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Dame Helen Mirren, '', based on the novel by Sir Arthur C. Clarke . Mirren was born in England to a Russia n- Noble father and an English mother who had Gypsy ancestry; her paternal grandfather, a Russian diplomat, was negotiating an arms deal in England and was stranded there, along with his family, after the Russian Revolution . Following appearances on stage during her school years at St Bernard's School for Girls in Westcliff-on-Sea , Essex , her first starring role was in 1965 as Cleopatra for the National Youth Theatre . This led to her joining the Royal Shakespeare Company , playing ''Cressida'' in Troilus And Cressida , and Lady Macbeth in the production by Trevor Nunn . In 1972 she joined Peter Brook 's International Centre for Theatre Research, and joined the group's tour across North Africa which created The Conference Of The Birds . The "sexy" image she acquired in her youth has – in the opinion of some – been little affected by encroaching old age; she did nothing to detract from it by appearing nude on the cover of the '' Radio Times '' for her fiftieth birthday. She married American Film Director Taylor Hackford , her Domestic Partner since 1986, on his 53rd birthday on 31 December 1997 , in the Scottish Highlands. She appeared in Belfast-born director Terry George 's film '' Some Mother's Son '', which was about the 1981 Hunger Strikes in Northern Ireland , opposite Irish actress Fionnuala Flanagan . She is a two-time Academy Award nominee, for '' The Madness Of King George ''in 1994 and '' Gosford Park ''in 2002. She was invested as a Dame Commander Of The British Empire on 5 December 2003 . She also memorably played Elizabeth I in 2005 in A Television Movie for Channel 4 . Recently, she provided the voice for the supercomputer " Deep Thought " in the film adaptation of Douglas Adams ' '' The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy '', released on 29 April 2005 . PARTIAL FILMOGRAPHY
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