Age: 80
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Dame Helen Mirren (/ˈmɪrən/; born Ilyena Lydia Vasilievna Mironov; July 26, 1945) is an English actor. The recipient of numerous accolades, she is the only person to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting in both the United States and the United Kingdom. She received an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen, a Tony Award and a Laurence Olivier Award for the same role in The Audience, three British Academy Television Awards for her performance as DCI Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect, and four Primetime Emmy Awards, including two for Prime Suspect. Excelling on stage with the National Youth Theatre, Mirren's performance as Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra in 1965 saw her invited to join the Royal Shakespeare Company before she made her West End stage debut in 1975. Since then, Mirren has also had success in television and film. Aside from her Academy Award-winning performance, Mirren's other Oscar-nominated performances were for The Madness of King George (1994), Gosford Park (2001), and The Last Station (2009). For her role on Prime Suspect, which ran from 1991 to 2006, she won three consecutive British Academy Television Awards for Best Actress (1992, 1993 and 1994), a joint-record of consecutive wins shared with Julie Walters, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Playing Queen Elizabeth I in the television series Elizabeth I (2005), and Queen Elizabeth II in the film The Queen (2006), she is the only actor to have portrayed both the regnant Elizabeths on screen. After her breakthrough film role in The Long Good Friday (1980), other notable film roles included Cal (1984), for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, 2010 (1984), The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999), Calendar Girls (2003), Hitchcock (2012), The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014), Woman in Gold (2015), Trumbo (2015), and The Leisure Seeker (2017). She also appeared in the action films Red (2010) and Red 2 (2013) playing an ex-MI6 assassin, and in the Fast & Furious films The Fate of the Furious (2017), Hobbs & Shaw (2019), and F9 (2021). In the Queen's 2003 Birthday Honours, Mirren was appointed a Dame (DBE) for services to drama, with investiture taking place at Buckingham Palace. In 2013 she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in 2014 she received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In 2021, she was announced as the recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Helen Mirren, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Helen Mirren
Qi’ra
for Qi’ra in Star Wars: Episode VII - Legacy of the Force
Suggested by matthewsimmons1
Set 30 years after Return of the Jedi. Inspired by the Betrayal novel in the Legacy of the Force series. The film starts at the end of Yuuzhan Vong War with Ben and Vergere escaping. Ben attempts to return to the Order while training his little sister in the ways of the force. Their journey takes them to Kashykk, along with Jedi Knight Nelani Dinn, where remaining Yuuzhan Vong are as well as Vergere. Sensing the darkness, Nelani kills an injured Verge during their fight. Eventually they realize their being there is a trap and Lumiya reveals herself. She shows Ben a version of his future and reveals his Sith training from Vergere during the war. In an attempt to stop the visions Ben kills Nelani and erases his sister's memory, letting Lumiya escape. Their mother, Senator Organa runs for Supreme Challencelor of the New Republic. With Han’s help she works to stop a civil war on Corellia after the damage from the War. Qi’ra, Han’s old flame, is now the leader of one side (resistance) of the potential civil war. Leia has to work with both sides to stop the conflict but a corrupt ally to the other side, and a former resident of Alderaan, leaks Leia’s lineage. The war is avoided but Leia loses the election. Meanwhile, Luke Skywalker and a young Jedi Knight, Rey, go on another mission involving remaining Yuuzhan Vong. However, it’s soon revealed there is more to the mission. Luke is looking for an ancient artifact.
