WATCH OUR intriguing chats with nominees for the Writers’ Guild Awards Part 1 – Original text and gallery published in October 2018. Let’s celebrate by taking a look back at 12 of her greatest films, ranked worst to best. Mirren, who could find herself back in the Emmy race this year thanks to her Golden Globe nominated leading role in “Catherine the Great,” celebrates her 75th birthday on July 26, 2020. She splits her time in between the two countries with her husband director Taylor Hackford (“An Officer and a Gentleman”) whom she met when he directed her in the film “White Nights.”
Mirren’s career has continued to thrive in both her native country and the United States ever since.
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That was largely due to her work on the detective series “Prime Suspect,” which earned her four Emmy nominations and multiple BAFTA awards. She then continued to perform in all mediums for many years but it wasn’t until the 90s that she became a household name in the United States. Like most British performers of her generation she started her career on the stage performing classics with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
It is hard to summarize Mirren’s career since she has taken on all sorts of characters, including period pieces (“Gosford Park”), action (“Red”), biopics (“Trumbo,” “Hitchcock”) and more.
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It was a different Queen, Elizabeth I, that would bring Mirren one of her four Emmys, when she starred in the TV limited series “Elizabeth I,” which interestingly was released the same year as “The Queen.” She would revisit the role nine years later for a Tony on Broadway in the play “The Audience,” which dealt with Elizabeth’s relationships with the various prime ministers who have served under her. Her Oscar came for playing the British Queen Elizabeth II in “The Queen,” which dealt with her reaction to the unexpected death of Princess Diana. She has had a long varied career and has earned her place as one of the holders of acting’s triple crowns (winners of the Oscar, Emmy and Tony) by playing a variety of British monarchs. All types, from Laurence Olivier to Maggie Smith, have worn the label but nobody perhaps has literally worn that title recently to the extent as Helen Mirren. This is America and this is the movies! A wonderful ending to the film, which I won’t ruin just in case you haven’t seen it before, but suffice to say it involves Richard Gere, a naval uniform and strong arms.It’s not uncommon for a prominent British actor to be labeled British acting royalty. However, as training and the film reach their climax, there’s lots of drama and unhappiness for all the players with Zack and Paula splitting up for good or is it… well of course it’s not!
However, the romance with Paula doesn’t go particularly smoothly (it never does….) as Zack is torn between completing his Naval training and achieving his goal whilst falling in love with Paula. Training is tough with a deceptively hardhearted drill sergeant (Gossett Jr.), keeping them on the straight and narrow, but Zack, the loner from the wrong side of the tracks with the moody eyes meets a good friend in his bunkmate, Sid (Keith) and starts dating a pretty local girl called Paula (Winger). So tossing away his last beer bottle, he signs up to be an officer in the U.S Navy. Richard Gere, in his seminal role, plays Zack, a young man looking for direction in his life and for the chance to prove to himself that he is better than his alcoholic abusive father, whose footsteps he is worried he could be falling in to. This was the film that prompted thousands of women to fall madly in love with a man not dissimilar looking to an aardvark, albeit a highly charismatic one.
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