Helen Mirren is an Oscar-winning actress in British cinema and Hollywood. It is famous for its excellent performance of historical roles on the big screen and theater. Her most significant films are Queen, Elizabeth I, Treasure of the Nation: Book of Secrets, Winchester. The House That Ghosts Built, Last Sunday.
Childhood and teens
Helen Mirren, nee Elena Mironova, was born in London on July 26, 1945 in the family of Vasily Mironov and Kathleen Alexandrina. The girl grew up with her older sister Katherine and brother Peter. Helen Mirren in the family tree has aristocratic Russian roots on the part of his father. Her grandfather, a convinced monarchist, left Russia during the 1917 revolution and settled in England.
The girl’s parents wanted their daughter to become a teacher. But Helen became more and more interested in the theater world and took part in school productions with pleasure. After graduating from high school, Helen Mirren entered the New College of Speech and Drama, and then - at the National Youth Theater in London.
Actress career in theater and cinema
The first two years, Helen Mirren played minor roles in the theater. Then she was entrusted with the role of Queen Cleopatra, which she performed flawlessly, and was invited by agents to the Royal Shakespeare campaign.
Helen Mirren played many prominent roles on the stage, including a large number of historical characters.
The world-famous actress brought participation in films. The first significant film in the film career of Helen Mirren was the epic drama Tinto Brass "Caligula". This was followed by work in the criminal sensational film "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Lover", which received many mixed reviews, especially among Puritan English society.
In 1984, the actress for the first time became the owner of the main prize of the Cannes Film Festival for her game in the movie "Diary of a Terrorist."
Among the subsequent famous film works by Helen Mirren are the adventures of The Prince of Jutland, the biographical drama The Madness of King George, the comedy detective Gosford Park, the mini-series Elizabeth I, the Oscar-winning drama about the English monarch Queen, the adventure Treasure nation: Book of Secrets, a biographical drama about the family of the writer Tolstoy's Last Sunday, the melodrama Spices and Passions, the horrors of Winchester. The House That Ghosts Built.
The English actress actively starred in TV shows, and also took part in the dubbing of animated films ("Prince of Egypt", "Monster University").
