| Name |
Helen
Mirren |
| Also
called |
Dame
Helen Mirren |
| Birth
name |
Illiana
Lydia Vasilievna Mironova |
| Nick
name |
Popper |
| Profession |
Actor |
| Date
of Birth |
July
26, 1945, in London, |
| Height |
5'
4" |
| Birth
Place |
Ilford,
London, UK |
| Nationality |
British |
| Family |
Father:
Vasily Petrovich Mironov (Russian)
Mother: Kathleen Rogers (English)
Sister: :Catherine
Brother: Peter
Husband: Taylor
Hackford |
| Married
on |
31 Dec 1997, in
the Scottish Highlands |
| Education |
St. Bernard's High
School, in Southend-on-Sea, and then a teaching
college in London. |
| Previous
job |
Worked as a "blagger"
to attract customers on to rides at an amusement
park called "The Kursaal", in Southend
on Sea, UK |
| Languages known |
English and French
|
| Debut |
Theatre: in 1965
as Cleopatra for the National Youth Theatre
Film: Herostratus |
| Ancestry |
* Maternal grandfather
was butcher to Queen Victoria.
* Her great-great-great-great-grandfather was
the Russian
field-marshal
Mikhail Kamensky, one of the heroes of the Napoleonic
wars. |
| TV |
Her
character, Jane Tennison, a hard-boiled detective,
proved immensely popular with viewers and critics
alike, and she stayed with the series for its
seven incarnations. |
| About
Nudity |
"Is
no more of a challenge than baring it all emotionally" |
| About
the Queen |
"I
think she's a person who is genuine, she refuses
to be fake." |
| Playing
Queen |
"I
don't mind if I don't have any lines as long as
I get to wear a crown." |
| Has
homes in |
south
London, LA and the south of France. |
| Awards |
* The Queen(2006)
: Oscar(2007)
BAFTA Film Award(2007)
Screen Actors Guild Awards(2007)
* Prime Suspect 3 (1993): Cannes Film Festival(1994)
* The Madness of King George (1994):Cannes Film
Festival(1995)
* Dame of
the British Empire June 2003. |
| Facts |
*
Third person to win two Golden Globes for acting
in the same year. The characters she played were
both Queens of England, Elizabeth I and Elizabeth
II.
*She is the only actress to play both Queen Elizabeth
I (in Elizabeth
I (2005) (TV)) and Queen Elizabeth II (The
Queen (2006))
* Despite her Russian birth name and ancestry,
she is not fluent in Russian.
* She and her husband Taylor
Hackford are both Oscar-winners.
* In February 2005 Helen took part in a charity
performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, in
aid of the Asian Tusnami Appeal.
* Voted Britain's sexiest
female pensioner. (2006)
*
Nominated for Oscar for her role in Gosford Park
(2001).
* Met future husband Taylor Hackford when he directed
her in "White Nights"
* Her
father, a violinist with the London Philharmonic
Orchestra, had to resort to driving a taxi to
make ends meet. |
| Quote |
"The trick
in life is learning how to deal with it."
|
