Interview …
‘EVERYBODY KNEW THE RUSSIAN EMPRESSES HAD LOVERS’ BY VICKY DEARDEN/HOTFEATURES
D
ame Helen Mirren returns
transformed its place in the
to TV in the epic new
world in the 18th century. The
drama Catherine the Great.
four-part historical drama
Here she talks about her new role,
follows the end of Catherine’s
her Russian roots, her incredible
reign and her affair with
career spanning five decades, her
Russian military leader
international breakthrough with
Grigory Potemkin, which
Prime Suspect, and more…
shaped the future of
British actress Helen Mirren
Russian politics.
first came to international recognition via the small screen, thanks to her role as DCI Jane Tennison in the hugely popular series Prime Suspect. On the big screen, she has appeared in over 60 films and won an Oscar in 2007 for her portrayal as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen. (She also won four Emmys, including one in 2006 for TV mini-series Elizabeth I.) She returns to royalty with Catherine the Great, playing the tumultuous monarch and politician who ruled the Russian empire and
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SILVER DIGEST // SUMMER 2019
Helen Mirren attends the Los Angeles premiere of the new HBO limited series Catherine the Great at the Hammer Museum on October 17, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
