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Mirren came into her own as a film actor beginning with her strong turn as the lover of a gangster (Bob Hoskins) in "The Long Good Friday" (1979). She lent an appropriately seductive air to the evil Morgana in "Excalibur" (1981), John Boorman's revisionist take on the Arthurian legend and then returned to her stage roots for a series of TV appearances in Shakespeare plays. With "Cal" (1984), the actress hit new heights, turning in a memorable performance as the widow of a British soldier who unwittingly falls in love with the Irishman (John Lynch) responsible for his death. Although she earned the Cannes Film Festival prize as the year's best actress, she did not garner the same attention when the film was released in the United States. She got to draw on her heritage when she was cast as a Russian astronaut in "2010" (1984) and as Mikhail Baryshnikov's lover in "White Nights" (1985). (The latter film introduced Mirren to director Taylor Hackford who became her off-screen companion and later her husband.) Mirren was formidable as the wife who follows her husband to Central America in "The Mosquito Coast" (1986), but few saw the film in its theatrical release.
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Synopsis: The British psychological thriller The Hawk stars Helen Mirren as Anne Marsh, a housewife with a history of mental illness who begins to suspect that her husband (George Costigan) is a hunted serial killer. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie GuideRead More
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The IESB was on hand to visit the set of Inkheart starring Helen Mirren, Paul Bettany, Brendan Fraser, Andy Serkis and Eliza Bennett. Based on a best selling novel by Cornelia Funke, Inkheart is a New Line Cinema film directed by Iain Softley.
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