Helen Mirren quickly established herself as an acting force to be reckoned with. She joined the Royal Shakespeare Company by age 20.
Mirren has played three British monarchs on-screen and is the only person to have portrayed both Queen Elizabeths. She won an Oscar as Elizabeth II in "The Queen (2006)."
She is one of 22 people (13 women) to win the triple crown of acting — which means winning a Tony, Emmy, and Academy Award. She's won four Emmys, one Oscar, and one Tony.
And even though she is a female equivalent of a knight, she'll still ride the subway and show proper etiquette.
She also knows how to politely insult people, like drunk drivers who are “shortsighted, utterly useless, oxygen-wasting human form of pollution."
She's not afraid of telling it like it is. In 2015, she said she wished she had told more people to “f--- off" over the years. "I love the fact that girls are so much more confident and outspoken than my generation were. We were sort of brought up to be polite and sometimes politeness, in certain circumstances, is not what’s required, you’ve got to have the courage to stand up for yourself occasionally when it’s needed.”
Source: New York Daily News
Mirren often criticizes sexism in the industry. In 2015, she called ageism "f---ing outrageous."
Source: The Wrap