Dame Helen Mirren , DBE (born Ilyena Lydia Mironova on 26 July 1945) is an English stage, television and movie actress. She is particularly well-known for her roles as the female detective Jane Tennison in the Prime Suspect series of television dramas, and as the stern Soviet spaceship commander in the 1984 science fiction film 2010: Odyssey Two, based on the novel by Sir Arthur C. Clarke.
Mirren was born in England to a Russian-noble father and an English mother who had Gypsy ancestry; her paternal grandfather, a Russian diplomat, was negotiating an arms deal in England and was stranded there, along with his family, after the Russian Revolution. Following appearances on stage during her school years at St Bernard's School for Girls in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, her first starring role was in 1965 as Cleopatra for the National Youth Theatre. This led to her joining the Royal Shakespeare Company, playing Cressida in Troilus and Cressida, and Lady Macbeth in the production by Trevor Nunn.Lire la suite ici
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