Helen Mirren : Oscar Winning Actress

 

Overview

Born : July 26, 1945 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Birth Name : Helen Lydia Mironoff

Nickname : Popper

Height : 5' 4" (1.63 m)

Oscar : Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (2006)

Woman Helen Mirren was brought into the world in Queen Charlotte's Hospital in West London. Her mom, Kathleen Alexandrina Eva Matilda (Rogers), was from an average English family, and her dad, Vasiliy Petrovich Mironov, was a Russian-conceived government employee, from Kuryanovo, whose own dad was an ambassador. Mirren went to St. Bernards High School for young ladies, where she would act in school creations. After secondary school, she started her acting profession in auditorium working in numerous creations remembering for the West End and Broadway.

Her fatherly grandparents were Russian. Her granddad, Piotr Vasilievich Mironoff, was a Tsarist blue-blood who was in London arranging an arms bargain during World War I when the 1917 Russian Revolution abandoned him there. His significant other and child (Helen's dad) went along with him in London. On her mom's side, she is of English drop.

Prior to wedding chief Taylor Hackford in 1997, she had lived with him in Los Angeles starting around 1986.

Used to work in Southend-on-Sea, Essex at a carnival "The Kursaal" as a "blagger" to draw in clients on to rides.

She was granted the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honors List for her administrations to dramatization.

John Boorman said he cast her inverse Nicol Williamson in Excalibur (1981), against both of their fights, since he felt their aversion of one another made them amazing as opponents Morgana and Merlin.

She supposedly denied the C.B.E. (Commandant of Order of the British Empire) in 1996.

Named for Best Actress, Laurence Olivier Theater Award for her exhibition of "Orpheus Descending" at the Donmar Warehouse. [2001]

Named for Best Actress, Laurence Olivier Theater Award for her exhibition in "Grieving Becomes Electra" at the Royal National Theater: Lyttelton Stage. [2004]

Turned into an Associate Member of RADA.

Selected for Best Actress, Tony Award for "Dance of Death" by August Strindberg. [2002]

Notwithstanding her Russian original name and lineage, she doesn't communicate in Russian, yet is familiar with French.

Her incredible extraordinary incredible granddad was field-marshal Kamensky, one of the Russian saints of the Napoleonic conflicts.

She is the main entertainer to play both Queen Elizabeth I (in Elizabeth I (2005)) and Queen Elizabeth II (The Queen (2006)).

At the debut of The Queen (2006) at the Venice Film Festival, her exhibition got a brief overwhelming applause.

Individual from the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 2004.

Played a Queen an aggregate of multiple times: The Queen (2006), Elizabeth I (2005), The Prince of Egypt (1998), The Snow Queen (1995), The Madness of King George (1994), and Caligula (1979).

Turned into the third individual, after Sigourney Weaver and Joan Plowright, to win two Golden Globes for acting around the same time. The characters she played were the two Queens of England, Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Elizabeth II.

She devoted her BAFTA win for The Queen (2006) (for Best Actress in a Leading Role) to Ian Richardson for having a colossal influence in her example of overcoming adversity. She said (in her acknowledgment discourse) that Richardson was extremely strong towards her when she began acting, and without him she might not have been so effective. She committed this grant two days after Richardson passed on. Mirren and Richardson had first showed up together in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968), Peter Hall's film variation of William Shakespeare's play. [2007]

Named for Best Actress, Tony Award for "A Month in the Country" by Ivan Turgenev. [1995]

She and her significant other Taylor Hackford are both Oscar-victors.

She possesses houses in Los Angeles, London, and the south of France.

As per the April 2007 issue of Architectural Digest, She and her better half have sold their home in New Orleans, which actually remains her beloved American city.

She won an Oscar for playing Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006), making her one of 17 entertainers to win the Award for playing a genuine individual who was as yet alive at the evening of the Award function (starting at 2015). The other sixteen entertainers and their particular exhibitions are: Spencer Tracy for playing Father Edward Flanagan in Boys Town (1938), Gary Cooper for playing Alvin C. York in Sergeant York (1941), Patty Duke for playing Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker (1962), Jason Robards for playing Ben Bradlee in All the President's Men (1976), Robert De Niro for playing Jake La Motta in Raging Bull (1980), Sissy Spacek for playing Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)_, Jeremy Irons for playing Claus Von Bullow in Reversal of Fortune (1990), Susan Sarandon for playing Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking (1995), Geoffrey Rush for playing David Helfgott in Shine (1996), Julia Roberts for playing Erin Brockovich in Erin Brockovich (2000), Jim Broadbent for playing John Bayley in Iris (2001), Sandra Bullock for playing Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side (2009), Melissa Leo for playing Alice Eklund-Ward in The Fighter (2010), Christian Bale for playing Dickie Eklund in The Fighter (2010), Meryl Streep for playing Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady (2011) and Eddie Redmayne for playing Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything (2014).

Was casted a ballot second in Entertainment Weekly's Entertainers of the Year in December 2006.

Won Film Achievement, Greatest Britons. [2007]

Won 29 significant honors for her depiction of Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006), including every one of the honors that are thought of as the greatest (aside from Cannes). She was additionally named for 3 additional honors for a similar film.

Stepmother of Rio Hackford and Alex Hackford.

Sister of Peter Basil Mironoff and Katherine Mironoff.

Little girl of Vasily Mironoff and Kathleen Rogers.

Is one of 13 entertainers to have won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Award, Golden Globe Award and SAG Award. The others in sequential request are Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich (2000), Renée Zellweger for Cold Mountain (2003), Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line (2005), Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006), Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008), Mo'Nique for Precious (2009), Natalie Portman for Black Swan (2010), Octavia Spencer for The Help (2011), Anne Hathaway for Les Misérables (2012), Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine (2013), Patricia Arquette for Boyhood (2014) and Julianne Moore for Still Alice (2014).

Has a tattoo of a star on her left hand, gained at a Native American reservation in Minnesota.

Met spouse to-be Taylor Hackford when he guided her in White Nights (1985). At the point when the couple wedded in the Scottish Highlands, Hackford was wearing a conventional Scottish plaid kilt.

As per an article in People Weekly (November 3, 1980) her tattoo is an American Indian image signifying "equivalent yet inverse".

Assigned for the 2002 Tony Award (New York City) for Actress in a Drama for "Dance of Death".

Was in thought for the piece of Sarah/Anna in The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) yet Meryl Streep, who proceeded to get a Best Actress Oscar assignment for her exhibition, was projected all things considered.

She succeeded John Gielgud in two jobs after the characters' orientation was changed: (1) Gielgud played Prospero in a 1957 creation of "The Tempest" in the Theater Royal, Drury Lane while Mirren played Prospera in The Tempest (2010) (2) Gielgud played Hobson in Arthur (1981) and Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988) while Mirren played Lillian Hobson in Arthur (2011).

Put her hand and impression in concrete before Graumann Chinese auditorium on March 28, 2011.

Lived with Liam Neeson for quite some time in the wake of meeting on the arrangement of Excalibur (1981). In this manner lived for additional 4 years with British picture taker and style creator James Wedge. Mirren initially met Wedge when she modeled for his cover photograph for the July 11, 1971 release of the "Onlooker" magazine named, "Shakespearean Star Helen Mirren Shows How to Dress with Drama". A portion of his erotica representations of her showed up in her 2008 collection of memoirs - "In the Frame: My Life in Words and Pictures".

Was introduced the 2,488th Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame joined by her significant other Taylor Hackford, two stepsons and Phil Spector (2013) chief David Mamet (January 3, 2013).

The longest she has done without an Oscar selection is 7 years, between The Madness of King George (1994) and Gosford Park (2001).

Won Olivier's Award as Best Actress, for her presentation as Queen Elizabeth II in "The Audition" (2013).

She named Anna Magnani as her acting symbol.

She was granted the Plays and Players London Theater Critics Award as Best Actress for her jobs in 'Teeth 'n' Smiles' and 'The Seagull' (1975).

She was granted the Outer Critics Circle for Outstanding Debut of an Actress for her job in 'A Month in the Country' (1995).

Champ of the Volpi Cup as Best Actress for her job in the impending The Queen (2006) at the 63rd Venice Film Festival. [September 2006]

Arrival of her book, "In the Frame: My Life in Words and Pictures". [March 2008]

Was the 130th entertainer to get an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for The Queen (2006) at The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) on February 25, 2007.

She holds the record for second-biggest "Best Actress" grant clear (40 successes) for her presentation as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006), following Cate Blanchett (41 successes) for her exhibition as Jasmine French in Blue Jasmine (2013).

She plays two parts in a similar manner as Judi Dench: (1) Dench played Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968), in which Mirren likewise showed up, while Mirren played her in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981) and (2) Dench played Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love (1998) while Mirren played her in Elizabeth I (2005).

Won the Best Actress in a Play Tony Award for her exhibition as Queen Elizabeth II in "The Audience" on June 7, 2015.

Is one of 17 entertainers to have won the Triple Crown of Acting (an Oscar, Emmy and Tony); the others in sequential request are Helen Hayes, Ingrid Bergman, Shirley Booth, Liza Minnelli, Rita Moreno, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Audrey Hepburn, Anne Bancroft, Vanessa Redgrave, Maggie Smith, Ellen Burstyn, Frances McDormand, Jessica Lange, Viola Davis and Glenda Jackson.

In 2015, she turned into the 22nd entertainer to have gotten the Triple Crown of Acting: the 1996 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special (Prime Suspect: The Scent of Darkness (1995)), the 1999 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999)), the 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (Elizabeth I (2005)), the 2007 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (Prime Suspect: The Final Act (2006)), the 2007 Academy Award for Best Actress (The Queen (2006)), and the 2015 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play ("The Audience").

Is one of 9 entertainers who have gotten an Academy Award designation for depicting a genuine sovereign. The others in sequential request are Norma Shearer for Marie Antoinette (1938), Katharine Hepburn for The Lion in Winter (1968), Geneviève Bujold for Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), Vanessa Redgrave for Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), Janet Suzman for Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Judi Dench for Mrs Brown (1997) and Shakespeare in Love (1998), Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth (1998) and Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), and Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech (2010).

Helen's first Best Actress Oscar and Tony Award for, separately, The Queen (2006) and "The Audience" (2015), were both composed by Peter Morgan and the two jobs included depictions of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Helen's initials are, unintentionally, the authority shortened form for "Her Majesty").

Shared the front of Vanity Fair magazine's 2016 Hollywood issue with, Jane Fonda, Viola Davis, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lawrence, Rachel Weisz, Lupita Nyong'o, Brie Larson, Alicia Vikander, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Charlotte Rampling, Diane Keaton and Saoirse Ronan. Shot by Annie Leibovitz.

She was considered for the job of Solitaire in Live and Let Die (1973) that went to Jane Seymour.

She tried for the job of Emma in Betrayal (1983). Maker Sam Spiegel in the end picked Patricia Hodge in light of the fact that Mirren's "butt was too enormous for the part".

She turned down the job of Catherine Earnshaw Linton in Wuthering Heights (1970). She was more than happy when her companion Anna Calder-Marshall got the part.

She tried out for the job of Neely O'Hara in Valley of the Dolls (1967) that went to Patty Duke.

She was considered for some visitor jobs on Doctor Who (1963) and Doctor Who (2005) - Kassia in "The Keeper of Traken", Todd in "Somewhat", Preston in "Heroes of the Deep", Jane Humpden in "The Awakening", Lady Eddison in Doctor Who: The Unicorn and the Wasp (2008) and Adelaide Brooke in Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars (2009).

She was considered for Lynda Bellingham's part in Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976), as well as Hilary Pritchard's job in Adventures of a Private Eye (1977).

She was considered for the job of Amy Sumner in Straw Dogs (1971) that went to Susan George.

She was offered the job of Daphne Manners in The Jewel in the Crown (1984), yet she was inaccessible. The job went to Susan Wooldridge.

David Lynch thought about her for the job of Dorothy Malone in Blue Velvet (1986) that went to Isabella Rossellini.

She turned down Joan Collins job in Decadence (1994).

She was initially given a role as Ms. Weiss in Precious (2009), yet acquired a job in a "greater venture.".

She was considered for the job of Lilith Beresford in Awake (2007) that went to Lena Olin.

She was considered for the job of Julia Drusilla in I, Claudius (1976) that went to Beth Petty.

She was considered for the job of Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada (2006) that went to Meryl Streep.

She was considered for the job of Lady Ames in The Missionary (1982) that went to Maggie Smith.

She was considered for the job of Louise Sawyer in Thelma and Louise (1991) that went to Susan Sarandon.

David Greene needed her for Susannah York's part in Sebastian (1968).

She was considered for the job of Carol Bell in Heroes (1977) that went to Sally Field.

She was initially given a role as Ranyevskaya in The Cherry Orchard (1999) and was associated with the venture all along and, surprisingly, went to the practices. Yet, when chief Michael Cacoyannis reported that nobody was to leave Bulgaria during the three months of recording she pulled out.

Her first cousin is Tania Mallet who was a James Bond young lady dressed in Goldfinger (1964). Her dad and Tania's mom are siblings. Helen and Tania have partaken in a warm relationship since adolescence. Tania kicked the bucket in 2019, and a lamenting Helen gave a cherishing and public accolade for "Individuals" magazine concerning how her cousin was "kind and liberal" and that she and her sister Kate will "miss her without a doubt".

In Prime Suspect: The Final Act (2006) she shares with a lesser "don't call me ma'am, I'm not the ridiculous sovereign" Yet prior in the year she'd played the Queen in Elizabeth I (2005) and The Queen (2006).

She and Ciarán Hinds have co-featured together in 5 motion pictures up to this point for example Excalibur (1981), The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989), Some Mother's Son (1996), Calendar Girls (2003) and The Debt (2010).

Companions with Russell Brand.

In 1975, she was broadly named "the 'sex sovereign' of the Royal Shakespeare Company" by the BBC's Michael Parkinson.

After first gathering on the arrangement of Excalibur (1981), Helen and Liam Neeson lived respectively for a long time, at which point she met spouse to-be Taylor Hackford when he guided her in White Nights (1985).

Most loved diner on the planet is the Ukrainian "Stage Restaurant" in Manhattan's East Village.

She has an inquisitive interest with facial scars, especially on men, tracking down them very hot and puzzling, maybe characteristic of a captivating section in a man's life. She really donned a facial scar for her part in The Debt (2010).

Is referenced by name in the in-your-face rap melody "Grippin' On Wood" by Pimp C Pimp C.

In 2012, Mirren was among the British social symbols chose by craftsman Sir Peter Blake to show up in another rendition of his most well known work of art - The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band collection cover - to commend the British social figures of his life that he most appreciates.

On 11 May 2010, Mirren went to the disclosing of her waxwork at Madame Tussauds London. The figure purportedly cost £150,000 to make and required four months to finish.

In 1990, Mirren expressed in a meeting that she is a nonbeliever. In the August 2011 issue of Esquire magazine, Mirren said, "I'm very otherworldly. I trusted in pixies when I was a youngster. I actually kind of trust in the pixies. What's more the leprechauns. In any case, I don't trust in God.

She is cited just like a naturist, telling the Radio Times "I'm a naturist on a basic level. I love being on sea shores where everybody is bare. Revolting individuals, delightful individuals, elderly folks individuals, no difference either way. It's so unisexual thus freeing." In 2004, she was named "Naturist of the Year" by British Naturism. She said: "Much obliged to British Naturism for this significant privilege. I in all actuality do trust in naturism and am my most joyful on a bare ocean side with individuals of any age and races!".

She was at first reluctant to sign on to RED (2010) because of film's realistic viciousness, yet altered her perspective after learning of Bruce Willis' contribution.

Mirren was recorded as one of the fifty best-dressed over 50s by The Guardian in March 2013.

She was considered for Ellen Ripley in Alien (1979).

In a GQ interview in 2008, Mirren expressed she had been date assaulted as an understudy and had regularly taken cocaine at parties in her 20s, and until the 1980s. She quit utilizing the medication subsequent to perusing the (since exposed) newspaper story that Klaus Barbie earned enough to pay the rent from cocaine managing.

In anticipation of her job as a resigned Israeli Mossad specialist in The Debt (2010), she apparently drenched herself in investigations of Hebrew language, Jewish history, and Holocaust composing, including the existence of Simon Wiesenthal, while in Israel in 2009 for the shooting of a portion of the film's scenes.

In 2013, Mirren was declared as one of a few new models for Marks and Spencer's 'Womanism' crusade. Captioned "England's driving women", the mission saw Mirren show up close by British ladies from different fields, including pop artist Ellie Goulding, twofold Olympic gold decoration winning fighter Nicola Adams, and essayist Monica Ali.

First accepted her Screen Actors Guild (SAG) card when she showed up in 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984), her American element film debut.

Brought into the world on the very same date as Linda "Nova" Harrison (of *Planet of the Apes* distinction).

Named as British Naturism's "Naturist of the Year" in 2004.

Got her first acting involvement in the National Youth Theater.

While preparing to be an educator at school on 1966 she played Cleopatra for the National Youth Theater.

Brought into the world at 2:00 AM (GDT).

She turned into a U.S. resident in 2017 and casted a ballot in her first U.S. political race in 2020.

List of Helen Mirren Movies

• Sniff (pre-production)
•  Golda (post-production)
•  Shazam! Fury of the Gods (post-production)
•  White Bird (post-production)
•  When Nature Calls (TV Series)
•  Solos (TV Series)
•  Fast & Furious 9
•  Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine (TV Special)
•  The Duke
•  The One and Only Ivan
•  The Good Liar
•  Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw
•  Anna
•  Berlin, I Love You
•  The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
•  Winchester
•  The Leisure Seeker
•  Fast & Furious 8
•  Collateral Beauty
•  Trumbo
•  Eye in the Sky
•  Woman in Gold
•  The Hundred-Foot Journey
•  Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story (TV Movie documentary)
•  National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (TV Movie)
•  RED 2
•  National Theatre Live: The Audience
•  Monsters University
•  Phil Spector (TV Movie)
•  Hitchcock
•  The Door
•  Arthur
•  When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren (Video short)
•  RED
•  Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
•  Brighton Rock
•  The Tempest
•  The Debt
•  Love Ranch
•  The Last Station
•  National Theatre Live: Phèdre
•  State of Play
•  Inkheart
•  National Treasure: Book of Secrets
•  The Queen
•  Shadowboxer
•  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
•  Third Watch (TV Series)
•  Pride (TV Movie)
•  Raising Helen
•  Frasier (TV Series)
•  The Clearing
•  American Masters (TV Series documentary)
•  Calendar Girls
•  The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (TV Movie)
•  Georgetown (TV Movie)
•  Gosford Park
•  Last Orders
•  On the Edge (TV Movie)
•  No Such Thing
•  The Pledge
•  Greenfingers
•  Teaching Mrs. Tingle
•  The Passion of Ayn Rand (TV Movie)
•  The Prince of Egypt
•  Painted Lady (TV Movie)
•  Critical Care
•  Some Mother's Son
•  The Snow Queen
•  Prime Suspect: The Scent of Darkness (TV Movie)
•  Prime Suspect: Inner Circles (TV Movie)
•  Prime Suspect: The Lost Child (TV Movie)
•  The Madness of King George
•  Zig & Zag: Entertainment Cops (TV Movie)
•  Royal Deceit
•  The Hawk
•  Where Angels Fear to Tread
•  Bethune: The Making of a Hero
•  The Comfort of Strangers
•  Red King, White Knight (TV Movie)
•  The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
•  When the Whales Came
•  Pascali's Island
•  Coming Through (TV Movie)
•  Cause célèbre (TV Movie)
•  The Mosquito Coast
•  Heavenly Pursuits
•  White Nights
•  2010: The Year We Make Contact
•  Cal
•  Cymbeline (TV Movie)
•  A Midsummer Night's Dream (TV Movie)
•  Excalibur
•  The Long Good Friday
•  The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
•  Hussy
•  S.O.S. Titanic (TV Movie)
•  Hamlet
•  Great Performances (TV Series)
•  Bellamira (TV Movie)
•  Miss Julie (TV Movie)
•  Thriller (TV Series)
•  O Lucky Man!
•  Savage Messiah
•  Red Hot Shot
•  Age of Consent
•  A Midsummer Night's Dream
•  The Extravaganza of Golgotha Smuts (TV Movie)
•  Herostratus    &                           Many more....