Helen Mirren (born July 26, 1945) is an English actress. Born Ilyena Vasilievna Mironov in West London, Mirren began her career on the stage. Her performance as Britain's Queen Elizabeth in "The Queen" has brought the British actress her...
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Helen Mirren (born July 26, 1945) is an English actress. Born Ilyena Vasilievna Mironov in West London, Mirren began her career on the stage. Her performance as Britain's Queen Elizabeth in "The Queen" has brought the British actress her widest acclaim in 40 years on stage, screen and television.
Oscar-winner Helen Mirren has signed on to star in espionage thriller "Red," a big-screen adaptation of the DC comic book series, it was reported Wednesday. Mirren, who scooped the best actress statuette at the Academy Awards in 2007 for her performance in "The Queen," joins a cast featuring Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman, Daily Variety reported. The three-book comic series published in 2003 and 2004 follows the fortunes of a retired CIA agent who is targeted by a high-tech hitman... Read Full Story
"Brotherhood," Danish director Nicolo Donato's tale of a homosexual love affair within a neo-Nazi gang that targets gays and Arabs, took top honours Friday at the Rome international film festival. "We've been working hard for this movie for four years," Donato said as he accepted the Golden Marc'Aurelio award from jury president Milos Forman. "This is a dream come true." Oscar-winning British actress Helen Mirren won best actress for her role as the wife of 19th-century Russian novelist Leo... Read Full Story
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 5:13 am
Veteran Hollywood actress Helen Mirren is to be honoured with a lifetime achievement award for her contribution to the film industry.
The Oscar-winning-actress will be presented with the trophy at the 19th annual Women in Film and Television Awards in London next month, Contactmusic reported.
Event organisers say Mirren will receive the honour for her "outstanding and lasting contribution to film and television... Read Full Story
Veteran actress Helen Mirren is to be conferred with a lifetime achievement award for her contribution to cinema.
The Oscar-winner will be presented with the trophy at the 19th annual Women in Film and Television Awards here next month, reports imdb.com.
Event organisers say Mirren will receive the honour for her "outstanding and lasting contribution to film and television".
Previous winners of the award include former Bond girl Dame Diana Rigg, multi Oscar-winner Katharine... Read Full Story
I can’t stop watching the Stephan Frears film “ The Queen “. I didn’t expect to like it, my sister offhandedly slipped the film into my backpack saying I might enjoy it. Frears is undoubtedly the most underrated director working today. ‘ High Fidelity ‘ ’ Dangerous Liaisons ‘ ‘ The Grifters ‘ and ‘ Dirty Pretty Things ‘ should all find their way into your Netflix queue.
But ‘The Queen’ is cemented by Dame Helen Mirren. I remember sneaking out as a child to go to the late show at UA6 and... Read Full Story
OSCAR-WINNING actress Helen Mirren has joined the cast of Red, the film adaptation of the comic book miniseries written by Warren Ellis and published by Wildstorm.
The movie, starring Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman, begins filming on January 11 and is set for release on November 19, 2010, with Robert Schwentke (Flightplan, The Time Traveler's Wife) directing.
Willis will be playing retired CIA agent Paul Moses who is targeted by assassins sent by the new leader of the CIA (Freeman) who... Read Full Story
Helen Mirren Pictures
It seems that the cast of an upcoming DC Comics adaptation has grown by one. Screen Daily ran a piece on the films that are looking for distribution at the upcoming American Film Market in Los Angeles this week, and it revealed that “ Helen Mirren ” has joined the cast of Red.
There hasn’t been much news about this film since it was announced that Robert Schwentke would direct the film, but now Mirren will join Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman in the film. Willis... Read Full Story
Helen Mirren in a Bikini - Gorgeous! Poised, elegant, and yet so sexy with her killer figure she recently showed off in that bikini picture (which would, by the way, look fabulous in something by Mimi Holiday ), it is no surprise that Helen Mirren is our Dame of the Month Who She Is: Born Ilyena Vasilievna Mironov, Helen Mirren is an English actor of theatre, film, and TV with numerous awards, including a Golden Globe for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in the 2006 film, The Queen. Why We... Read Full Story
Oscar winner Helen Mirren is coming out with a confession of her love of snorting cocaine as a young woman.
Mirren said she used to take “a bit of cocaine. I loved coke. I never did a lot, just a little bit at parties.
“But what ended it for me was when they caught Klaus Barbie, the Butcher of Lyon, in the early eighties.
“He was hiding in South America and living off the proceeds of being a cocaine baron.
“And I read that in the paper, and all the cards fell into place and I saw... Read Full Story
