Helen Mirren has given another Oscar-worthy acting performance – doing animal impressions on a US chat show.
The 64-year-old actress proved she was game for a laugh when she took part in a hilarious quiz with Ellen DeGeneres.
While the talkshow host held up pictures of animals, Mirren had to do good enough impressions to enable DeGeneres to guess what they were.
After speeding her way through impressions of an elephant, rooster and horse, the Queen star was baffled by how to mimic a pig... Read Full Story
Helen Mirren showed off a little more leg than planned during an appearance on a US chat show.
The 64-year-old British actress put her hand over her face to cover her embarrassment when host Ellen DeGeneres pointed out her petticoat was on show.
Rushing to cover up the fashion faux pas, the Queen star gulped: “Oops. I’m getting over-excited.”
Mirren’s slip-up came as she was discussing the widely-publicised paparazzi photograph of her looking svelte in a red bikini.
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For many years the Oscar-winning actress couldn’t see the point of getting wed, but was forced to change her mind by her husband, American director Taylor Hackford.
Helen said: “I saw marriage as losing my independence. Then, one day, I just felt it would be right.”
The 64-year-old star – who began dating Taylor in 1986 and tied the knot with him in 1997 – now loves being a wife.
She added to Women’s Weekly magazine: “I’d been with Taylor over a decade. He’d given me respect and... Read Full Story
The 64-year-old actress – who has stripped on screen in several films – insists baring all in front of the camera is “liberating” and she gets through it by refusing to think of the response from male fans.
She said: “As you get older naked stuff gets easier. It’s more to do with the role than what men in the audience think. There’s a liberation about it.”
The ‘Queen’ actress also spoke about her first encounters of sex, admitting she is still angry about losing her virginity.
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Actress Dame Helen Mirren has said that her boyfriends have taught her a ‘lot of things’ about life.
The 64-year-old actress has previously had some famous liaisons with stars such as Liam Neeson and Nicol Williamson and is now married to the US director Taylor Hackford.
She told the UK’s Weekend magazine: “I’ve learned a lot of things from boyfriends in my life. I had one boyfriend who loved music – I’m very unmusical myself – so all my information about music comes from him.
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Dame Helen Mirren has said that she now keeps all of her awards safely in the attic.
The 64-year-old actress has won Oscars, Emmys and Baftas among other gongs over the years and she recently picked up a Lifetime Achievement award at the Women in Film and TV Awards.
She said: “Well, I used to have them out but now I have put them away.
“Those awards are quite serious but I have had so many funny ones over the years. I won Best Actress at the Rio Film Festival which doesn’t exist any more... Read Full Story
Helen Mirren and Colin Firth have both garnered the top actor Independent Spirit Award nominations.
Mirren has been nominated for best female lead, while Firth has been honoured with a best male actor nomination.
The prestigious awards traditionally recognise work in independent film and are set for March 5, 2010.
Mirren, who won an Oscar for The Queen, appears in a film that has scooped five Spirit nominations – The Last Station. The movie is a study of the final year of the life of Leo... Read Full Story
Dame Helen Mirren will be feted at the annual Palm Springs International Film Festival.
The 64-year-old actress will be on hand to receive a career achievement award at the January 5 event held in the Californian desert resort of Palm Springs.
Mirren won an Oscar in 2006 for her performance as Elizabeth II in The Queen. Lately she has been working on The Last Station, a period movie about Leo Tolstoy co-starring the Last King of Scotland’s James McAvoy.
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