Helen Mirren

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Born: 7/26/1945

Biography: Perhaps the ultimate thinking man's sex symbol, Helen Mirren is also one of the most respected actresses of British stage, screen, and television. With classical training, years of work on the London stage, an acclaimed television series, and dozens of films to her name, Mir …

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ActorAll Actor Credits

The Tempest [Movie] as Prospera

2009

The Debt [Movie]

2009

Love Ranch [Movie]

2009

Inkheart: with Spanish Subtitles [Movie] as Elinor,Elinor Loredan

2009

Inkheart [Movie] as Elinor,Elinor Loredan

2009

Phedre [Movie] as Phedre

2009

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On the Edge [Movie]

2001

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Painted Lady [Movie]

1998

Some Mother's Son [Movie]

1996

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Postcard From London: Pipsqueaking at 'Peter Pan'

07/08/09 When Stephen Sondheim wrote that "children will listen," for the fractured-fairy-tale musical "Into the Woods," he probably didn't mean at the theater. | ArtsBeat - The New York Times
National Theatre production of 'Phedre' to be broadcast at Capitol Theatre in Clearwater

07/07/09 Helen Mirren was brilliant in The Queen , and now she is playing another monarch in Phedre , Jean Racine's classic drama about the queen of Athens who falls madly in love with her stepson, with tragic consequences. | St Petersburg Times - St Petersburg FL
Theater review: Guthrie screening of National Theatre's 'Phedre' is a high-brow night at the movies

07/07/09 The Metropolitan Opera started radio broadcasts in the 1930s. | St. Paul Pioneer Press - St. Paul MN
Thykier exits Marv, sets up PeaPie

07/06/09 Kris Thykier has ankled his position as co-topper of Matthew Vaughn's Marv Films to launch his own production shingle, PeaPie Films. | Variety
Blu-ray Review: Inkheart

06/29/09 Silvertongues are those who have the amazing ability to read a book out loud and have the characters come to life. | Blogcritics.org Video
Breaking the fashion rules

06/29/09 Just what is age-appropriate in fashion anymore? | Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Seattle WA
Mirren ferocious in 'Ph�dre' high-def simulcast

06/26/09 Films of live theater usually seem flat and uncomfortably stagey. | San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco CA
DVD Bits

06/24/09 Based on the Cornelia Funke best seller, this is a fantasy adventure about a man named Mortimer "Mo" Folchart (Brendan Fraser) who belatedly realizes he is a "silvertongue" or someone who can speak the written word into reality. | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA
Reviews: Don't read to me from 'Inkheart'

06/24/09 Caught in the wake of Adam Sandler's "Bedtime Stories," "Inkheart" is another fantasy about story characters coming to life ... literally. | Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek CA
'Waltz with Bashir' like nothing audiences have ever seen

06/23/09 The phrase, "It's like nothing audiences have ever seen before," certainly is overused, but it's one that definitely fits with the unique "Waltz with Bashir." | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh PA
Postcard From London: The Passion in the Art

06/23/09 LONDON ? "Where's passion in the art? Where's craft?" | ArtsBeat - The New York Times
Helen Mirren to perform on NT Live

06/22/09 In North America these days and nights, the London-born model and actor Robert Pattison, vampire star of the film "Twilight," is all the rage. | Variety
FFA devotes $56 million to digitization

06/22/09 The German Federal Film Board (FFA) agreed on Friday to provide Euros 40 million ($55.5 million) in start-up financing to help the digitization of domestic cinemas on the condition that exhibs drop their opposition to mandatory levies to the film subsidy org. A federal court ruled earlier this year that the levies are unconstitutional because theatrical exhibs and home entertainment distribs are legally required to pay while TV broadcasters' contributions are voluntary. | Variety
Postcards from London: A Fashion Report From the West End

06/22/09 I suppose you're dying to know what the well-dressed Danish royal is wearing this year. | ArtsBeat - The New York Times
Postcard From London: 'Phedre'

06/20/09 "This is not a feel-good play," said the tall, silver-haired woman to the tall, gray-haired man, as they made their way into the Lyttleton Theater, looking like a pair of stately salt and pepper shakers. | ArtsBeat - The New York Times
Check Out 'Inkheart' On DVD June 23

06/18/09 When Mo Folchart reads a story, the characters leap off the page. | Starpulse News Blog
I'm a Celebrity! Get Me Out of Here!: All You Need is Love

06/18/09 The hosts are on hand to recap week 2, which amounts to a bunch of nonsense you barely paid attention to the first time. | TVgasm
Bai Ling To Play Helen Mirren's Top Hooker

06/09/09 Actress Bai Ling has been added to Helen Mirren 's bevy of beauties in a new film about a Las Vegas brothel - even though her audition was anything but normal. | Starpulse News Blog
Heather Graham Talks Tantric Sex

06/08/09 I first got into it when I was filming The Guru in 2002 and I haven't looked back. | iFilm
Down-to-earth Emily wins Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year

05/27/09 Emily Blunt is one of the few British actresses who, like Kate Winslet, has been able to maintain a viable career on both sides of the Atlantic. | Baz's Blog
Russell Brand talks stand-up comedy and Aldous Snow

03/06/09 ON AOL TELEVISION Russell Brand made his mark in England as a comedian before climbing up the ladder and landing roles in films. | TV Squad

Year
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Award
Movie

2007
Nominated
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act

2006
Nominated
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle
Best Actress
The Queen

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