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Helen Mirren with blue hair, in a black lace gown, Cannes 2023 opening night, by Jeremy Jakubowicz

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Helen Mirren

Photographed by Jeremy Jakubowicz

Helen Mirren is a British actress. She won Best Actress at Cannes twice, for Cal in 1984 and The Madness of King George in 1995, then the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Queen, in which she played Elizabeth II. On television, she was Detective Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect.

Career highlights

  • Cal, Best Actress, Cannes 1984
  • The Madness of King George, Best Actress, Cannes 1995
  • Prime Suspect
  • The Queen, Academy Award for Best Actress
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Helen Mirren at the Cannes Film Festival 2023, opening night

16 May 2023, evening · Cannes · opening of the 76th Cannes Film Festival

On 16 May 2023, the opening day of the 76th Cannes Film Festival, Helen Mirren surprised everyone with blue hair. She is an ambassador for L’Oréal Paris, a partner of the festival. Late in the evening, Jeremy Jakubowicz photographed her in a black lace gown.

That same evening, he photographed Catherine Deneuve, the face of that year’s poster, Michael Douglas and Naomi Campbell.

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