Mirren

British

/ ˈmɪrən /

noun

Dame Helen , original name Ilyena Vasilievna Mironov , born 1945, English actor; her films include Savage Messiah (1972), The Long Good Friday (1980), The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989) and The Queen (2006), for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress

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She was recognized alongside such actors as Helen Mirren, Penélope Cruz and Isabelle Huppert, who she called “extraordinary company.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Actress Helen Mirren glitters front and centre of the Times, after the 81-year-old "dazzling dame" attended the London premiere of the new series of MobLand.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Kit Harington and Mirren Mack star in a screen version of the classic novel that, in its stagy artifice, follows a familiar pattern among recent period pieces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The start of a new season offers the chance to reset and St Mirren are taking full advantage.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

“You’re the parent. You should make Mirren change her hair back how it was,” Granddad says to my mother.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart

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