Before The Crown, she was The Queen. Before Downtown Abbey, sheโd already been caught up in intrigue and scandal at an aristocratic country estate in Gosford Park. And 10 years before a 50-year-old Jennifer Lopez lit up the screen as a stripper in Hustlers, she was named Esquireโs Sexiest Woman Aliveโat 65.
So what are Helen Mirrenโs secrets to lasting success? Taking risks, never playing into the stereotypes about women โof a certain age,โ and plenty of red lipstick.