Swinging Sixties! Helen Mirren leaves the youngsters in the shade in dazzling low-cut gold dress at Directors Guild Awards

By Amelia Proud
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She may be just four years away from her 70th birthday but Helen Mirren can still leave her younger contemporaries in the shade.

The 66-year-old looked spectacular at tonight's Screen Guild Awards in a Regency style gold dress bu Badgley Mischka that showed off her wonderfully voluptuous figure.

British treasure Helen was there to support her director husband Taylor Hackford, who is the current president of the Directors Guild of America.

A vision: Helen Mirren looked spectacular at the Directors Guild Awards in Hollywood tonight
A vision: Helen Mirren looked spectacular at the Directors Guild Awards in Hollywood tonight

A vision: Helen Mirren looked spectacular at the Directors Guild Awards in Hollywood tonight

'The directors nominated this year for the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Award have each demonstrated an inspired command of the medium. The fact that their prodigious talents have been recognized by their peers is the highest honor a director can achieve,' Taylor said of this year’s nominees.

Mirren last bestowed her thespian wonderment upon Glee, where her voiceover functioned as an interior monologue for Becky (Lauren Potter), who developed an ill-fated crush on Artie.

Quick, make a bust of her: Mirren looked like the national treasure she is at tonight's awards

Quick, make a bust of her: Mirren looked like the national treasure she is at tonight's awards

Quick, make a bust of her: Mirren looked like the national treasure she is at tonight's awards

Quick, make a bust of her: Mirren looked like the national treasure she is at tonight's awards

There was something incongruous, yet poignant about hearing her say: 'Some days it sucks being me. This is one of those days.'

Mirren married Hackford - her partner since 1986 - on 31 December 1997 to mark his 53rd birthday.

The ceremony took place at the Ardersier Parish Church near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.

The couple had met on the set of White Nights. It is her first marriage, and his third - he has two children from his previous marriages - Mirren has no children and says she has 'no maternal instinct whatsoever.'

And it's this long-lasting relationship which no doubt prompted her to hope for a reunion between her Arthur co-star Russell Brand and his estranged wife Katy Perry.

'It's very hard to keep things going. Maybe they'll come back together again later on in life! They're both very, very successful,' Mirren said, as reported by Contactmusic.





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