Birth Name: Ilyena Lydia Mironova Date of Birth: 26 July 1945 Place of Birth: Chiswick, London, United Kingdom Height: 5' 2½" Occupation: Actress Education: Relations: Husband: Taylor Hackford (31 December 1997 - present),Father: Basil Mirren (Russian aristocrat),Mother: (English mother),Sisters: Katherine Mirren,Brothers: Peter Mirren (teacher; older)
Biography
Dame Helen Mirren (born Ilyena Lydia Mironova on 26 July 1945) is a Russian-English stage, television and movie actor. She is particularly well-known for her roles as the female detective Jane Tennison in the Prime Suspect series of television dramas, and as the stern Soviet spaceship commander in the 1984 science fiction film 2010: Odyssey Two, based on the novel by Sir Arthur C. Clarke.