We’re taking another dive into the archives. And while we’re not going back too far in time, 2015-2016 feels like an eternity away, doesn’t it? These two years were extra busy for Dame Helen, promoting “Woman in Gold”, “Eye in the Sky”, “Trumbo” and “Collateral Beauty”, and winning rave reviews and every available award for the Broadway transition of “The Audience”. Therefore, many galleries have been updated. A complete list can be found below. Enjoy.

There’s no stopping of recent accolades. After being named a Companion of Honour, a rare royal recognition for King Charles’ birthday this year, Helen attended a function at Rome’s Villa Wolkonsky on Thursday to celebrate the King’s birthday – and pick up yet another honor. Helen received the inaugural UK-Italy GREAT Award, a new honor celebrating the special cultural ties between the United Kingdom and Italy. Organizers praised her long-standing love for the country and her connection to Puglia, where she has regularly spent several months in Salento for years. Helen sat next to Checco Zalone during the evening, opened by the newly appointed British Ambassador to Italy, Stephen Hickey, who later presented her with the award on stage. Pictures from the event have been added to the photo gallery.

Helen Mirren was added to a very select group of people recognized by King Charles III for their “major contribution” over the years to British life. The actress was named a “Companion of Honour,” one of the highest awards the king can bestow to citizens in the United Kingdom and across the Commonwealth, limited to only 65 people at any time. Mirren’s elevation to the group, which also includes British environmentalist David Attenborough, Canadian author Margaret Atwood and former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, was one of the highlights of Charles’ latest award of honors. The honors, which aim to reward individuals for their contributions to British life, are awarded twice a year to celebrities and public figures as well as ordinary people, once at New Year’s, and then in June, to mark the king’s birthday. At the Oscars in 2007, she won best actress for her performance in “The Queen,” a film that follows the late Queen Elizabeth II in the aftermath of the 1997 death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Since receiving her Damehood in 2003, at age 80, she has elevated her status as a dynamic and influential actor, embodying artistic longevity and the deepening of creative power with age. Her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006) earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress, alongside BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild honors. Defying industry boundaries, she has continued to take on major, challenging roles in film and television, including the adaptation of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club, well into her eighth decade. Recognised with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award and the prestigious 2026 Cecil B. DeMille Award, she joins an elite lineage of cinematic legends. Beyond her professional achievements, she uses her platform to challenge ageist norms, celebrating aging as a source of wisdom and vitality. She stands as a testament to resilience, reinvention, and the enduring power of experience.

Helen Mirren, who is in Sicily as the recipient of a Taormina Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award, opened up about her relationship with “MobLand” co-star Tom Hardy and the verbal attack she suffered in London late last year. As seen in a video shared online, Mirren was branded an “evil Zionist bitch” by a man while she was walking in East London with her husband, Taylor Hackford. Mirren has previously said she believes in the “existence of Israel.” Asked about the attack, which took place last November but resurfaced online in the last few weeks, Mirren said she was “attacked by mistake by a man who was maybe a little over passionate or maybe mentally not quite stable.” On another topic, asked by Variety whether she would continue to work with Hardy, Mirren was categorical: “Absolutely. In a fucking heartbeat.” “I love Tom, I think he’s the most amazing actor,” she continued. “Tom is a very special person. I think he’s absolutely remarkable. My support of him is genuine and heartfelt.” The complete article can be read over at Variety. Pictures from the various events at the festival have been added to the photo gallery.

Bleecker Street Films and LD Entertainment have acquired the U.S. rights to Anton Corbijn’s latest film, “A Talent For Murder,” a “twisty thriller” starring Helen Mirren as celebrated novelist Patricia Highsmith. According to an article by Variety, newly minted Tony winner Alden Ehrenreich plays a callow young literary agent from New York who is sent to Switzerland to persuade Highsmith to write one final installment of the Ripley anthology. “House of the Dragon” star Olivia Cooke rounds out the lead trio. Corbijn (“The American,” “A Most Wanted Man”) directs the film, based on the 2014 play “Switzerland” by prolific Australian playwright, screenwriter and novelist Joanna Murray-Smith, who adapted it for the screen. “A Talent For Murder” will be relased theatrically this fall. “We are thrilled to be reuniting once again with LD, as well as the great Helen Mirren, to release Corbijn’s captivating ode to not only Highsmith’s lively spirit, but her riveting work itself,” said Bleecker Street CEO Kent Sanderson in a press release announcing the acquisition. “’A Talent For Murder’ is exactly the kind of project we love making at LD. Anton Corbijn brings a fresh take to Patricia Highsmith’s world, and Helen Mirren, Alden Ehrenreich, and Olivia Cooke deliver incredible performances,” said LD Entertainment’s Mickey Liddell and Pete Shilaimon, who serve as producers on the film alongside Magnolia Mae Films’ Gabrielle Tana. The duo adds: “We’re proud to continue our longtime partnership with Bleecker Street and excited to bring the film to audiences nationwide this fall.”

Helen Mirren may have had to wait around on set, but apparently still supports her MobLand co-star Tom Hardy. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actress took to Instagram to express support for Hardy amid reports the actor made the show’s cast and crew wait around for hours while he stayed in his trailer. Mirren posted a photo of Hardy and wrote, “Love you now and always.” The MobLand controversy was sparked by reports in several outlets that Hardy was going to be fired due to unprofessional behavior on set during its second season. The Hollywood Reporter did not echo the firing claim, but did confirm the on-set behavior complaints. “He refused to come out of his trailer for hours at a time,” a source to close the production told THR: “He kept the cast waiting, [which is] a power play. Keeping Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren and others waiting is career suicide, I would wager.” Now sources close to the Paramount+ show are saying they’re trying to work things out with Hardy for a potential third season on the Guy Ritchie series.

A stalwart of stage and screen for most of her life, Dame Helen Mirren is an icon of our times. An Oscar-winner for her role in 2006 film The Queen – playing, of course, the late Queen Elizabeth II – she continues to be at the top of her game in recent roles on the likes of Mobland and The Thursday Murder Club. But away from her career, the actor, who will soon turn 81, does worry about the state of the world today, and is concerned about the forces who want to turn the tide against the progress women have made. Speaking in the July issue of woman&home, Helen says, ‘Misogyny, hatred and fear of women is always lurking and waiting to raise its head. And it’s raising its head again, through the manosphere and the religious right, whatever religion that is. ‘But parallel to that, you have more women in American law schools than men, and in my lifetime I have seen amazing change. The world expert on marine life comes on the television and it’s a woman! ‘But the forces that want to drag women back down and shut them up are always there, and I worry it’s rising again.’ You can read Helen’s full interview in the July 2026 issue of Woman & Home magazine – on sale Thursday 28th May in the United Kingdom.

As “MobLand” season two wrapped in March, a source tells The Hollywood Reporter that Tom Hardy‘s future on Paramount+ series MobLand is very much in limbo following clashes with producers. Hardy has not yet been fired as other outlets have reported, the source says, but there are definitely ongoing discussions about the possibility. Part of this personal purgatory situation is due to the fact that Paramount+ has yet to pick up MobLand for a third season. A writers room for a potential season three has been opened, THR is told, but that’s an early innings indicator of intent and not an episode order. The crime thriller is a strong enough performer to warrant such a greenlight, even without Hardy. He has had run-ins with executive producer Jez Butterworth as well as individuals at David Glasser’s 101 Studios. Hardy plays Da Souza on MobLand, the fixer for a powerful organized crime family headed up by Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan.

Four films have been updated in the photo gallery with better resolution versions in Blu-Ray quality. Included are 1979’s “S.O.S. Titanic”, in which Helen plays a supporting role as stewardess Mary Sloan, alongside a trio of awards-winning performances in “The Madness of King George”, “Last Orders” and the television film “Phil Spector”, for which Helen won the Screen Actors Guild Award in 2014. All updated galleries can be found below.

The promised “MobLand” season 2 does not yet officially have a release date, but in an interview with ScreenRant‘s Tatiana Hullender for In the Grey, producer and episode director Guy Ritchie offered a rough timeline for the show’s return, indicating that it will indeed come out in 2026. “Well, we finished our bit, so we’re wrapping up that whole series now,” Ritchie updated, before running down his whole busy upcoming 2026 release slate. “And then we’ve got The Gentlemen coming out soon, before the end of the year. I think we’ve got a few things. We’ve got MobLand before the end of the year, and we’ve got The Gentlemen before the end of the year.” Filming officially wrapped back in March 2026. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but Hardy recently offered a MobLand season 2 teaser hinting at an expanded scope. “The plan is definitely to see more seasons. The question is: Does it become international?” the star said in an April 2025 interview (via Collider). Hardy then pointedly mentioned the international nature of organized crime, saying, “There are families that are involved in each European country that are vying for power to have that status to be able to move these kinds of commodities through. And who polices that and how that fits into a world stage.”