Thursday, June 27, 2013

Helen Mirren

I'm not sure why, but this actress is awesome. She can go from zero to kick butt in two seconds in an action movie, zero to drama in drama movies, and she makes any movie she's in instantly better, wow!! And plus, of all things, she's very beautiful for her age!!!

Helen Mirren
Birth name: Ilyena Lydia Vasilievna Mironoff
DOB: 7/26/1945
Where: Chiswick, London, England
Height: 5'4''

Spouse
-Taylor Hackford: 12/31/1997-present

Trivia
-Known as 'Dame' thanks to her receiving a knighthood
-Before marrying director Taylor Hackford in 1997, she had been living in Los Angeles since 1986
-Used to work at an amusement park in Southend on Sea as a "blagger" to attract customers
-Despite her Russian name and ancestry, she does not speak Russian, but instead speaks fluent French
-She is the only actress to play both Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth I (2005) and Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006)
-New Orleans is her favorite American city
-Has a tattoo of a star on her left hand, acquired on a Native American reservation in Minnesota
-While on the set of Excalibur in 1981, she briefly dated Liam Neeson
Personal Quotes
Some of these make me laugh :D
-Flesh sells. People don't want to see pictures of churches. They want to see naked bodies.
-All you have to do is to look like crap on film and everyone thinks you're a brilliant actress. Actually, all you've done is look like crap.

Known For
Hussy
-Beaty Simmons
The Long Good Friday
-Victoria
Excalibur
-Morgana
White Nights
-Galina Ivanova
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
-Georgina Spica
Where Angels Fear to Tread
-Lilia Herriton
The Madnesss of King George
-Queen Charlotte
Critical Care
-Stella
Painted Lady (TV movie)
-Maggie Sheridan
The Prince of Egypt
-The Queen (voice)







Teaching Mrs. Tingle
-Mrs. Tingle
Greenfingers
-Georgina Woodhouse
Gosford Park
-Mrs. Wilson





Calendar Girls
-Chris Harper
Raising Helen
-Dominique
Shadowboxer
-Rose
The Queen
-The Queen










The Debt
-Rachel Singer
Red
-Victoria

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