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Revered for her work on stage, television and film, Dame Helen Mirren is one of Britain's most prolific and daring actresses and, as hit comedy Calendar Girls (2003) amply demonstrated, still a sex symbol to boot. Not bad for a woman nearly into her sixties. The daughter of a Russian aristocrat, Ilynea Lydia Mironoff was born in 1945 in East London. Displaying an early talent for acting, Mirren was accepted into the National Youth Theatre. Acclaimed performances on stage swiftly followed, and a much-praised turn in Peter Hall's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968) marked her transition to onscreen star.
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Dame Helen Mirren, DBE, (born on July 26 1945) is an English stage, television and film actress. She has won an Academy Award, four SAG Awards and assorted BAFTAs, Golden Globes and Emmy Awards during her career.
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Dame Helen Mirren has revealed she was put off ever having children after being traumatized by an educational childbirth film some 50 years ago. The 62-year-old actress made her revelation during an interview on the Australian TV show 'Enough Rope'. "They sat us all down, boys and girls, all about 13-14 years old, in this horrible school hall" said Mirren, who as a convent school girl, had been bussed to a local boys' school to see the film - her first exposure to a sex education lesson.
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Dame Helen Mirren is set to name and launch her first ship - a duty usually performed by a member of the Royal Family. The actress - who won an Academy Award for her portrayal of the Queen in the 2006 film of the same name - will conduct the 16 April (08) inauguration of the new P&O cruise ship Ventura.
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Dame Helen Mirren is an Academy Award-winning English stage, television and film actress. She has ... won four SAG Awards and assorted BAFTAs, Golden Globes and Emmy Awards during her career. She won the Academy Award for best actress in 2006 for "The Queen."
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DAME HELEN MIRREN has a new autobiography out titled "In the Frame." She's in talks to do a new version of Racine's play "Phaedra" at the National Theater in Britain. England's new Prime Minister Gordon Brown now turns to matters of celebrity. He labels drug-taking celebrities as having "unacceptable behavior." They are not above the law, the PM says. People think he was talking about Kate Moss, Pete Doherty, Jodie Kidd, Amy Winehouse, George Michael.
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