From the golden age of cinema to modern streaming, some performers have played more than one ruling monarch, or the same one many years apart.
takes a look at performers who have taken up the crown on more than one occasion.Gramercy/Photofest; Universal Studios/Photofest
Elizabeth I is one of the most-portrayed queens in cinema, her first screen portrayal performed by Victorian actress Sarah Bernhardt in the 1912 silent film, which detailed the Virgin Queen’s ascension to the throne, the repeated attempts of her council to marry her off and her romance with one of her Lords.
once again casting Blanchett as Elizabeth, this time as the mature monarch whose rule is threatened by an assassination plot. Kapur has announced another sequel titledOlivia Colman in 'The Favourite' and 'The Crown'Depictions of Queen Anne, who reigned in the early 18th century, are few and far between compared to other monarchs.
It isn’t just the modern-day actors who have played a queen more than once. Golden Age Hollywood star Bette Davis first played Elizabeth I in 1939’s, featuring Errol Flynn as Robert Devereux, the titular Earl of Essex, with whom Queen Elizabeth had a tempestuous relationship. Davis took up the mantle as Elizabeth again in 1955 for, this time playing up the conflicted attraction the Queen has with noted explorer Sir Walter Raleigh, as played by British leading man Richard Todd.
This seminal British actress has been in her fair share of historical dramas, but she is also the only performer on this list to have played the same queen in two distinctly separate films. Dench first played Queen Victoria in 1997’sopposite Scottish comedian Billy Connolly. A year later, she won a best actress Oscar for her portrayal of Elizabeth I in, gracing the screen for only eight minutes.
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