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  1. He was a direct descendant of Maj.-Gen. Sir James Rutherford Lumley and himself served as an officer in the British Indian Army's 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles in Burma during World War II, most notably at the Battle of Mogaung.

  2. Oct 18, 2022 · Queen Elizabeth II has been played multiple times on TV and in film. Here's a look at some the actors who tried to capture her essence.

  3. From Imelda Staunton and Helen Mirren to Claire Foy and Olivia Colman, see some of the many stars who've played the monarch over the years.

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  4. Around the same time, Richardson played a comedic Queen Elizabeth I, aka Queenie, in the British television comedy Blackadder II. Following Dance with a Stranger, Richardson turned down numerous parts in which her character was unstable or disreputable, including the Glenn Close role in Fatal Attraction. [32]

    • 398 VOTES. Claire Foy. TV series portrayed in: The Crown. Foy landed the role of the queen in the Netflix series The Crown. The show was created and run by Peter Morgan, the writer of the film The Queen and the stage play The Audience.
    • 330 VOTES. Helen Mirren. Film portrayed in: The Queen. A legend in her own right, Helen Mirren won the Oscar for Best Actress for her portrayal of Her Majesty in 2006.
    • 155 VOTES. Freya Wilson. Film portrayed in: The King's Speech. Wilson played the then-Princess Elizabeth in a film about her father and his fight to overcome a stutter.
    • 176 VOTES. Emma Thompson. TV special portrayed in: Walking the Dogs. Known better to Americans as Nanny McPhee, Thompson portrayed the queen in this 30-minute TV special based on the time an intruder broke into Buckingham Palace.
  5. Absolutely Fabulous: With Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield. The wild misadventures of Edina "Eddy" Monsoon and her best friend Patsy Stone, who live in a nearly constant haze of drugged, drunken selfishness.

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  7. Sep 2, 2023 · The comedy duo jointly received the Bafta Fellowship in 2009. Both also turned down an OBE from Queen Elizabeth II in 2001.