The acclaimed British actress Helen Mirren, previously recipient of an Academy Award, several BAFTA honors, Golden Globe wins, multiple Emmy accolades, and a Tony, is set to receive another prestigious accolade to her collection: the DeMille Golden Globe lifetime honor.
Mirren, octogenarian, who was made a dame in 2003 and named a BAFTA fellow in the year 2014, will receive the accolade at an event on 8 January, three days before the primary Globes ceremony occur, during a program described by the Globes as the Golden Eve event.
This will also include the presentation of the Globes’ Carol Burnett prize for television achievement, whose winner is still to be revealed. Previous recipients featured Viola Davis and Ted Danson.
“Mirren stands as an unstoppable talent, with a career is absolutely remarkable,” said Helen Hoehne, Helen Hoehne. “Her captivating roles and devotion to her art continue to inspire numerous actors and audiences alike. We are deeply honored to present her with the DeMille prize.”
Mirren became well-known in the 1970s through significant parts in theater in the West End of London and with the RSC and in films including O Lucky Man!, Caligula and The Long Good Friday.
Back in the 90s, her starring role in the investigative show Prime Suspect expanded her audience significantly. Other key films comprise Excalibur, The Madness of King George, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, Gosford Park and Calendar Girls.
She earned an Academy Award for her portrayal as Elizabeth II in the 2006 movie The Queen, a role she revisited back in 2013 for The Audience, the stage production by Peter Morgan regarding the encounters involving the monarch and prime minister Margaret Thatcher, and for which she received a Tony Award back in 2015.
Globes nominations are set to be revealed on 8 December, featuring the film by Paul Thomas Anderson One Battle After Another, the movie from Chloé Zhao Hamnet and Coogler’s Sinners anticipated to be prominent.