Elizabeth Best

from The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman

Role: Protagonist

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Helen Mirren plays Elizabeth Best in Thursday Murder Club (2025 Netflix film), the adaptation of The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman.

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