(14 Feb 2014) MIRREN TO BECOME A BAFTA FELLOW
On Sunday 16 February, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) will award Britush actress Dame Helen Mirren with the Fellowship at the British Academy Film Awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London.
Awarded every year, the Fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed by the Academy upon an individual in recognition of "an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, television or games."
In an interview on Friday (14 February) Mirren said she felt "sbsolutely thrilled, proud, excited," to be the recipient of the accolade:
She went on to say it would be nice to go to the BAFTA's knowing she had an award in the bag, so to speak.
"It's really nice to go to this sort of ceremony knowing you've won. None of those kind of nerves. Knowing that you've got to make a speech, so and I never imagined that I would, I always thought of myself as a bit of an outsider really, sort of the naughty girl. So I feel like the naughty girl suddenly made prefect. Got my prefect badge for good behavior. "
Mirren is no stranger to winning awards, with four BAFTA wins, and the recipient of an Academy Award, three Golden Globes and four Emmy Awards. The actress is therefore well versed in making awards speeches, and with prior warning you might think she would have one prepared for Sunday.
"No," she says. "I did think about it though. It's very difficult because you think 'my god I've got to talk about my whole life not only my whole life, what movies mean, what movies meant to me,what they mean to all of us, and do it all in two minutes'. So I thought about it quite a long time, 'What do I want to talk about?' and then I realized what I wanted to talk about and I'm not going to tell you."
Mirren's career began with roles in films such as Michael Powell's Age of Consent and O Lucky Man! However her breakthrough role came in John Mackenzie's The Long Good Friday.
She continued to make films throughout the 80s including Excaliber, Cal and The Madness of King George, for which her performance was both BAFTA and Oscar-nominated.
She is the only actor to have taken on the role of both Queen Elizabeth I and II on the screen, and it was her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in the 2006 film The Queen that saw her awarded with a BAFTA, a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Actress.
The actress says she has no idea what she'll be wearing to teh award show yet, but went on to describe the kind of red carpet looks she likes.
"I love that story of gold lame just dripping, when women look like they're just molded out of gold or silver," she said." I love that sort of look. I thought Lupita, is it Lupita, the girl from 'Twelve Years' and she will look spectacular tonight. Of course she's got an amazing figure, and that always helps. But she looked amazing I thought at the, what was it the Sag awards, last time I saw her. And that was very architectural and very simple I thought, that was very very beautiful. I like it when people look comfortable, if they look like they're being held in and they're terrified that bits are gin to fall out, and they can only stand like this, I don't like that. I like it when people look loose and easy. "
Fellows previously honoured for their work in film include Elizabeth Taylor, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave, and Martin Scorsese. Sir Alan Parker received the accolade at last year's Film Awards.
The British Academy Film Awards will take place on 16 February at The Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden.
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