Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren: Biography in Details

Who is Helen Mirren?

Helen Mirren is an English actress.

She is an award-winning actress better known for her work in films and TV work including ‘Prime Suspects’, ‘Caligula’, ‘Elizabeth I’, and ‘The Queen‘.

Helen Mirren: Age, Family, Siblings, Parents

The English actress was born on July 26, 1945, in London, England. As of 2022, she is 77 years old. Her full name is Dame Helen Lydia Mirren.

She holds dual citizenship of the United Kingdom and the United States and belongs to mixed ethnicity of Russian and Scottish. Her Zodiac sign is Leo.

Helen is the second child of her parents Vasiliy Petrovich Mironov and Kathleen Alexandrina Eva Matilda.

Helen Mirren has two siblings a sister named Katherine Mirren and a brother named Peter Basil Mirren.

Education

Helen Mirren attended Hamlet Court primary school in Westcliff-on-sea.

Then, she enrolled in St Bernard’s High School for girls in Southend-on-sea.

Later, she studied at the New College of Speech and Drama in London.

Helen Mirren: Professional Life, Career

In a Theatre

Helen was attracted to the theater at an early age. At the age of 13, she features in an amateur production of Hamlet.

In the same year, she auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and was accepted.

As a result of her work for the NYT, Helen was invited to join the Royal Shakespeare Company where she played Castiza in Trevor Nunn’s 1966 staging of The Revenger’s Tragedy, Diana in All’s Well That Ends Well (1967), Cressida in Troilus and Cressida (1968), and more.

In 1970, the filmmaker John Goldschmidt made a documentary film titled ‘Doing Her Own Thing’ about Helen during her time with the RSC.

In Television Drama

Helen Mirren is popular for her role as detective Jane Tennison in the series, Prime Suspect.

The drama series won multiple awards and was noted for its high quality and popularity.

She appeared in lots of television series such as Cousin Bette (1971), As You Like It (1979), Blue Remembered Hills (1979), Dead Woman’s Shoes (1985), The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999), and more.

In Films

Helen Mirren began her film career in her early 20s. Her first film to be released was A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1968)  for which she won the best actress award at the Cannes Film festivals.

She continued her successful film career when she starred in the film such as Gosford Park (2001), Calendar Girls (2003), The Clearing (2004), and more

She has portrayed three British Queen in different films and television series, Elizabeth I  in the television series Elizabeth I (2005), Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006), and Charlotte in The Madness of King George (1994).

Awards, Nomination

Helen Mirren: Net Worth, Income

In 1986, Helen Mirren and his husband bought a 6.6-acre property in the Hollywood Hills, and in 2014 they listed the property for rent for the low-low fee of $40 thousand per month.

Helen estimated net worth is around $50 million.

Body Measurement: Height, Weight

Helen Mirren is 5 feet 4 inches tall approximately and her weight is around 66 kg.

Her waist, Hip, and Bra sizes are 27 inches, 38 inches, and 34C. Her Shoe size is 8.5 (U.S.).

Furthermore, She has grey hair color and her eyes color is blue.

Social Media

Oscar Award-winning actress is active on Instagram with the handle @helenmirren where she has over 910k followers.

Furthermore, no information is available regarding her other social media sites.

Trivia

• Helen Mirren became a U.S citizen in 2017 and voted in her first presidential election in 2020
• She is the stepmother of Rio Hackford and Alex Hackford.
• Helen has a tattoo of a star on her left hand.

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