Helen Mirren

Age: 64
Height: 5' 4"

Birth Place: Chiswick, London, England, UK
Born: Jul. 26th, 1945

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A Bucket O' French And Saunders (UK)	Helen Mirren

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

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Became the third person, after 'Sigourney Weaver' (qv) and 'Joan Plowright' (qv), to win two Golden Globes for acting in the same year. The characters she played were both Queens of England, Queen Elizabeth I and 'Queen Elizabeth II' (qv).
At the premiere of _The Queen (2006)_ (qv) at the Venice Film Festival, her performance received a 5 minute standing ovation.
Is fluent in French.
Won 29 major awards for her portrayal of 'Queen Elizabeth II' (qv) in _The Queen (2006)_ (qv), including all the awards that are considered the biggest (except Cannes). She was also nominated for 3 more awards for the same film.
Played a Queen a total of six times: _The Queen (2006)_ (qv), _"Elizabeth I" (2005)_ (qv), _The Prince of Egypt (1998)_ (qv), _The Snow Queen (1995)_ (qv), _The Madness of King George (1994)_ (qv), and _Caligola (1979)_ (qv).
She is the only actress to play both Queen Elizabeth I (in _"Elizabeth I" (2005)_ (qv)) and 'Queen Elizabeth II' (qv) (_The Queen (2006)_ (qv)).
'John Boorman' (qv) said he cast her opposite 'Nicol Williamson' (qv) in _Excalibur (1981)_ (qv), against both of their protests, because he felt their dislike of each other made them perfect as rivals Morgana and Merlin.
Her great-great-great-great-grandfather was field-marshal Kamensky, one of the Russian heroes of the Napoleonic wars.

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