Helen Mirren

...Lee Daniels, it turns out the Rolling Stones were right. You can't always get what (or who) you want, but you get what you need. Helen Mirren, who had starred in Daniels' "Shadowboxer," originally was scheduled to play the social worker but...

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...Queen Elizabeth in a 5-part television series on Channel 4. Photograph: Neill Menneer/Channel 4 Playing the Queen brought Helen Mirren international fame and enough awards to fill a trophy room. Now five more British actors are taking on the...

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...flight. Meanwhile, there are some unknown quantities in movies that have yet to screen widely: Saoirse Ronan in "The Lovely Bones," Helen Mirren in "The Last Station" and the women in the ensemble cast of "Nine." But without a consensus, and...

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...well." An audience with Queen Helen Ever more regal since she won an Oscar for playing the title role in The Queen, Dame Helen Mirren went to see War Horse at the New London Theatre the other night. Mandrake disclosed on Oct 14 how the...

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Dame Helen Mirren is to receive the Lifetime Achievement prize at the Women In Film And Television Awards. The Oscar-winning actress will be honoured with the tribute, in recognition of her "outstanding and lasting" contribution to film...

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HELEN MIRREN - MIRREN SET FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Caption: Helen Mirren (Picture) Los Angeles Premiere of 'Couples Retreat' held at Mann's Village Theatre in Westwood - Arrivals Los Angeles, California .... MIRREN SET FOR LIFETIME...

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...of the DC comic book series, it was reported on Wednesday. Published: 5:58PM GMT 04 Nov 2009 Dame Helen Mirren Photo: JULIAN ANDREWS Mirren, who scooped the best actress Oscar at the Academy Awards in 2007 for her performance in "The...

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HOME > FEATURES > EXPRESS YOURSELF > The night I thought Helen Mirren fancied me THE NIGHT I THOUGHT HELEN MIRREN FANCIED ME SUCCESS: Robert Lindsay reflects on fame AT the time Robert Lindsay wasn t sure whether or not Michael...

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When Dame Helen Mirren returned to the ancestral home of her father in western Russia, the Oscar-winning actress might have reasonably expected a welcome as warm as the weather was cold. Dame Helen Mirren Photo: JULIAN ANDREWS Instead,...

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...age of 13, when she played Caliban in a production of The Tempest at St. Bernard's Convent School in Westcliff-on-Sea, Helen Mirren knew she wanted to be an actress. In defiance of her parents' wishes that she become a teacher, she joined the...

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