21 h. ago Nicola Coughlan and Helen Mirren to star in National Theatre Live cinema shows

Dame Helen stars as Queen Elizabeth II in the Olivier and Tony Award-winning production The Audience.

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31 h. ago Kate Winslet ‘proud’ of son Joe Anders for writing her latest film Goodbye June

Christmas drama Goodbye June follows four siblings whose lives change when their mother’s health takes a turn for the worse during the festive period.

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1 week ago BBC The Repair Shop joined by Hollywood icon and Gavin and Stacey star for Christmas special

Hollywood actress Dame Helen Mirren hopes that the team can fix the treasured item she will take to them, and it can work for the first time in 80 years

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2 w. ago Hollywood legend Dame Helen Mirren makes an unlikely visit to The Repair Shop this Christmas as she stars in festive special

She's a regular on red carpets and on set of blockbuster movies. 

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2 w. ago Dame Helen Mirren to appear on The Repair Shop to restore Second World War instrument

The instrument belongs to Denville Hall, a north London care home for entertainment industry professionals, which Dame Helen supports

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2 w. ago Dame Helen Mirren to appear on The Repair Shop for cello restoration

Author Julia Donaldson and actor Rob Brydon will also visit the experts to get their special treasures mended and fixed in time for Christmas.

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2 w. ago Dame Helen Mirren’s warning as 300,000 UK children face winter without a coat

Dame Helen on the ‘heartbreaking’ reality facing thousands of children this Christmas

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2 w. ago Dame Helen Mirren ‘heartbroken’ as children face winter without warm clothing

The actress is an ambassador for the charity Barnardo’s which helps those most in need.

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3 w. ago Trailer for Kate Winslet’s directorial debut Goodbye June has fans ‘bawling’

Winslet stars in new holiday drama alongside Helen Mirren, Toni Collette and Andrea Riseborough

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3 w. ago Kate Winslet and Helen Mirren's Christmas film trailer leaves fans 'bawling'

Kate Winslet stars alongside Toni Collette, Timothy Spall, Stephen Merchant and Helen Mirren in a new "heartbreaking" Christmas movie

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3 w. ago Sarah Jessica Parker to be honored with Carol Burnett Award at the Golden Globes

Sarah Jessica Parker has been named the winner of the Carol Burnett Award for 2026 for her outstanding contributions to television

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3 w. ago Helen Mirren and Ian Mckellen celebrate launch of RSC Shakespeare curriculum app

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) unveiled its new digital learning app on Wednesday, 12 November, at Middle Temple, the historic site of the first Twelfth Night performance in 1604.

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3 w. ago Helen Mirren: ‘I used to think Shakespeare should be banned’

Dame Helen Mirren has jokingly suggested that Shakespeare’s plays should be banned for teenagers, in order to make young people more eager to read them.

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3 w. ago Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen launch new Shakespeare curriculum

Dame Helen Mirren has expressed her profound excitement over a new Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) curriculum, designed to revolutionise the teaching of Shakespeare in UK secondary schools.

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3 w. ago Helen Mirren joins Ian McKellen to launch RSC’s new Shakespeare curriculum for schools

Dame Helen Mirren has expressed her profound excitement over a new Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) curriculum, designed to revolutionise the teaching of Shakespeare in UK secondary schools.

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3 w. ago Helen Mirren ‘unbelievably excited’ to help launch RSC’s Shakespeare curriculum

The curriculum is a teaching and learning platform that is free for all state and Send schools.

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4 w. ago Celebrity Traitors star Cat Burns: I don’t think I’m a good liar

The singer has been a ruthless traitor in the series.

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4 w. ago Helen Mirren announced as recipient of prestigious Golden Globes award

Actor was credited for being a ‘force of nature’ whose career has been ‘nothing short of extraordinary’

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4 w. ago Helen Mirren to receive Golden Globe lifetime achievement award

The multiple Bafta, Emmy, Globe and Oscar-winning actor will receive the film prize in recognition of her ‘transcendent performances and commitment to her craft’Helen Mirren, the British actor who is already the winner of awards including an Oscar, four Baftas, three Golden Globes, five Emmys and a Tony is to add another to the shelf: the Cecil B DeMille Golden Globe for lifetime achievement.Mirren, 80, who was given a damehood in 2003 and made a Bafta fellow in 2014, will pick up the award in a ceremony on 8 January, three days before the main Golden Globes take place, as part of an event billed by the Globes as the “Golden Eve”. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Helen Mirren announced as 2025 recipient of Golden Globes’ prestigious Cecil B DeMille award

Actor was credited for being a ‘force of nature’ whose career has been ‘nothing short of extraordinary’

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