The late Queen Elizabeth II has appeared on the big screen more times than any other person.
The Queen was Britain's longest serving monarch and the second longest reigning monarch in the world. The Royal Family announced the death of the Queen.
The Queen is a cultural icon because of her 70 years of rule. Queen Elizabeth II has appeared in over 20 feature films, from Oscar winning drama to slapstick comedies.
We've put together a list of the Queen's various film portrayals.
According to IMDb, this is the earliest fictional film portrayal of Her Majesty. Credit: Screenshot: YouTube / Frameline
Steven Walden plays a young Queen Elizabeth II in a spoof of a wedding.
The Queen was played by Huguette Funfrock. Bons baisers de Hong Kong is a spoof of the James Bond movie "From Hong Kong with Love".
Huguette Funfrock has played the Queen more times than anyone else. Her role in Queen Kong is brief, but she manages the Queen's famous wave and line "We were most certainly not amused"
Funfrock played Queen Elizabeth II in the movie Le Bourreau des coeurs. A comedy about a little-known actor who becomes famous.
Funfrock's final outing as the Queen was in Hong Kong comedy (and yet another Bond spoof) and it involved a larger-than-life plot about gem thieves and lots of strange set-pieces and high speed chases.
Jeannette Charles stars alongside a Prince Charles look-a-like in this one. Credit: Warner Bros.
Nine years after Queen Kong in a dream sequence, Jeannette Charles popped up again. She has more lines and a supporting cast of other royal family members.
Anyone who's seen 'The Naked Gun' will remember this moment. Credit: Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock
It's definitely Jeanette Charles' most memorable turn as Her Majesty, and it's one of the more memorable scenes from The Naked Gun.
Here's an animated Queen Elizabeth II preparing to gift a castle to a giant. Credit: Fremantle Media / Shutterstock
The Queen shows up at the end of The BFG to offer the orphans a home in Buckingham Palace and to build a castle for the Big Friendly Giant.
Carolyn Sadowska plays the Queen in a comedy about a Duke passing his inheritance on to his dog.
Despite not being in the film all that much, the Queen is still a pretty big part of the story.
The Queen meets Ali G. Credit: Screenshot: Netflix / Film4
We don't see the Queen's face but we hear her voice talking to Ali G.
Knighting Austin Powers. Credit: Screenshot: Netflix / New Line Cinema
There were a lot of Queen appearances in 2002. In the third and final Austin Powers film, she reprised her role as Her Majesty after 36 years. She played the queen in the last movie.
Director Dennie Gordon leads a scene with Elizabeth Richard as. theQueen. Credit: Frank Connor / Warner Bros / Kobal / Shutterstock
This is the first film in which Elizabeth Richard plays the Queen. Colin Firth plays the father of a visiting American teenager in the first of two films in which Colin Firth plays a fictional version of Her Queen.
Yes, that's Neve Campbell. Credit: Screenshot: YouTube / Pathe
Until this point, there have been some fairly slapstick versions of the Queen. The film is about Hitler trying to marry into the Windsors and features Christian Slater as an action hero. Princess Elizabeth was still a few years away from becoming Queen when it was filmed.
Another crazy Queen portrayal. This one involves an American high-schooler getting mixed up with the Royal Family and trying to remove the Queen's face from the currency. There is a dancing version of Queen Elizabeth II.
Rabbit Over The Void is a 2006 comedy about a man trying to convince a Baron that he's worth marrying his daughter. Near the end of the film, Queen Elizabeth II rides up on a horse for a brief appearance.
Dame Helen Mirren is probably the most famous actress to take on the role of Queen Elizabeth II. Credit: Moviestore / Shutterstock
The Queen, a 2006 movie starring Dame Helen Mirren, is the only one of its kind. This is arguably one of the most successful films that the Queen has been fictionalized in, as it received a largely positive response from critics and earned Helen Mirren an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
There is a scene in the movie 2012 in which a fictional Queen Elizabeth II is hurried along with her corgis.
Princess Elizabeth, in miniature. Credit: Weinstein Co / UK Film Council / See Saw / Kobal / Shutterstock
Queen Elizabeth II is portrayed in The King's Speech in a way that is way back before she became the ruling monarch. It was nominated for eight Oscars in 2011; it came away with four.
A young Princess Elizabeth at the end of WWII, played by Sarah Gadon. Credit: Screenshot: YouTube / Lionsgate
Princess Elizabeth and her sister Margaret celebrated the end of World War II with a wild night out in 1945.
One of the most memorable film appearances by the Queen has to be her fight with aMinion that is trying to steal her crown. The way her elbow drops the goggly thief is something we really like.
The Queen meets the BFG. Credit: Screenshot: YouTube / Disney
Disney's live action remake of The BFG is complete with another appearance from the Queen. There is a version of the monarch that is more sarcastic.
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The real star of the show was Queen Elizabeth II's lost corgi, Rex, who got caught up in an adventure in London after getting lost outside the palace.
Credit: Screenshot: YouTube / Neon
Following on from the popularity of The Crown's fourth season, which followed Lady Diana Spencer's relationship with Prince Charles in the 1980s, Spencer focuses on a Christmas with the royal family in 1991. Although Lady Diana is the focus, Queen Elizabeth II has a big part to play as well.
It's worth mentioning that there were a couple of other references to other films that are harder to find. One of these was a 1999 TV movie called The Pooch and the Pauper, while the other was a spoof of James Bond.
The Queen has been portrayed in a number of television shows, including a brief appearance by the Doctor in The Crown.
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