Helen Mirren reflects on her humble beginnings in London, becoming an American citizen and why she appreciates the debate about authenticity in casting sparked by her upcoming role as Golda Meir
An Oscar, Emmy, Tony and BAFTA Award winner, Mirren has had the equivalent of four or five ordinary careers. She was the youngest actress to be accepted into the Royal Shakespeare Company and helped lead the 1980s and 1990s revival of British cinema with roles in John Mackenzie’sThe Madness of King George
— the latter securing Mirren her first of four Oscar nominations. Her primetime depiction of police detective Jane Tennison on ITV’s long-running, a role that garnered Mirren six Emmy nominations and two trophies, was groundbreaking, and in the 2000s, following her performances in Robert Altman’s, Mirren was finally elevated to “national treasure” status in Britain.
Then, well into her 60s, Mirren became an action movie star, first as an assassin lured out of retirement by Bruce Willis in
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