood’s greatest and most iconic talents, including Walt Disney, Audrey Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and Oprah Winfrey.

The 83rd Annual Golden Globes, the first major award show of the cinematic awards season, will air Jan. 11, 2026, on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+ in the United States. Hosted by Golden Globe-, Grammy- and Emmy-nominated comedian and actress Nikki Glaser, the ceremony will be broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.

A new primetime special, “Golden Eve,” will debut on Jan. 8, 2026, a few days before the Golden Globes Awards ceremony, celebrating Mirren as the recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award and spotlighting the winner of the Carol Burnett Award. Since 2019, the Carol Burnett Award has annually been presented to an honoree who has made outstanding contributions to television on or off the screen, while the Cecil B. DeMille Award has honored excellence in film.

The “Golden Eve” special will air as a marquee event during “Golden Week,” a new weeklong experience across Paramount platforms as well as celebratory kick-off events ahead of the 83rd Annual Golden Globes.

– BAM

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