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As an actor, those are the roles that you long for. You always want something that's going to kick your last role out of the water and put you off on a new path.

Helen Mirren

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Helen Mirren
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 26
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Hammersmith
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Dame Helen Lydia Mirren
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