Helen attended the 2009 Variety Screening Series presentation of “The Last Station” at ArcLight Cinemas on December 14, 2009 in Los Angeles. She also took part in a Q&A following the screening. Pictures have now been added to the gallery.

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Helen Mirren is among the nominees at the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.

The nominations in the Best Actress category are as follows…

Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
Helen Mirren – The Last Station
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

The awards are to be held on January 23rd 2010 in Los Angeles.

Three British actresses will go head-to-head for the best actress in a drama prize after being nominated at this year’s Golden Globes.

Dame Helen Mirren, Emily Blunt and Carey Mulligan join Americans Sandra Bullock and Gabourey Sibide for the coveted best actress category in what is Hollywood’s second-biggest film awards after the Oscars.

Muligan and Blunt both received nods for roles in very British productions, the former for the coming-of-age story An Education, set in 1960s London and the latter for period drama The Young Victoria. Mirren was nominated for her role in the Leo Tolstoy biopic The Last Station.

There was further British success as Colin Firth was given a nod in the male category.

Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes received one nod, for Robert Downey Jr for his take as the Baker Street sleuth.

In the small screen section, Churchill biopic Into The Storm was nominated in the best mini-series or made-for-TV film section, as was the BBC’s Little Dorrit.

Irish actor Brendan Gleeson was named a contender for best actor in a TV mini-series, taking his place alongside Kenneth Branagh and Jeremy Irons among others.

Hugh Laurie was given a nod in the best actor in a TV drama section.

The winners of the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be announced during a glitzy ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles on January 17. The event will be hosted by British comedian Ricky Gervais.

Helen picked up the lifetime achievement award at the Women In Film And Television Awards in London this afternoon. Pictures have now been added to the gallery.

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British actress Dame Helen Mirren has recieved a Best Actress nomination at the Independent Spirit Awards for her role as Leo Tolstoy’s wife in The Last Station, while Christopher Plummer earned a Supporting Actor honour as the ageing Russian author in the drama centred on a struggle over his estate.

Dame Helen stars in The Last Station about the death of writer Leo Tolstoy, which leads the charge with five nominations alongside drama Precious.

The awards, which honour independent film and are seen as a warm-up for the Oscars, take place in LA on 5 March.

Dame Helen takes on Maria Bello, Nisreen Faour, Gwyneth Paltrow and Gabourey Sidibe in the best female actress category.

The 21st annual Palm Springs International Film Festival will bestow its Career Achievement Award on Helen Mirren at the fest’s awards gala on Jan. 5 at the Palm Springs Convention Center.

An Oscar winner for “The Queen,” Mirren stars in “The Last Station,” playing Leo Tolstoy’s wife. Sony Pictures Classics is releasing the film on Dec. 23.

“Mirren is one of the most outstanding actresses of her generation and she delivers another fine performance in ‘The Last Station’,” festival chairman Harold Matzner said.

The festival runs Jan. 5-18.