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Birth Name:
Ilyena Vasilievna Mironov
Name: Helen Lydia Mirren
Nickname: Popper
Born: 26th July 1945
Birthplace: Chiswick, London, England
Hometown: Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
Nationality:
British
Height:
5' 4" (1.63 m)
Status: Married (31st December 1997)
Husband: Taylor Hackford
Living Family includes Sister:
Katherine
Nephews: Simon (+ wife Louise) and Basil
Great Niece and Nephews:
Natasha, Cameron and
Felix Step-sons:
Rio and Alex
TRIVIA
• Helen's grandfather was
a Tsarist (White Russian) aristocrat who was in London negotiating an arms
deal for the Russo-Japanese war when the 1917 Russian Revolution stranded
him there. His wife and son (Helen's father)) joined him in London.
• Mirren has
lived with director Taylor Hackford in Los Angeles since 1986. They married
in Ardersier, Scotland on the 31 December 1997, also Taylor's birthday.
• Used
to work in Southend on Sea; Essex; UK at an amusement park called "The Kursaal" as
a "blagger" to attract customers on to rides.
• Made
a DBE (Dame of the British Empire) in the Queen's Birthday Honours, June
2003.
• John
Boorman said he cast Helen opposite Nicol Williamson in Excalibur (1981),
against both of their protests, because he felt their dislike of each other
made them perfect as rivals Morgana and Merlin.
• Helen
allegedly refused the C.B.E. (Commander of order of the British Empire) in
1996.
• Became
an Associate Member of RADA.
• Despite
her Russian birth name and ancestry, she is not fluent in Russian.
• Helen's
great-great-great-great-grandfather was field-marshal Kamensky, one of the
Russian heroes of the Napoleonic wars.
• The only actress to play both Queen Elizabeth's of England. Elizabeth I
(2005) and Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006).
• At
the premiere of The Queen (2006) at the Venice Film Festival, her
performance received a 5 minute standing ovation.
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