Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II

The same writer behind The Queen brought Queen Elizabeth II to the screen once again on the critically acclaimed Netflix series The Crown. Starring Claire Foy as Elizabeth, the first season follows England's monarch through her early years, before and at the start of her reign. No stranger to portraying royalty in the past (Anne Boleyn in 2015's Wolf Hall), Claire adds nuance, humanity, and femininity to a largely untouchable sovereign, acting her way to a Golden Globe nomination in 2017.