Helen Mirren

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Summary

Helen Mirren is an English actor and producer known for Prime Suspect, The Queen, and roles spanning drama, comedy, and Shakespeare. Her screen work often centers on capable, self-possessed women, and she has spoken about how women’s changing roles in society affect the roles available to them in film and television. Mirren has called herself a feminist, urged people of every sex and race to embrace feminism, supported the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements, and served as a patron of Women for Women International. Her public record centers on women’s equality; no public partisan campaigning or race- or LGBTQ-focused advocacy is on record.