Helen Mirren has definitely earned a legion of fans throughout her more than 50-year career as an actress, and her commitment to ageing naturally has garnered her even more popularity.
Mirren started off in the entertainment industry as a theater actress, joining the Royal Shakespeare Company before making her debut on Londonās West End in 1975.
Though, the now-78-year-old didnāt become a household name until later on in her life ā she was 35 when she landed her breakout role as a gangsterās girlfriend in āThe Long Good Fridayā (1980), opposite Bob Hoskins.
Having focused on her career for much of her adult life, finding the right partner and having children wasnāt on Mirrenās radar⦠Until she met her now-husband ā US film director Taylor Hackford.