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Helen Mirren arrives at the Golden Globes Golden Eve on January 6, 2026, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
June 13, 2026, 8:44 pm
Helen Mirren receives prestigious British royal honor alongside Jewish recipients
Actress, who portrayed Golda Meir and has spoken out against boycotts of Israel, recently castigated Israel for ‘crimes against humanity’; other honorees include Israeli-British architect and former chair of National Holocaust Museum
By AP and ToI Staff
Helen Mirren arrives at the Golden Globes Golden Eve on January 6, 2026, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
June 12, 2026, 3:49 am
Helen Mirren criticizes ‘evil forces’ rising in Israel after ‘Zionist bitch’ video resurfaces
Actress says Jewish state’s founding after Holocaust ‘was a very important moment, although maybe it was done in completely the wrong way… But something had to happen after the horror’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Helen Mirren and husband Taylor Hackford are seen in a video of a man accosting and insulting the actress as an "evil Zionist bitch." (Screenshot via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 28, 2026, 11:45 pm
‘Evil Zionist bitch’: UK police probe resurfaced clip of man accosting Helen Mirren
Metropolitan Police looking into video, filmed last year, as possible hate crime targeting Oscar-winning actress who portrayed former Israeli PM Golda Meir in 2023 biopic
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of British Jewish cellist Raphael Wallfisch playing a Holocaust-era cello in BBC show 'The Repair Shop' in December 2025. (Instagram; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 6, 2026, 11:35 pm
BBC draws fire after airing Holocaust cello repair story that does not mention Jews
Instrument was brought to England on Kindertransport by Martin Landau as a child; remarks in show by guest Helen Mirren appear cut to avoid mentioning Jews, UK media reports
By Grace Gilson
Helen Mirren as Grandmère and Bryce Gheisar as Julian in "White Bird: A Wonder Story." (Larry Horricks via JTA)
October 14, 2024, 7:08 am
‘White Bird’ stars Helen Mirren as Holocaust survivor who guides wayward grandson
Author of children’s book that movie is based on says it is important that non-Jews help carry on lessons of Holocaust; film debuted this month after delay due to Hollywood strike
By Shira Li Bartov
'Golda' director Guy Nattiv at the Cinema for Peace ceremony in Berlin on February 19, 2024. (Courtesy)
February 20, 2024, 6:55 pm
Director Guy Nattiv calls for new Israeli and Palestinian leadership
Oscar-winner and ‘Golda’ lead actress Helen Mirren accept special award at Berlin’s Cinema for Peace Foundation
By Jessica Steinberg
Helen Mirren onstage at the screening of 'Golda' at the opening night of the Jerusalem's Film Festival, July 13, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 14, 2024, 8:45 pm
Helen Mirren, Liev Schreiber among stars condemning calls for Israel Eurovision ban
400 signatories to letter organized by Creative Community for Peace say they’re shocked by efforts to ban Israel ‘for responding to greatest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust’
By Amy Spiro
Screen capture from video of British actress Dame Helen Mirren during an interview with the BBC broadcast on October 1, 2023. (Daily Mail. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 2, 2023, 12:49 pm
Helen Mirren defends Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic nose in ‘Maestro’
‘Golda’ actress says there is a ‘delicate’ balance between being racially offensive and accurately portraying a historical figure
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Director Guy Nattiv, second from right, with the actors in 'Tatami,' filmed in Georgia in 2022, his latest film about an Iranian athlete forced to make an impossible decision (Courtesy Guy Nattiv)
September 19, 2023, 3:44 am
After tackling Golda, director Guy Nattiv goes to the mat for Iran’s exiled athletes
The Israeli filmmaker discusses his new film, ‘Tatami,’ which grapples with anti-Israel pressure on Iranian judokas, and blames jeers for his Meir biopic on the political climate
By Jessica Steinberg
Screen capture from video of actress Helen Mirren talking about playing Israeli leader Gold Meir in the film 'Golda' during an interview with Channel 12 broadcast August 28, 2023. (Channel 12. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 28, 2023, 1:11 pm
Helen Mirren: Israel must exist ‘for eternity’ because of the Holocaust
Speaking to Israeli TV about her film role as PM Golda Meir, star actress declares she would join anti-government protest movement if she had the chance
By ToI Staff
Director Guy Nattiv poses for photographers at the photo call for the film 'Golda' during the International Film Festival 'Berlinale', in Berlin, Germany, on Feb. 20, 2023. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
August 25, 2023, 12:44 pm
Director of ‘Golda’: Criticism against Israel’s first female PM was misogynism
In interview, director Guy Nattiv explains how he sought to soften, deepen the memory of Golda Meir and why Helen Mirren is great for the part of Meir
By Jocelyn Noveck
Helen Mirren and Camille Cottin in 'Golda.' (Sean Gleason, Courtesy of Bleecker Street/ShivHans Pictures)
August 24, 2023, 4:34 pm
Not your standard biopic, ‘Golda’ is a gritty warning about the cost of victory
Out Friday, director Guy Nattiv’s latest film, starring Helen Mirren as Golda Meir, skips the broader history lesson and focuses on her humanity as she navigated the Yom Kippur War
By Matt Goldberg
Helen Mirren arrives for the screening of 'Golda' in Jerusalem's Film Festival, Thursday, July 13, 2023. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
July 14, 2023, 3:21 am
Self-labeled ‘shiksa from London’ Helen Mirren accepts Jerusalem Film Festival honor
At Israeli premiere of ‘Golda,’ actress says she never imagined receiving an award in the ‘beautiful, historic, magical, difficult, complex and wonderful city of Jerusalem’
By Amy Spiro
Actress Helen Mirren and co-star Lior Ashkenazi attend a press conference for the upcoming film 'Golda,' about prime minister Golda Meir, in Jerusalem, July 13, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 13, 2023, 2:50 pm
In Jerusalem, Helen Mirren says Golda Meir ‘one of the greatest’ roles she’s played
Ahead of ‘Golda’ premiere at Jerusalem Film Festival, UK actress says she is ‘moved and excited’ to see mass pro-democracy rallies in Israel, recalls her time on a kibbutz in 1967
By Amy Spiro
Then-US vice president Joe Biden, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, talk before a dinner at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner, Pool)
July 13, 2023, 11:02 am
Daily Briefing July 13: Who’s afraid of a US-Israel relationship reassessment?
News editor Amy Spiro, senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on fallout of NYT op-ed claiming US is reviewing its Israel ties; why coalition and opposition find it hard to woo the center
By ToI Staff
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