British actress Dame Helen Mirren has never struck the Mamas of Mamarazzi as a sex symbol. She will be 63 years old later this week and has been awarded a D.B.E. by Prince Charles. Clearly, she must be respectable and perhaps even a bit stodgy.
After all, she is known for playing such roles as Queen Elizabeth II:
... and Queen Elizabeth I:
... and as Detective Jane Tennison in "Prime Suspect":
Yes, she was in the movie "Calendar Girls"...
... but that was a movie about, ahem, mature women raising money for charity, not about hot older women getting it on with their pool boys.
True, those were all film roles, but what about in real life?
There's no question that Dame Helen is quite lovely and always looks wonderful on the red carpet, including when she won an Oscar in 2007:
But the Mamas of Mamarazzi are a wee bit skeptical. After all, with the right army of stylists, hair dressers, and makeup artists, anyone can look good on the red carpet.
So, it was with awe and admiration that we beheld this recent photo of Dame Helen on vacation in Italy:
Damn.
We stand corrected.
Well played, Helen, well played.
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