30 May,2011 11:41 AM IST | | Special Features
Dame Helen Mirren has been voted as the hottest woman in a Hotter Than Ever Women Over 50 study. CS gives you some trivia on this 66-year-old actress:
>>u00a0At 18, Helen auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and was selected.u00a0
>>u00a0At the Royal Court in September 1975, she played rock star Maggie in Teeth 'n' Smiles, a musical play. She won the Plays & Players Best Actress award.
>>u00a0Helen married director Taylor Hackford in 1997. She has no children and says she has no maternal instinct whatsoever.
>>u00a0On December 5, 2003, she was investitured as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE).
>>u00a0Along with the Golden Globe, Helen's performance in The Queen won her the 2007 Academy Award for Best Actress.
>>u00a0In 2008, Helen stated she had been date raped as a student and had often taken cocaine at parties during the 1980s. She stopped after reading that Klaus Barbie made a living from cocaine dealing.
