Dame Helen Mirren DBE

MFL_Ambassadors_Dame Helen Mirren
27th February 2017

Actress

Helen Mirren is one of the best known and respected actresses with a career that spans stage, screen and television over five decades. Renowned for her performance in The Queen for which she won an Oscar and is the only actress to have portrayed both Queen Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II on screen. She’s played the tough talking DCI Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect and a gangster’s moll in The Long Good Friday. Helen has scooped numerous awards throughout her career, including BAFTAs, Emmys, Golden Globes. In 2014 was awarded the prestigious BAFTA Fellowship. Most recently she appeared in the SKY TV series Catherine The Great and her latest film with Ian McKellen is The Good Liar. She was appointed Dame Helen Mirren in 2003.

 

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