Helen Mirren

'Evil Zionist b****': Helen Mirren harassed on London streets over Israel support

The 80-year-old Oscar-winning actress was walking at night with her husband, director Taylor Hackford, a video posted on X/Twitter showed, when she was accosted.

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DAME HELEN Mirren attends a reception at St James's Palace to mark International Women's Day and the fifteenth year of WOW on March 10, 2026 in London, England.
Noam Bettan, Israel's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, poses in this undated handout photo.

After five countries quit Eurovision over Israel, over 1,000 entertainment figures push back

Over 1,000 entertainment industry leaders sign letter backing Israel’s inclusion in Eurovision, rejecting boycott efforts and emphasizing music’s unifying power.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Helen Mirren as Grandmère and Bryce Gheisar as Julian in "White Bird: A Wonder Story."

‘White Bird’ stars Helen Mirren as a Holocaust survivor who teaches her grandson about kindness

The movie is a spinoff of “Wonder” (2017), a modern-day story about a middle schooler seeking to fit in despite his facial differences.

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SCENES FROM ‘White Bird’ with Helen Mirren.

'White Bird': A Holocaust movie saved by Helen Mirren - review

Were the narrator who tells the story in the framing device anyone other than the incomparable Helen Mirren, White Bird wouldn’t have worked nearly as well as it does. 

|ByHANNAH BROWN

Guy Nattiv’s ‘Golda’ wins Cinema for Peace award

Golda, the story of how Israel’s only female prime minister coped with the outbreak of the 1973 war, shared the prize with two other recent films that deal with issues connected to human rights.

FEBRUARY 22, 2024ByHANNAH BROWN
DIRECTOR GUY Nattiv accepts a special award at Berlin’s Cinema for Peace Foundation.

Golda makeup team makes shortlist for the Oscars

The final Oscar nominations will be announced on January 23 and the awards will be presented in a star-studded ceremony on March 10.

DECEMBER 21, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
Golda.

Good as ‘Golda’: Nattiv on directing Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren was attached to the project before Guy Nattiv came on board, he said, but he has no regrets whatsoever about her casting as Golda Meir.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
HELEN MIRREN in Guy Nattiv’s ‘Golda.’

Did Golda Meir let the Yom Kippur War happen?

‘Golda’ biopic aims to rehabilitate her image.

AUGUST 26, 2023BySHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
HELEN MIRREN as Gold Meir in ‘Golda.’