In theaters May 13, 2023
An extensive chronology that features information, quotes and pictures on every year of Dame Helen Mirren's career. |  |
Learn more about every film, theatre play and television series that Helen has done, ranging from 1965 to 2022. | Mirren in her own words: Interviews from the past seven decades, collected from all around the world. | |
Browse the largest collections of Helen Mirren photography, including appearances, stills and HD screencaptures. | |
From attending awards and talkshows to interviews and making ofs, the video archive features hundreds of clips. |
On set in Brittany for “Mrs. Reinhardt” co-starring Brad Davis, an actor Mirren has fondly remembered working with. Reuniting with Nicol Williamson, an actor Mirren has not fondly remembered after working in the RSC’s “Macbeth”. In her third production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, this time in the role of Titania and adapted by the BBC.
1981 brought a bit of all genres for Helen Mirren. She starred in two television films – a third adaptation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” after appearing in it on stage and on film before, and the title role in Edna O’Brien’s “Mrs. Reinhardt”. On film, she played Morgana in another British classic, “Excalibur” directed by John Boorman. And on stage, she guested at the Royal Court with the title role in “Faith Healer”. On the set of “Excalibur”, Mirren met young actor Liam Neeson in what would be his motion picture debut. The two were an item for the next four years.
A film role that Helen Mirren missed out was the lead part in “The French Lieutenant’s Woman”. For author John Fowles, Mirren was his first choice for the dual role. But producers vetoed because Mirren, at that time, was virtually unknown to moviegoers, with most of her recently finished films not yet released. Instead, the role went to an American actress just off her first Oscar win for “Kramer vs. Kramer”, Meryl Streep. Streep’s casting raised eyebrows among British critics on why an American actress was needed to portray a British novel heroine. She proved them wrong, earning her first Best Actress Academy Award nomination in 1982.
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In theaters May 13, 2023
Helen Mirren returns as gangster matriarch Magdalene "Queenie" Shaw, alongside Vin Diesel in the celebratory 10th film of the "Fast & Furious" franchise.
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