Dame Helen Mirren, the Oscar-winning actress, is to be honoured by Bafta with its highest award.
The actress will be presented with a Bafta Fellowship at this year's awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, on Sunday February 16.
Other recipients of the prestigious award include Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Sir Laurence Olivier, Elizabeth Taylor, Stanley Kubrick and Dame Judi Dench. Last year, it went to Sir Alan Parker.
Dame Helen said: ''This is the greatest professional honour I can imagine, certainly one I never dreamt of as a schoolgirl in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. To join that list of legendary names is overwhelming.''
John Willis, chairman of BAFTA, said: “Dame Helen Mirren receives the Fellowship as one of the most outstanding actresses of her generation.
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Her career, which has included critically-acclaimed roles in Prime Suspect and The Madness Of King George, has seen her win four Baftas, with a further seven nominations to her name.
She won the best actress Oscar in 2006 for playing the title role in The Queen.
The annual Fellowship award is the highest accolade bestowed by the Academy upon an individual "in recognition of an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, television or games".
A spokeswoman for Bafta said Dame Helen's career "is a model of how to balance box office success with critical acclaim", with films including Calendar Girls, Red and Monster’s University to The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, Gosford Park and The Last Station.
She also forged a career in television, winning three Baftas for her role as Jane Tennison in the Prime Suspect series.
The mini series Elizabeth I, in which she played the titular role, was awarded a BAFTA, three Golden Globes and nine Emmys.
The EE British Academy Film Awards will take place on 16 February at The Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden, hosted by Stephen Fry.
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