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Helen Mirren
Age
67
Birthday
Jul. 26th, 1945
Born in
Chiswick, London, England, UK
Height
5' 4"
Helen Mirren's Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles2010 - Love Ranch2010 - Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole 2009 - State of Play 2008 - Inkheart 2007 - National Treasure: Book of Secrets 2006 - The Queen 2005 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2004 - Raising Helen 2004 - The Clearing 2003 - Calendar Girls 2001 - Last Orders 2001 - The Pledge 2001 - No Such Thing 2001 - Gosford Park 2001 - Greenfingers 1999 - Teaching Mrs. Tingle 1998 - The Prince of Egypt 1994 - The Madness of King George 1990 - The Comfort of Strangers 1986 - The Mosquito Coast 1985 - White Nights 1984 - Cal 1984 - 2010: The Year We Make Contact 1981 - Excalibur 1980 - The Long Good Friday 1980 - The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu 1973 - O Lucky Man! |
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TRIVIA:
- (2002) Nominated for Best Actress, Tony Award for "Dance of Death" by 'August Strindberg' (qv).
- Despite her Russian birth name and ancestry, she is not fluent in Russian.
- Became an Associate Member of RADA.
- Before marrying director 'Taylor Hackford' (qv) in 1997, she had lived with him in Los Angeles since 1986.
- Is one of six actresses to have won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award and SAG Award. The others in chronological order are 'Julia Roberts (I)' (qv) for _Erin Brockovich (2000)_ (qv), 'Renée Zellweger' (qv) for _Cold Mountain (2003)_ (qv), 'Reese Witherspoon' (qv) for _Walk the Line (2005)_ (qv), 'Jennifer Hudson (I)' (qv) for _Dreamgirls (2006)_ (qv) and 'Kate Winslet' (qv) for _The Reader (2008)_ (qv).
- Her great-great-great-great-grandfather was field-marshal Kamensky, one of the Russian heroes of the Napoleonic wars.
- She was awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama.
- (2007) She dedicated her BAFTA win for _The Queen (2006)_ (qv) (for Best Actress in a Leading Role) to 'Ian Richardson (I)' (qv) for playing a huge part in her success story. She said (in her acceptance speech) that Richardson was very supportive towards her when she started out acting, and without him she may not have been so successful. She dedicated this award two days after Richardson died.
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