Sentence examples for playing queen from inspiring English sources

Keeley Hawes and Sophie Okonedo are also among the cast, playing Queen Elizabeth and Queen Margaret respectively.

Bet on Mirren, who already won an Oscar for "The Queen" and should try for an EGOT by just playing Queen Elizabeth II.

The actress takes a break from playing Queen Elizabeth on Broadway to discuss the Klimt painting at the center of her new film.

They interview top AIDS experts, gay activists, condom distributors, a sex toy saleswoman, a cross-dresser playing Queen Elizabeth II and an Indian transgender hijra in a sari.

The televised awards ceremony for the French equivalent of the Oscars was already under way, but she was still onstage one mile away at the Comédie Française playing Queen Maria in Victor Hugo's play "Ruy Blas".

Gråbøl will also make her British theatre debut at this year's Edinburgh international festival in August, playing Queen Margaret in the third part of Rona Munro's new trilogy, The James Plays, which will later transfer to London's Olivier theatre.

"I did go through a little brief patch of playing queens, but I've played lots of other things.

In her roles, she projected a quiet elegance, whether she was playing queens, which she often did, or commoners.

She said: "I seem to be playing queens with ever decreasing head sizes," adding: "I'm so used to losing, this feels very nice".

**"Shakespeare in Love" (1998) A year after playing Queen Victoria, Dench returned to the big screen to play Queen Elizabeth I, in the Miramax hit "Shakespeare in Love," which starred Joseph Fiennes as the young Bard and Gwyneth Paltrow as the object of his affection.

Edward Fox plays King Edward, Cynthia Harris plays Mrs. Simpson, Peggy Ashcroft plays Queen Mary.