Welcome to The Helen Mirren Archives, your premiere web resource on the British actress. Best known for her performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, "Prime Suspect" and her Oscar-winning role in "The Queen", Helen Mirren is one of the world's most eminent actors today. This unofficial fansite provides you with all latest news, photos and videos on her past and present projects.  Enjoy your stay.
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10 years
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Mar
13
2024

Yesterday, Helen Mirren and husband Taylor Hackford were among the many celebrity guests at a reception to celebrate International Women’s Day and mark the end of the Women of the World (WOW) Girls Festival Bus tour at Buckingham Palace. A couple of pictures from the event have been added to the photo gallery.

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Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2024 – Reception to Celebrate International Women’s Day

Mar
07
2024

Dame Helen Mirren and pop star Kylie Minogue are among eight famous women who have had dolls made in their likeness to mark the beloved toy’s 65th anniversary year and to recognize their achievements as “Female Storytellers”. Helen’s doll is dressed in a cornflower blue outfit with matching hair, which is a recreation of a gown she wore on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival in France last year and the Barbie is clutching an Oscar statuette representing her Best Actress win for “The Queen”. As well as Helen and Kylie Minogue, other dolls have been made for singer Shania Twain, actress Viola Davis and model Nicole Fujita as well as comedian/activist Enissa Amani, moviemaker Lila Aviles and content creator Maira Gomez.

It’s a very special thing and something I can add to my list of my favorite achievements – becoming a Dame of the British Empire, having an Oscar, having a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and having my own Barbie. The intricacy and detail of the doll is extraordinary; I love that the Barbie doll is wearing one of my favourite ever red carpet looks, and it was the first time I’d ever had blue hair, and it felt so exciting. I like to embrace theatrical fashion and the joy that having fun with fashion can bring, and I think that this joy should be age-less. And the cherry on top of the cake is my doll having a miniature Oscar. It is an absolutely perfect reproduction.

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Mar
07
2024

Earlier this week, Helen Mirren has continued to raise awareness of the decline of Salento’s olive trees that populate the Apulian countryside. She taped a PSA for the cause in Tricase’s Piazza Pisanelli and also appeared on the Italien talkshow Splendida cornice, on February 29. “The people of Puglia must fight this catastrophe united, without arguing among themselves anymore, to make their voice heard in Europe and to preserve the poetry of this land. Because Puglia is a poem,” Mirren said during the taping of the PSA. “I am proud to be able to get her hands dirty with the Salento land, to love the sun, the sea and the wind, and above all this extraordinary community, of great humanity and a sense of welcome, from which I hope to feel more and more accepted. Pictures and screencaptures from the PSA and her talkshow appearance have been added to the photo gallery.

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Video Archive – Talkshows – Splendida cornice (2024)

Feb
20
2024

At Tuesday’s Cinema for Peace Gala at the 74th Berlin Film Festival, the honorary Dove of Cinema for Peace award was given to director Guy Nattiv and Helen Mirren for their joint work in the 2023 film “Golda”, the historical biopic Nattiv directed starring Mirren as renowned Israeli prime minister Golda Meir during the Yom Kippur War. It was a first for the award, given against the backdrop of rising antisemitism around the world following the Hamas attack of October 7, when terrorists killed some 1,200 people and abducted 253 to Gaza from Israel’s border communities. The award was presented to Nattiv and Mirren onstage in Berlin by 102-year-old Holocaust survivor Margot Friedlander. “Golda” also won the main prize for Cinema for Peace, which it shared with “One Life” and “The Zone Of Interest”. Pictures from the gala have been added to the photo gallery.

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Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2024 – 74th Berlin Film Festival – Cinema for Peace Gala

Feb
16
2024

Helen Mirren was honored at the 37th annual American Cinematheque Awards on Thursday night, with a star-studded list of presenters on hand to celebrate the actress’ achievements both on screen and off. Harrison Ford, Vin Diesel, Patrick Stewart, Bryan Cranston, Pierce Brosnan, Alan Cumming, Andrea Riseborough and Mirren’s husband Taylor Hackford toasted the star at the event, which is an annual fundraiser for the American Cinematheque that supports its programming at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, Los Feliz 3 Theatre in Los Feliz and Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. A full article on the evening and the many famous guests can be read over at The Hollywood Reporter. Pictures have been added to the photo gallery.

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Feb
11
2024

On Saturday, Helen Mirren and husband Taylor Hackford attended the 76th Annual Directors Guild Awards. Hackford served as the president for the organization from 2009 and 2012. Pictures from the event have been added to the photo gallery.

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Jan
13
2024

On Friday, Helen Mirren and Taylor Hackford were among the many famous faces invited to the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group Soiree, where the casts of Oscar hopefuls such as “Oppenheimer” and “The Holdover” celebrated their ongoing awards season. A couple of pictures have been added to the photo gallery. P.S. If you ever wanted to see Dame Helen hang out with Snoop Dog, this is your day 🙂

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Photo Gallery – Public Appearances – 2024 – Universal Filmed Entertainment Group Soiree

Jan
08
2024

On Sunday, Helen Mirren was among the many famous attendees of the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards as a nominee in the Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama category for “1923”. The award went to Sarah Snook for “Succession”. A big batch of photos from the red carpet, the show and various after-parties have been added to the photo gallery.

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Jan
05
2024

Happy New Year everybody. Helen Mirren, while spending the Holidays in Italy, was on hand on Thursday to attend a screening for “White Bird” at the Cinema Moderno in Tricase. While Lionsgate has moved the film’s release forward once again – this time a whopping 10 months to October 2024 – the history drama releases Italian cinemas this week. A couple of pictures from the premiere and some additional production stills have been added to the photo gallery. A compilation of Italian tv reports have been added as well.

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Dec
09
2023

On Thursday, Helen Mirren presented Adele with the the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at The Hollywood Reporter’s Annual Women in Entertainment Gala in Los Angeles. As Mirren spoke to Adele’s star power at the event, she likened her first time hearing the six-time Grammy winner to when she first heard music legends like Edith Piaf and Elvis Presley. Pictures, screencaptures and videos from the event have been added to the archives.

You know, there are moments in life that you never forget and none more so when you first hear an artist and a song that’s truly different from anything that’s come before and really speaks to you. And I’ll never forget the first time I had that experience was when I heard Edith Piaf sing, and then when I heard Elvis Presley sing, and I had exactly the same reaction a few decades later. I think it was about 2008, maybe, when I heard Adele singing ‘Hometown Glory,’ and this shiver went down my back. That chill that comes just a few times in your life when you realize you are listening to a brilliant and game-changing artist. And I thought, wow, a goddess walks amongst us.

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