The famous British actress Helen Mirren was nominated for an Oscar four times for her work, winning one of the statuettes in 2007. The successful career of a film actress has been going on for more than 50 years, but she does not even think of leaving the film industry, still amazing viewers with her impressive roles.
Origin
The famous British actress has Russian roots. At birth, her name was Elena Vasilievna Mironova. Elena's father and all his closest relatives were Russian, and his mother was an Englishwoman from London. The girl was born in 1945 in the suburbs of the capital of Great Britain. 5 years after her birth, her father changed his passport name to Basil Mirren, and renamed his daughter Helen Mirren. The fact is that, being a Russian migrant, Mironov wanted to firmly settle in England, and with a real Russian name, this desire was almost impossible to realize. Parents did not consider it necessary to initiate Helen into Russian culture, therefore, in her father's native language, she knows only a number of the most common phrases.
Education and career
The desire to become a famous actress originated in Helen Mirren in her earliest childhood years, and she carried her dream throughout her life, embodying and developing it step by step. Most of all, she dreamed of roles in Shakespearean productions. To this day, she can often be seen in aristocratic roles from the plays of the great playwright.
Immediately after graduation, Mirren entered the theater college. For the next several years she played in the theater with the Royal Shakespeare Company, which brought her the first wave of recognition and fame.
She achieved her first major film role in 1968, when she was 23 years old. Then she played the girl Cora in the film "Coming of Age". After this work, Mirren began to play rather dubious roles, appearing nude on the screen more than once. But Helen Mirren is not shy about her young antics, because she was looking for herself and her direction in the acting direction. In addition, she began to be called the sex symbol of Great Britain.
1974 was marked for the actress's first global victory. She won the Cannes Film Festival for her work in The Diary of a Terrorist. Twenty years later, she was first nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in The Madness of King George, and then twice more for Gosford Park and Last Sunday. But only "The Queen" brought her the long-awaited victory, and in 2007 Mirren took away her statuette from the award. In 2013, the actress received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Helen Mirren's film career continues to this day. In the coming year, at least 4 films with her participation will be released.
Personal life
Twenty years ago, the actress married Taylor Hackford, an American filmmaker. Before this marriage, Hackford had already been married twice, he has two sons, one from his first marriage, one from his second. Helen Mirren has no children in common.
