Who - 25.06.2018

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SCENES

FROM A

LIFE

SETTING THE STAGE

As part of the Royal Shakespeare Company, a

23-year-old Mirren took the lead as Cressida in

Troilus And Cressida at the Royal Shakespeare

Theatre in Stratford.

FIT TO BE A QUEEN

She won an Academy Award for her portrayal

of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in the

Stephen Frears 2006 biopic The Queen.

ETERNAL

BEAUTY

ICON

A 2008 snap

turned Mirren,

then 62, into a

pin-up. “Of all

the shots it was

one where I

had my tummy

pulled in,” she

told the Radio

Times.

THE LAST WORD

HELEN

MIRREN

LAST GUILTY PLEASURE

Probably eating a bit of the chocolate at

the Golden Globes that was in my hotel

room. I just couldn’t resist. I lurch in and

out of self-control.

LAST RECURRING DREAM

I have a wonderful one of being able to

levitate. Everyone looks up at me and

goes, “How did you do that?” And I say,

“It’s really easy—you just have to think.”

It’s a beautiful dream.

LAST TIME I WAS

STARSTRUCK

Meeting Sam Rockwell. I was just blathering

as one does about how wonderful he is.

You know, rambling. I’m always amazed that

they know who I am.

LAST WARDROBE

MALFUNCTION

A long time ago a zipper got stuck, so I went

in my closet and put on a dress that I’d

bought on sale in an outlet store for $39.99.

I was on about six best-dressed lists!

LAST MOMENT OF BLISS

At the Golden Globes. There was a real

feeling of change. Nobody was told, “Don’t

be boring about women’s rights—we don’t

want to hear it.” They did want to hear about

it. And that was pretty blissful.

The Oscar winner, 72, stars in the new movie

‘The Leisure Seeker’ (out now).

Dame Helen

Mirren met

her director

husband Taylor

Hackford, 72,

on the set of his

1985 film White

Nights.

In The Leisure

Seeker, Mirren and

Donald Sutherland

play a married

couple taking one

last road trip.