Dame Helen Mirren to be honoured with SAG lifetime achievement award to celebrate incredible career
metro.co.ukBaftas and was made a Dame of the British Empire in 2003.The 76-year-old has five SAG wins and received 13 nominations over the course of her impressive career, and is the most decorated SAG lifetime achievement award winner.
Dame Helen will be presented with the trophy by Collateral Beauty co-star Kate Winslet.Speaking about the award on ITV’s Lorraine, she said: ‘I didn’t quite grasp how big a deal it was.‘It’s a funny moment that, of course, there’s a great feeling of pride and: “Wow, me?
Really?”‘She added she felt ‘a slight sting in the tail as well’ as the realisation hit her that she was ‘in a way coming to the end of the road’, though she seems to be as busy as ever.Dame Helen recently finished filming Warner Bros.’ Shazam!
sequel, Fury of the Gods, and is currently filming Golda, in which she is playing the leading role of former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir.Dame Helen Mirren reveals fears about transforming into Geordie housewife for The DukeGolda film producer admits to ‘stirring’ Jewish casting controversy for ‘publicity’Dame Helen Mirren ‘strongly believes BBC has to be protected’ amid licence fee rowFellow British stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman are tipped to bag top accolades at the ceremony later this evening, as is Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical, much-lauded film Belfast, which focuses on the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
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