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150-661: Hackford was born in Santa Barbara, California , the son of Mary (née Taylor), a waitress, and Joseph Hackford. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1968, where he was a pre-law major focusing on international relations and economics. After graduating, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia , where he started using Super 8 film in his spare time. The camera was purchased for him by fellow Peace Corps volunteer, Steve Ball. He decided that he did not want to pursue

300-483: A BAFTA , a Golden Globe , and an Academy Award , among many others. During her acceptance speech at the Academy Award ceremony, she praised and thanked Elizabeth II and stated that she had maintained her dignity and weathered many storms during her reign. Mirren later appeared in supporting roles in the films National Treasure: Book of Secrets , Inkheart , State of Play , and The Last Station , for which she

450-592: A Screen Actors Guild Award at the 20th awards ceremony . The film drew criticism both from Clarkson's family and friends, who charged that the suicide defence was given more merit than it deserved, and from Spector's wife, who argued that Spector was portrayed as a "foul-mouthed megalomaniac" and a "minotaur". Also in 2013, Mirren voiced the character of Dean Abigail Hardscrabble in Pixar 's animated comedy film Monsters University , which grossed $ 743 million against its estimated budget of $ 200 million, and reprised her role in

600-885: A Tony Award . She has been honored with the BAFTA Fellowship in 2014, the Honorary Golden Bear in 2020, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2022. Mirren was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003 . Mirren at the age of 18 started her career as a performer with the National Youth Theater where she then played Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra (1965). She later joined

750-575: A documentary film about the Syrian Civil War , directed by Evgeny Afineevsky . Also that year, she made an uncredited cameo appearance in F. Gary Gray 's The Fate of the Furious , the eighth instalment in the Fast & Furious franchise, playing Magdalene, the mother of Owen and Deckard Shaw . Mirren had a larger role in director Paolo Virzì 's English-language debut The Leisure Seeker , based on

900-474: A naturist at heart. I love being on beaches where everyone is naked. Ugly people, beautiful people, old people, whatever. It's so unisexual and so liberating." In 2004, she was named Naturist of the Year by British Naturism . She said: "Many thanks to British Naturism for this great honour. I do believe in naturism and am my happiest on a nude beach with people of all ages and races!" On 11 May 2010, Mirren attended

1050-542: A 2011 photo shoot for the magazine, she stripped down and covered up with the Union Jack . In 2013, Mirren was announced as one of several new models for Marks & Spencer 's "Womanism" campaign. Subtitled "Britain's leading ladies", the campaign featured Mirren alongside British women from various fields, including pop singer Ellie Goulding , double Olympic gold medal-winning boxer Nicola Adams , and writer Monica Ali . In March 2013, The Guardian listed Mirren as one of

1200-517: A 2023 biopic entitled Golda . Reviewing the film in Variety , Owen Gleiberman wrote that "Mirren makes her terse, decisive, and ferociously alive." She played the narrator in Greta Gerwig 's satirical comedy Barbie (2023). Mirren lived with Northern Irish actor Liam Neeson during the early 1980s; they met while working on Excalibur (1981). When interviewed by James Lipton for Inside

1350-417: A Gentleman , Hackford kept Lou Gossett Jr. in separate living quarters from the other actors so he could intimidate them more during his scenes as a drill instructor . Richard Gere originally balked at shooting the ending, which involves his character arriving at his lover's factory wearing his Navy dress whites and carrying her off from the factory floor. Gere thought the ending would not work because it

1500-477: A Lady she played the svelte proprietress of a classy boutique, while as the blonde hooker in Some Kind of Love Story she was "clad in a Freudian slip and shifting easily from waif-like vulnerability to sexual aggression, giving the role a breathy Monroesque quality". Mirren is known for her role as detective Jane Tennison in the widely viewed Prime Suspect , a multiple award-winning television drama series that

1650-633: A Miniseries or Movie . She also earned Emmy Awards for portraying Ayn Rand in the Showtime television film The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999) and Queen Elizabeth I in the HBO miniseries Elizabeth I (2005). She also acted in Door to Door (2002), Phil Spector (2013), Catherine the Great (2019), and 1923 (2022). Mirren was born Helen Lydia Mironoff on 26 July 1945 at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in

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1800-606: A Play: in 1995 for her Broadway debut in A Month in the Country and then again in 2002 for The Dance of Death , co-starring with Sir Ian McKellen , their fraught rehearsal period coinciding with the terrorist attacks on New York on 11 September 2001. She appeared in The Madness of King George (1994), Some Mother's Son (1996), Painted Lady (1997) and The Prince of Egypt (1998). In Peter Greenaway 's colourful The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover , Mirren plays

1950-692: A Play‚ for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience (a performance which also won her the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress). Her Tony Award win made her one of the few actors to achieve the US " Triple Crown of Acting ", joining the ranks of acclaimed performers including Ingrid Bergman ‚ Dame Maggie Smith , and Al Pacino . The following year, Mirren replaced Bette Midler in David Mamet 's biographical television film Phil Spector about

2100-449: A bachelor's degree or higher was estimated to be 38.9% of the population. 16.6% of the population was under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 20.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.5 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 105.7 males. The 2016–2020 5-year American Community Survey estimates show that

2250-637: A cab driver to support his family. Vasily Mironoff also played the viola with the London Philharmonic Orchestra before World War II . He was an ambulance driver during the war, and served in the East End of London during the Blitz . He and Kathleen Rogers married in Hammersmith in 1938, and at some point before 1951 he anglicised his first name to Basil. Shortly after Helen's birth, her father left

2400-498: A career in law, and instead got a mailroom position at KCET-TV . At KCET he was the associate producer on the Leon Russell special "Homewood" in 1970. In 1973 at KCET he produced the one-hour special Bukowski (about the poet Charles Bukowski ), directed by Richard Davies. Hackford's feature directorial debut was The Idolmaker starred Ray Sharkey , who was awarded a Golden Globe for Best Actor for his portrayal of "Vinnie" in

2550-622: A child psychologist. A critical success, the ensemble film tanked at the box office. Also that year, she filmed the American-Icelandic satirical drama No Such Thing opposite Sarah Polley . Directed by Hal Hartley , Mirren portrayed a soulless television producer in the film, who strives for sensationalistic stories. It was largely panned by critics. Her biggest critical and commercial success, released in 2001, became Robert Altman 's all-star ensemble mystery film Gosford Park . A homage to writer Agatha Christie 's whodunit style,

2700-562: A film version of At Play in the Fields of the Lord , for which both Hackford and Barish received a lawsuit in 1986, claiming they had an option to exercise the rights from MGM/UA Entertainment Co. , a film distributor. Hackford said of his film Ray : "My proudest moments in Ray were in those 'chitlin' clubs. Ray Charles ended his life in concert halls, where people would go in tuxedos and quietly listen to

2850-447: A genius perform. But in these clubs, he had to get people up dancing. What I tried to create was a little of that energy and exuberance. The great thing about music is when you can get people on their feet." In a 2005 interview, Hackford confirmed that he never watched his own films: "When I finish a film, I put it away and I never look at it again. Occasionally I do now because of the DVDs and

3000-627: A great actor and I'm a huge fan, but her memory of that moment is a little flawed." In 2010, Mirren appeared in five films. In Love Ranch , directed by her husband Taylor Hackford , she portrayed Sally Conforte , one half of a married couple who opened the first legal brothel in the US, the Mustang Ranch in Storey County, Nevada . Mirren starred in the principal role of Prospera , the duchess of Milan , in Julie Taymor 's The Tempest . This

3150-454: A lack of truly insightful retrospection." Mirren was universally praised, however, with Roger Ebert noting that the film depended most on her portrayal, which he found to be "warm and effective". Her other film that year was The Door , a claustrophobic drama film directed by István Szabó , based on the Hungarian novel of the same name. Set at the height of communist rule in 1960s Hungary,

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3300-612: A large number of films throughout her career. Some of her earlier film appearances include roles in Herostratus (1967, Dir. Don Levy), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968), Age of Consent (1969), and O Lucky Man! (1973). In 1981, she returned to the Royal Court for the London premiere of Brian Friel 's Faith Healer . That same year she also won acclaim for her performance in the title role of John Webster 's The Duchess of Malfi ,

3450-470: A major employer. In 1975, the city passed an ordinance restricting growth to a maximum of 85,000 residents, through zoning. Growth in the adjacent Goleta Valley could be shut down by denying water meters to developers seeking permits. As a result of these changes, growth slowed down, but prices rose sharply. When voters approved connection to State water supplies in 1991, parts of the city, especially outlying areas, resumed growth, but more slowly than during

3600-621: A mile up Refugio Canyon. The Mission was rebuilt by 1820 after the earthquake. Following the earthquake, the Mission fathers chose to rebuild in a grander manner, and it is this construction that survives to the present day, the best-preserved of the California Missions, and still functioning as an active church by the Franciscans. After the Mexican government secularized the missions in the 1830s,

3750-498: A modest commercial success, grossing $ 88.9 million worldwide. In 2015, Mirren reunited with her former assistant Simon Curtis on Woman in Gold , co-starring Ryan Reynolds . The film was based on the true story of Jewish refugee Maria Altmann who, together with her young lawyer Randy Schoenberg , fought the Austrian government to be reunited with Gustav Klimt 's painting of her aunt,

3900-538: A petition in support of director Roman Polanski , calling for his release after his arrest in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 charge for statutory rape , after Steve Cooley, the Los Angeles District Attorney, tried to prosecute Polanski. Executive producer only Producer only Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara ( Spanish : Santa Bárbara , meaning ' Saint Barbara ' )

4050-634: A production of Harold Pinter 's The Collection as part of the Laurence Olivier Presents series. Sally Beauman reported, in her 1982 history of the RSC, that Mirren—while appearing in Nunn's Macbeth (1974), and in a letter to The Guardian newspaper—had sharply criticised both the National Theatre and the RSC for their lavish production expenditure, declaring it "unnecessary and destructive to

4200-515: A production of Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre which was later transferred to The Roundhouse in Chalk Farm , London. Reviewing her portrayal for The Sunday Telegraph , Francis King wrote: "Miss Mirren never leaves it in doubt that even in her absences, this ardent, beautiful woman is the most important character of the story." In her performance as Moll Cutpurse in The Roaring Girl —at

4350-640: A prominent Russian general in the Napoleonic Wars . Her grandfather, Pyotr Vasilievich Mironov also served as a colonel in the Imperial Russian Army and fought in the 1904 Russo-Japanese War . He later became a diplomat in the service of Nicholas II and was negotiating an arms deal in Britain when he and his family were stranded by the Russian Revolution in 1917. He settled to London and became

4500-872: A result of her work for the National Youth Theatre, Mirren was invited to join the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). While with the RSC, she played Castiza in Trevor Nunn 's 1966 staging of The Revenger's Tragedy , Diana in All's Well That Ends Well (1967), Cressida in Troilus and Cressida (1968), Rosalind in As You Like It (1968), Julia in The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1970), Tatiana in Gorky 's Enemies at

4650-459: A retired Israeli Mossad agent in the film The Debt , Mirren reportedly immersed herself in studies of Hebrew language, Jewish history, and Holocaust writing, including the life of Simon Wiesenthal , while in Israel in 2009 for the filming of some of the movie's scenes. The film is a remake of a 2007 Israeli film of the same name . In 2012, Mirren played Alfred Hitchcock 's wife Alma Reville in

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4800-481: A road called "Alameda Padre Serra" (shortened APS, which translates to "Father Serra's pathway"). According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 42.0 square miles (108.8 km ), of which 19.5 square miles (51 km ) of it is land and 22.5 square miles (58 km ) of it (53.61%) is water. The high official figures for water is due to the extension of the city limit into

4950-477: A secret drone mission to capture a terrorist group living in Nairobi, Kenya . Mirren's last film that year was Jay Roach 's biographical drama Trumbo , co-starring Bryan Cranston and Diane Lane . The actor played Hedda Hopper , the famous actor and gossip columnist , in the film, which received generally positive reviews from critics and garnered her a 14th Golden Globe nomination. Mirren's only film of 2016

5100-773: A teaching college, the New College of Speech and Drama in London, "housed within Anna Pavlova 's old home, Ivy House" on North End Road in Golders Green . At the age of eighteen, she passed the audition for the National Youth Theatre (NYT); and at twenty, she played Cleopatra in the NYT production of Antony and Cleopatra at the Old Vic , a role which she says "launched my career" and led to her signing with agent Al Parker . As

5250-608: A younger brother Peter Basil (1947–2002). Her paternal cousin was Tania Mallet , a model and Bond girl . Mirren was brought up in Leigh-on-Sea , Essex. Mirren attended Hamlet Court primary school in Westcliff-on-Sea , where she had the lead role in a school production of Hansel and Gretel , and St Bernard's High School for Girls in Southend-on-Sea , where she also acted in school productions. She subsequently attended

5400-467: Is a Zionist: "I believe in Israel, in the existence of Israel, and I believe Israel has to go forward into the future, for the rest of eternity ... I believe in Israel because of the Holocaust." In April 2021, she took part in the music video "La Vacinada" (meaning the vaccinated woman in broken Spanish language ) of Italian comedian and singer Checco Zalone . In the song and video, Zalone jokes about

5550-672: Is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California , of which it is also the county seat . Situated on a south-facing section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States excepting Alaska, the city lies between the steeply rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean . Santa Barbara's climate is often described as Mediterranean , and the city has been dubbed "The American Riviera". According to

5700-825: Is a list of neighborhoods with descriptions and comments on each. The 2020 United States census counted 88,665 people, 35,383 households, and 19,257 families in Santa Barbara. The population density was 4,545.3 people per square mile (1,755.0 people/km ). There were 38,208 housing units at an average density of 1,958.7 units per square mile (756.3 units/km ). The racial makeup was 58.47% (51,842) white or European American (51.75% non-Hispanic white ), 1.4% (1,238) black or African-American , 1.49% (1,320) Native American or Alaska Native , 3.59% (3,184) Asian , 0.09% (80) Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian , 17.62% (15,623) from other races , and 17.34% (15,378) from two or more races . Hispanic or Latino of any race

5850-629: Is extremely rare in the city itself. The most recent accumulating snow to fall near sea level was in January 1949, when approximately 2 inches (5.1 cm) fell in the city. The city of Santa Barbara is situated on a coastal plain between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the sea. This coastal plain consists of a complex array of Holocene and Pleistocene alluvial and colluvial deposits, marine terraces , debris flows, and estuarine deposits. Soils are mostly well drained brown fine sandy loam of

6000-561: Is fatally absent". In 2000 Nicholas Hytner , who had worked with Mirren on the film version of The Madness of King George , cast her as Lady Torrance in his revival of Tennessee Williams ' Orpheus Descending at the Donmar Warehouse in London. Michael Billington, reviewing for The Guardian , described her performance as "an exemplary study of an immigrant woman who has acquired a patina of resilient toughness but who slowly acknowledges her sensuality." She portrayed Ayn Rand in

6150-567: Is located about 90 miles (145 km) west-northwest of Los Angeles , along the Pacific coast. This stretch of coast along southern Santa Barbara County is sometimes referred to as "The American Riviera", presumably because its geography and climate are similar to that of areas along the northern Mediterranean Sea coast (especially in southern France) known as the Riviera . The Santa Ynez Mountains , an east–west trending range, rise dramatically behind

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6300-729: Is the only performer to have achieved both the American and the British Triple Crowns of Acting. Her numerous honorary awards include the BAFTA Fellowship from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and Gala Tribute presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center as well as a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2013, the Honorary Golden Bear in 2020, and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2022. In

6450-444: The 2009 novel of the same name . On set, she was reunited with Donald Sutherland with whom she had not worked again since Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990), portraying a terminally ill couple who escape from their retirement home and take one last cross-country adventure in a vintage van. At the 75th awards ceremony , Mirren received her 15th Golden Globe nomination. In 2018, Mirren portrayed heiress Sarah Winchester in

6600-438: The Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in the drama The Queen (2006). She was Oscar-nominated for her roles in The Madness of King George (1994), Gosford Park (2001), and The Last Station (2009). She has acted in films such as Caligula (1979), Excalibur (1981), The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), The Tempest (2010), Hitchcock (2012), Eye in

6750-427: The Aldwych (1971), and the title role in Miss Julie at The Other Place (1971). She also appeared in four productions, directed by Braham Murray for Century Theatre at the University Theatre in Manchester, between 1965 and 1967. In 1970, the director and producer John Goldschmidt made a documentary film, Doing Her Own Thing , about Mirren during her time with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Made for ATV , it

6900-478: The Fast and the Furious spin-off Hobbs & Shaw . In March 2021, she was cast as the villain Hespera in the superhero film Shazam! Fury of the Gods . She also appeared in the 2022 music video for Kendrick Lamar 's " Count Me Out " as a therapist. Since 2022, she portrays Cara Dutton in the Yellowstone spinoff 1923 , which also features Harrison Ford and Timothy Dalton . Mirren portrayed Golda Meir , prime minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974, in

7050-422: The Gold Rush years and following, the town became a haven for bandits and gamblers, and a dangerous and lawless place. Charismatic gambler and highwayman Jack Powers had virtual control of the town in the early 1850s, until driven out by a posse organized in San Luis Obispo. English gradually supplanted Spanish as the language of daily life, becoming the language of official record in 1870. The first newspaper,

7200-414: The Hammersmith district of London, to an English mother and Russian father. Her mother, Kathleen "Kitty" Alexandrina Eva Matilda (née Rogers; 1908–1996), was a working-class woman from West Ham , the thirteenth of fourteen children born to a butcher whose own father was the butcher to Queen Victoria . Mirren's father, Vasily Petrovich Mironoff (1913–1980), was a member of an old exiled family of

7350-442: The Harlowesque good-time girl": Michael Billington , The Guardian ). At the RSC in Stratford in 1977, and at the Aldwych the following year, she played a steely Queen Margaret in Terry Hands ' production of the three parts of Henry VI , while 1979 saw her 'bursting with grace', and winning acclaim for her performance as Isabella in Peter Gill 's production of Measure for Measure at Riverside Studios . Mirren has appeared in

7500-421: The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); locally, outraged citizens formed GOO (Get Oil Out). Santa Barbara's business community strove to attract development until the surge in the anti-growth movement in the 1970s. Many "clean" industries, especially aerospace firms such as Raytheon and Delco Electronics, moved to town in the 1950s and 1960s, bringing employees from other parts of the U.S. UCSB itself became

7650-431: The Presidio . They were sent to both secure the Spanish claim to the region and to convert the indigenous peoples to Catholicism . Many of the Spaniards brought their families with them, and those formed the nucleus of the small town – at first just a cluster of adobes – that surrounded the Presidio of Santa Barbara . The Santa Barbara Mission was established on the Feast of Saint Barbara , December 4, 1786. It

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7800-421: The Queen's 2003 Birthday Honours , Mirren was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to drama, with investiture taking place at Buckingham Palace in December. In January 2009, Mirren was named on The Times ' list of the top 10 British actresses of all time. The list included Julie Andrews , Helena Bonham Carter , Judi Dench and Audrey Hepburn . In 2021, Mirren

7950-415: The Royal Shakespeare Company and made her West End stage debut in 1975. She went on to receive Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress for playing Elizabeth II in the Peter Morgan play The Audience (2013). She reprised the role on Broadway and won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play . She was Tony-nominated for A Month in the Country (1995) and The Dance of Death (2002). She won

8100-475: The Royal Shakespeare Theatre in January 1983, and at the Barbican Theatre in April 1983—she was described as having "swaggered through the action with radiant singularity of purpose, filling in areas of light and shade that even Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker omitted." – Michael Coveney , Financial Times , April 1983. During this time, Mirren took roles in Caligula (1979), The Long Good Friday (1980)—co-starring with Bob Hoskins in what

8250-444: The Russian nobility dating back to the first half of the 15th century; he was taken to England when he was two by his father, Pyotr Vasilievich Mironov (1880-1957). Pyotr Vasilievich Mironov owned a large family estate near Gzhatsk (now Gagarin ) in the Russian Empire . His mother, Mirren's great-grandmother, was Countess Lydia Andreevna Kamenskaya (1848-1928), an aristocrat and a descendant of Count Mikhail Fedotovich Kamensky ,

8400-632: The Santa Barbara Gazette , was founded in 1855. While the Civil War had little effect on Santa Barbara, the disastrous drought of 1863 ended the Rancho Period, as most of the cattle died and ranchos were broken up and sold. Mortimer Cook, a wealthy entrepreneur, arrived in 1871 and opened the city's first bank. Cook later served two terms as mayor. Cook founded the first National Gold Bank of Santa Barbara in 1873. The building of Stearns Wharf in 1872 enhanced Santa Barbara's commercial and tourist accessibility; previously goods and visitors had to transfer from steamboats to smaller craft to row ashore. During

8550-402: The Sisquoc Formation , and the Santa Barbara Formation. The Santa Barbara Formation is one of the main units in the aquifer underlying the city. Its coarse-grained freshwater-bearing portion, much of which is below sea level, is protected from seawater intrusion by the More Ranch Fault, which has shielded it by uplifting less-permeable rocks between it and the sea. The majority of water wells in

8700-534: The Toronto International Film Festival in September 2010, where it received mixed reviews. Mirren's biggest critical and commercial success of the year was Robert Schwentke 's ensemble action comedy Red , based on Warren Ellis 's graphic novel, in which she portrayed Victoria, an ex- MI6 assassin. Mirren was initially hesitant to sign on due to film's graphic violence, but changed her mind upon learning of Bruce Willis 's involvement. Released to positive reviews, it grossed $ 186.5 million worldwide. Also in 2010,

8850-422: The University of California, Santa Barbara , Santa Barbara City College , Westmont College , and Antioch University Santa Barbara . The city is served by Santa Barbara Airport and train service is provided by Amtrak , which operates the Pacific Surfliner , which runs from San Diego to San Luis Obispo . The Santa Barbara area is connected via U.S. Highway 101 to Los Angeles 100 mi (160 km) to

9000-446: The Young Vic in the London premiere of the Arthur Miller double-bill, Two Way Mirror , performances which prompted Miller to remark: "What is so good about English actors is that they are not afraid of the open expression of large emotions. British actors like to speak. In London, there's a much more open-hearted kind of exchange between stage and audience" (interview by Sheridan Morley : The Times 11 January 1989). In Elegy for

9150-401: The "Riviera", and the Mesa Fault defines the northern boundary of the band of hills called the "Mesa". These two faults converge near the Five Points Shopping Center at Los Positas and State Streets. Neither is well-exposed, with their locations being inferred from topography, springs, seeps, and well logs. The Mesa Fault continues southeast offshore into the Santa Barbara Channel; the portion of

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9300-409: The "most beautiful public building in the United States." In 1907 in northern Santa Barbara county a horrific train accident claimed the lives of 37, the exact cause of which is still unknown. It is still the deadliest disaster in the Santa Barbara history. During World War II, Santa Barbara was home to Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara , and Naval Reserve Center Santa Barbara at the harbor. Up

9450-411: The 1870s, writer Charles Nordhoff promoted the town as a health resort and destination for well-to-do travelers from other parts of the U.S.; many of them came, and many stayed. The luxurious Arlington Hotel dated from this period. In 1887 the railroad finally went through to Los Angeles, and in 1901 to San Francisco: Santa Barbara was now easily accessible by land and by sea, and subsequent development

9600-406: The 1925 earthquake destroyed much of the downtown commercial district. Residential architectural styles in Santa Barbara reflect the era of their construction. Many late-1800s Victorian homes remain downtown and in the "Upper East" neighborhood. California bungalows are common, built in the early decades of the 20th century. Spanish Colonial Revival-style homes built after 1925 are common all over

9750-466: The 2012 biopic Hitchcock based on Stephen Rebello 's non-fiction book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho . The film centres on the pair's relationship during the making of Psycho , a controversial horror film that became one of the most acclaimed and influential works in the filmmaker's career. It became a moderate arthouse success and garnered a lukewarm critical response from critics, who felt that it suffered from "tonal inconsistency and

9900-402: The 2020 U.S. Census , the city's population was 88,665. In addition to being a popular tourist and resort destination, the city has a diverse economy that includes a large service sector, education, technology, health care, finance, agriculture, manufacturing, and local government. In 2004, the service sector accounted for 35% of local employment. Area institutions of higher learning include

10050-428: The 50 Best-Dressed Over 50. In March 2024, to commemorate the 65th anniversary of International Women's Day , Mirren was one of a number of female celebrities who had their likeness turned into Barbie dolls . Among her major competitive awards, Mirren has won one Academy Award , four BAFTA Awards , three Golden Globe Awards , five Emmy Awards , and one Tony Award . She is the recipient of numerous accolades and

10200-559: The Actors Studio , Neeson said Mirren was instrumental in his getting an agent. In 1985 on the set of White Nights , Mirren met American director Taylor Hackford . The pair began dating in 1986. The couple married on 31 December 1997, Hackford's 53rd birthday, at the Ardersier Parish Church near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands . It is her first marriage and his third. He has two children from his previous marriages. She has no children herself, and has stated that she has "no maternal instinct whatsoever". Mirren's autobiography, In

10350-463: The American musician . The HBO film focuses on the relationship between Spector and his defence attorney Linda Kenney Baden, played by Mirren, during the first of his two murder trials for the death in 2003 of Lana Clarkson in his California mansion. Spector received largely mixed to positive reviews from critics, particularly for Mirren and co-star Al Pacino 's performances, and was nominated for eleven Primetime Emmy Awards , also winning Mirren

10500-487: The British public. A further stage breakthrough came in 1994, in an Yvonne Arnaud Theatre production bound for the West End, when Bill Bryden cast her as Natalya Petrovna in Ivan Turgenev 's A Month in the Country . Her co-stars were John Hurt as her aimless lover Rakitin and Joseph Fiennes in only his second professional stage appearance as the cocksure young tutor Belyaev. Prior to 2015, Mirren had twice been nominated for Broadway's Tony Award for Best Actress in

10650-414: The Frame: My Life in Words and Pictures , was published in the UK by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in September 2007. Reviewing for The Stage , John Thaxter wrote: "Sumptuously illustrated, at first sight it looks like another of those photo albums of the stars. But between the pictures there are almost 200 pages of densely printed text, an unusually frank story of her private and professional life, mainly in

10800-700: The Franciscan Order to various families in order to reward service or build alliances. These land grants to local notable families mark the beginning of the "Rancho Period" in California and Santa Barbara history. Fernando Tico was one of the first settlers who received land grants for the local area. Fernando led the Native Americans against the Argentinian pirates in the 1800s. The population remained sparse, with enormous cattle operations run by wealthy families. It

10950-588: The Milpitas series. Rapid geologic uplift is characteristic of the entire region, as evidenced by the coastal bluffs and narrow beaches that are present along most of the coastline. Downtown Santa Barbara occupies a floodplain between two major geologic faults, the Mission Ridge Fault Zone to the north and the Mesa Fault to the south. The Mission Ridge Fault Zone runs along the range of hills known locally as

11100-612: The Santa Barbara Channel, on January 28, 1969. Approximately 100,000 barrels (16,000 m ) of oil surged out of a huge undersea break, fouling hundreds of square miles of ocean and all the coastline from Ventura to Goleta, as well north facing beaches on the Channel Islands. Two legislative consequences of the spill in the next year were the passages of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and

11250-612: The Santa Barbara-Goleta area pull from this geologic unit. The Santa Ynez Mountains to the north of the city consist of multiple layers of sandstone and conglomerate units dating from the Jurassic Age to the present, uplifted rapidly since the Pliocene , upended, and in some areas completely overturned. Rapid uplift has given these mountains their craggy, scenic character, and numerous landslides and debris flows, which form some of

11400-663: The Santa Ynez mountains, producing greater rainfall than in other coastal areas. Diurnal temperature variation reaches a maximum in winter due to lower humidity and the absence of summer fog. On average, only 1.7 nights have freezing lows. In general, summers are warm with very few hot days exceeding 90 degrees, and winters are comfortable and sometimes warm with occasional cooler days topping out around 54–58 degrees. Most days from December to February have highs of 63–69 degrees, and most days from June to August have highs of 72–84 degrees. Summers in Santa Barbara are mostly rainless due to

11550-474: The Sky (2015), and Trumbo (2015). She has also acted in the action films Red (2010) and its 2013 sequel , as well as four films in the Fast & Furious film franchise. On television, she played DCI Jane Tennison in the police procedural Prime Suspect (1991–2006), where she earned three British Academy Television Awards for Best Actress and two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in

11700-580: The actor lent her voice to Zack Snyder 's animated fantasy film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole , voicing antagonist Nyra, a leader of a group of owls. The film grossed $ 140.1 million on an $ 80 million budget. Mirren's next film was the comedy film Arthur , a remake of the 1981 film of the same name , starring Russell Brand in the lead role. Arthur received generally negative reviews from critics, who declared it an "irritating, unnecessary remake". In preparation for her role as

11850-602: The age of 18 and 8.5% of those ages 65 or over. According to the 2010 United States Census the racial makeup of Santa Barbara was 66,411 (75.1%) White; 1,420 (1.6%) African American; 892 (1.0%) Native American; 3,062 (3.5%) Asian (1.0% Chinese, 0.6% Filipino, 0.5% Japanese, 0.4% Korean, 0.4% Indian, 0.2% Vietnamese, 0.4% other); 116 (0.1%) Pacific Islander; 13,032 (14.7%) from other races; 3,477 (3.9%) from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 33,591 persons (38.0%). Non-Hispanic Whites were 45,852 persons (52.2%) The Census reported that 86,783 people (98.2% of

12000-453: The area begins at least 13,000 years ago. Evidence for a Paleoindian presence includes a fluted Clovis -like point found in the 1980s along the western Santa Barbara County coast, as well as the remains of Arlington Springs Man , found on Santa Rosa Island in the 1960s. At least 25,000 Chumash natives lived in the region prior to Spanish contact. Five Chumash villages flourished in the area. The present-day area of Santa Barbara City College

12150-610: The area. In 1602, Spanish maritime explorer Sebastián Vizcaíno gave the name "Santa Barbara" to the channel and also to one of the Channel Islands . A land expedition led by Gaspar de Portolà visited around 1769, and Franciscan missionary Juan Crespi , who accompanied the expedition, named a large native town "Laguna de la Concepcion". Cabrillo's earlier name, however, is the one that has survived. The first permanent European residents were Spanish missionaries and soldiers under Felipe de Neve , who arrived in 1782 and constructed

12300-587: The art of the Theatre", and adding, "The realms of truth, emotion and imagination reached for in acting a great play have become more and more remote, often totally unreachable across an abyss of costume and technicalities..." This started a big debate, and led to a question in parliament. There were no discernible repercussions for this rebuke of the RSC. At the West End 's Royal Court Theatre in September 1975, she played

12450-542: The baptismal, marriage, and burial records of other missions were transferred to Santa Barbara, and now found in the Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library . The Spanish period ended in 1822 with the conclusion of the Mexican War of Independence , which terminated 300 years of Spanish colonial rule and transferred control to the newly independent Mexican government. Santa Barbara street names reflect

12600-583: The boom period of the 1950s and 1960s. While the slower growth preserved the quality of life for most residents and prevented the urban sprawl notorious in the Los Angeles basin , housing in the Santa Barbara area was in short supply, and prices soared: in 2006, only six percent of residents could afford a median-value house. As a result, many people who work in Santa Barbara commute from adjacent, more affordable areas, such as Santa Maria, Lompoc , and Ventura. The resultant traffic on incoming arteries, in particular

12750-409: The casting of co-star Julie Walters . The film was generally well received by critics, and grossed $ 96 million worldwide. In addition, the picture earned Satellite , Golden Globe , and European Film Award nominations for Mirren. Her other film that year was the Showtime television film The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone opposite Olivier Martinez , and Anne Bancroft , based on the 1950 novel of

12900-485: The chance of wildfires, along with their severity, due to downed power lines, etc., in the foothills north of the city. Annual rainfall totals are highly variable and in exceptional years like 1940–1941 and 1997–1998 over 40 inches (1.0 m) of rain have fallen in a year, but in dry seasons less than 6 inches (150 mm) is not unheard of. Snow sometimes covers higher elevations of the Santa Ynez Mountains but

13050-630: The city, especially in newer upscale residential areas like Montecito and Hope Ranch . Notable modernist and contemporary homes can be found as well. Notable architects who practiced in Santa Barbara include: Santa Barbara has a range of neighborhoods with distinctive histories, architecture, and culture. While considerable consensus exists as to the identification of neighborhood names and boundaries, variations exist between observers. For example, real estate agents may use different names than those used by public utilities or municipal service providers, such as police, fire, or water services. The following

13200-471: The city, with several peaks exceeding 4,000 feet (1,200 m). Covered with chaparral , oaks and sandstone outcrops , they make a scenic backdrop to the town. Sometimes, perhaps once every three years, snow falls on the mountains, but it rarely stays for more than a few days. Nearer to town, directly east and adjacent to Mission Santa Barbara , is an east–west ridge known locally as "the Riviera", traversed by

13350-684: The coast, west of the city, was the Army's Camp Cooke (the present-day Vandenberg Space Force Base ). In the city, Hoff General Hospital treated servicemen wounded in the Pacific Theatre . On February 23, 1942, not long after the outbreak of war in the Pacific, the Japanese submarine I-17 surfaced offshore and lobbed 16 shells at the Ellwood Oil Field , about 10 miles (15 km) west of Santa Barbara, in

13500-507: The commentary tracks. I usually put it aside and go onto the next. I never went to film school. I worked for the KCET public television station in L.A. I worked in concerts. I have done a lot of music. I feel very comfortable shooting music, and I think you can see that." Hackford has also directed music videos, including " Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) " by Phil Collins and " Say You, Say Me " by Lionel Richie . On July 25, 2009, Hackford

13650-630: The disastrous 1990 Painted Cave Fire , which incinerated over 500 homes in only several hours, during an intense Sundowner wind event; the November 2008 Tea Fire , which destroyed 210 homes in the foothills of Santa Barbara and Montecito ; and the 2009 Jesusita Fire that burned 8,733 acres (35.34 km ) and destroyed 160 homes above the San Roque region of Santa Barbara. The Thomas Fire burned from its origins in Santa Paula 60 miles (100 km) to

13800-558: The east of Santa Barbara and consumed 281,893 acres (1,140.78 km ) in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, most of which consisted of rural land and wilderness areas. The fire started December 4, 2017, and was 100% contained by January 12, 2018. 1,050 structures were lost in the Thomas Fire, mostly east of Santa Barbara in Ventura County. The Thomas Fire has been the largest Santa Barbara County fire ever recorded to date. Santa Barbara

13950-410: The end of the war and 1950. This burst of growth had dramatic consequences for the local economy and infrastructure. Highway 101 was built through town during this period, and newly built Lake Cachuma began supplying water via a tunnel dug through the mountains between 1950 and 1956. Local relations with the oil industry gradually soured through the period. Production at Summerland had ended, Elwood

14100-479: The expanding United States. Change came quickly in Santa Barbara following the American Conquest of California . The population doubled between 1850 and 1860. In 1851, land surveyor Salisbury Haley designed the street grid, famously botching the block measurements, misaligning the streets, thereby creating doglegs at certain intersections. Wood construction replaced adobe as American settlers moved in; during

14250-483: The fact that, in times of COVID-19 pandemic , it is safer to have an affair with someone who has already been vaccinated against the virus , and as the elderly get vaccinated first, an older partner (played by Mirren in the video) is now the best choice. In 1990, Mirren said in an interview that she was an atheist . In the August 2011 issue of Esquire , she said, "I am quite spiritual. I believed in fairies when I

14400-464: The famous Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I . The film received mixed reviews from critics, although Mirren and Reynold's performances were widely praised. A commercial success, Woman in Gold became one of the highest-grossing specialty films of the year. The same year, Mirren appeared in Gavin Hood 's thriller Eye in the Sky (2015), in which she played as a military intelligence officer who leads

14550-582: The fault offshore is believed to have been responsible for the destructive earthquake of 1925 . The Mission Ridge Fault trends east–west, being named the More Ranch Fault west of Santa Barbara, and forms the northern boundary of the uplands which include Isla Vista , More Mesa, and the Hope Ranch Hills. Three major sedimentary bedrock units underlie the coastal plain: the Monterey Formation ,

14700-439: The film is based on Richard C. Morais 's 2010 novel with the same name and tells the story of a feud between two adjacent restaurants in a French town. Mirren garnered largely positive reviews for her performance of a snobby restaurateur, a role which she accepted as she was keen to play a French character, reflecting her "pathetic attempt at being a French actress." The film earned her another Golden Globe nomination and became

14850-479: The film. The Music Supervisor was Richard Flanzer. Hackford said of The Idolmaker , "I make films about working-class people; showbusiness is one of those things through which people can get themselves out of the lower rung of society. To me, the compelling story in The Idolmaker is the guy with a wonderful talent and a fairly strong ego has to make it happen through puppets." During the filming of An Officer and

15000-466: The first destructive earthquake in California since the 1906 San Francisco quake , destroyed much of downtown Santa Barbara and killed 13 people. The earthquake caused infrastructure to collapse including the Sheffield Dam. The low death toll is attributed to the early hour (6:44 a.m., before most people were out on the streets, vulnerable to falling masonry). While this quake, like the one in 1812,

15150-490: The first of five presidents to visit Santa Barbara. Just before the turn of the 20th century, oil was discovered at the Summerland Oil Field , and the region along the beach east of Santa Barbara sprouted numerous oil derricks and piers for drilling offshore . This was the first offshore oil development in the world; oil drilling offshore would become a contentious practice in the Santa Barbara area, which continues to

15300-487: The first shelling attack by an enemy power on the continental U.S. since the bombardment of Orleans in World War I . Although the shelling was inaccurate and only caused about $ 500 damage to a catwalk, panic was immediate. Many Santa Barbara residents fled, and land values plummeted to historic lows. After the war many of the servicemen who had seen Santa Barbara returned to stay. The population surged by 10,000 people between

15450-449: The following decades, many of the natives died of diseases such as smallpox , against which they had no natural immunity . The most dramatic event of the Spanish period was the powerful 1812 earthquake , and tsunami , with an estimated magnitude of 7.1, which destroyed the Mission as well as the rest of the town; water reached as high as present-day Anapamu street, and carried a ship half

15600-505: The influence of the Spanish period. The names de le Guerra and Carrillo come from the Guerra family of California and Carrillo family of California . They were instrumental in building up the town, so they were honored by having streets named after them. After the forced secularization of the Missions in 1833 , successive Mexican Governors distributed the large land tracts formerly held by

15750-422: The median household income was $ 81,618 (with a margin of error of +/- $ 3,653) and the median family income was $ 105,513 (+/- $ 9,757). Males had a median income of $ 44,225 (+/- $ 2,697) versus $ 33,978 (+/- $ 2,747) for females. The median income for those above 16 years old was $ 40,200 (+/- $ 1,911). Approximately, 7.2% of families and 12.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 11.2% of those under

15900-541: The ocean and parallel to the predominant westerly winds, sideshore and light onshore breezes moderate temperatures resulting in warmer winters and cooler summers compared with places farther inland. In the winter, storms reach California, some of which bring heavy rainfall but the rain shadow effect of the coastal mountains can at times moderate or enhance the rainfall depending on local storm wind flows. Local rainfall totals can be enhanced by orographic lift when storms are accompanied by southerly flow pushing moist air over

16050-469: The ocean, including a strip of city reaching out into the sea and inland again to keep the Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) within the city boundary. Santa Barbara experiences a warm-summer Mediterranean climate ( Köppen : Csb) characteristic of coastal California. Santa Barbara's weather was ranked number 1 in the United States in 2023–2024 by U.S. News & World Report. Because the city lies along

16200-457: The orchestra and returned to driving a cab to support the family. He later worked as a driving-test examiner, then became a civil servant with the Ministry of Transport . In 1951, he changed the family name to Mirren by deed poll . Mirren considers her upbringing to have been "very anti-monarchist". She was the second of three children; she has an older sister Katherine ("Kate"; born 1942) and had

16350-468: The other smaller local studios produced approximately 1,200 films during their tenure in Santa Barbara, of which approximately 100 survive. During this period, the Loughead Aircraft Company was established on lower State Street, and regularly tested seaplanes off of East Beach. This was the genesis of what would later become Lockheed . The magnitude 6.3 earthquake of June 29, 1925 ,

16500-643: The population) lived in households, 1,172 (1.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 455 (0.5%) were institutionalized. Of the 35,449 households, 8,768 (24.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 13,240 (37.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 3,454 (9.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, and 1,539 (4.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 2,420 (6.8%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 339 (1.0%) same-sex married couples or partnerships ; 11,937 households (33.7%) were made up of individuals, and 4,340 (12.2%) had someone living alone who

16650-489: The presence of a high-pressure area over the eastern Pacific, but summer showers can happen due to tropical hurricane/Monsoonal flows that rarely reach the region; thunderstorms can also occur during the North American Monsoon . In the fall, afternoon or evening downslope winds, locally called " Sundowners ", can raise temperatures into the high 90s °F (high 30s °C) and drop humidities into the single digits, increasing

16800-482: The present day. Santa Barbara housed the world's largest movie studio during the era of silent film. Flying A Studios, a division of the American Film Manufacturing Company , operated on two city blocks centered at State and Mission between 1910 and 1922, with the industry shutting down locally and moving to Hollywood once it outgrew the area, needing the resources of a larger city. Flying A and

16950-731: The role of a rock star named Maggie in Teeth 'n' Smiles , a musical play by David Hare ; she reprised the role the following year in a revival of the play at Wyndham's Theatre in May 1976. Beginning in November 1975, Mirren played in West End repertory with the Lyric Theatre Company as Nina in The Seagull and Ella in Ben Travers 's new farce The Bed Before Yesterday ("Mirren is stirringly voluptuous as

17100-696: The same title by Tennessee Williams . She also played Queen Elizabeth I in 2005, in the television serial Elizabeth I , for Channel 4 and HBO , for which she received an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award . Mirren won another Emmy Award on 16 September 2007 for her role in Prime Suspect: The Final Act on PBS in the same category as in 2006. Mirren hosted Saturday Night Live on 9 April 2011. In 2006, Helen Mirren starred in " The Queen " directed by Stephen Frears , for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress. Mirren's title role of The Queen earned her numerous acting awards including

17250-672: The screen. Mirren's first film of the 2000s was Joel Hershman 's Greenfingers (2000), a comedy based on the true story about the prisoners of HMP Leyhill , a minimum-security prison, who won gardening awards. Mirren portrayed a devoted plantswoman in the film, who coaches a team of prison gardeners, led by Clive Owen , to victory at a prestigious flower show. The project received lukewarm reviews, which suggested that it added "nothing new to this already saturated genre" of British feel-good films . The same year she acted in The Pledge , Sean Penn 's third directorial effort, in which she played

17400-457: The sequel film Red 2 . The action comedy received a mixed reviews from film critics, who called it a "lackadaisical sequel", but became another commercial success, making over $ 140 million worldwide. Mirren's only film of 2014 was the comedy-drama The Hundred-Foot Journey opposite the Indian actor Om Puri . Directed by Lasse Hallström and produced by Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey ,

17550-664: The southeast and San Francisco 325 mi (525 km) to the northwest. Behind the city, in and beyond the Santa Ynez Mountains, is the Los Padres National Forest , which contains several remote wilderness areas. Channel Islands National Park and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary are located approximately 20 miles (30 km) offshore. [REDACTED] Spanish Empire 1769–1821 [REDACTED] First Mexican Empire 1821–1823 [REDACTED] United Mexican States 1823–1848 [REDACTED]   United States 1848–present Evidence of human habitation of

17700-416: The story follows a party of wealthy Britons and an American, and their servants, who gather for a shooting weekend at an English country house , resulting in an unexpected murder. It received multiple awards and nominations, including a second Academy Award nomination and first Screen Actors Guild Award win for Mirren's portrayal of the sternly devoted head servant Mrs. Wilson. Mirren's last film that year

17850-501: The story of the adaptation centres on the abrasive influence that a mysterious housekeeper wields over her employer and successful novelist, played Martina Gedeck . Mirren found the role "difficult to play" and cited doing it as "one of the hardest things [she has] ever done". On 15 February 2013, at the West End's Gielgud Theatre she began a turn as Elizabeth II in the World Premiere of Peter Morgan 's The Audience . The show

18000-401: The stretch of Highway 101 between Ventura and Santa Barbara, is another problem being addressed by long-range planners. Since the middle of the twentieth century, several destructive fires have affected Santa Barbara: the 1964 Coyote Fire, which burned 67,000 acres (270 km ) of backcountry along with 106 homes; the smaller, but quickly moving, Sycamore Fire in 1977, which burned 200 homes;

18150-552: The supercomputer " Deep Thought " in the film adaptation of Douglas Adams 's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005). During her career, she has portrayed three British queens in different films and television series: Elizabeth I in the television series Elizabeth I (2005), Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006), and Charlotte in The Madness of King George (1994). She is the only actor to have portrayed both Queens Elizabeth on

18300-588: The supernatural horror film Winchester , directed by The Spierig Brothers . In the same year, she starred as Mother Ginger in Disney's adaptation of The Nutcracker , titled The Nutcracker and the Four Realms , directed by Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston . In 2019, she appeared in the ensemble film Berlin, I Love You , the French crime thriller film Anna , directed and written by Luc Besson , and co-starred in

18450-541: The television film, The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999), where her performance won her an Emmy ; Door to Door (2002); and The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003). At the National Theatre in November 2003 she again won praise playing Christine Mannon ("defiantly cool, camp and skittish", Evening Standard ; "glows with mature sexual allure", Daily Telegraph ) in a revival of Eugene O'Neill 's Mourning Becomes Electra directed by Howard Davies . "This production

18600-477: The theatre, the words clearly Mirren's own, delivered with forthright candour." In 2006, Mirren stated that she was never a member of any political party . Mirren became a U.S. citizen in 2017 and voted in her first U.S. election in 2020. She supported Patricia Ackerman in her unsuccessful 2020 campaign against Mark Amodei in Nevada's 2nd congressional district . Mirren has openly stated she supports Israel and

18750-460: The unveiling of her waxwork at Madame Tussauds in London. In 2012, she was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork—The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover—to celebrate the British cultural figures of his life that he most admired. In 2010, she was named Sexiest Woman Alive by Esquire , and in

18900-503: The urban and suburban lowland area, are testament to their geologically active nature. The first Monterey-style adobe in California was built on State Street of Santa Barbara by the wealthy merchant Alpheus Thompson. The dominant architectural themes of Santa Barbara are the Mediterranean Revival , Spanish Colonial Revival and the related Mission Revival style , encouraged through design guidelines adopted by city leaders after

19050-480: The wife opposite Michael Gambon . In Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999), she plays sadistic history teacher Mrs. Eve Tingle. In 1998, Mirren played Cleopatra to Alan Rickman 's Antony in Antony and Cleopatra at the National Theatre . The production received poor reviews; The Guardian called it "plodding spectacle rarely informed by powerful passion", while The Daily Telegraph said "the crucial sexual chemistry on which any great production ultimately depends

19200-399: Was Collateral Beauty , directed by David Frankel . Co-Starring Will Smith , Keira Knightley , and Kate Winslet , the ensemble drama follows a man who copes with his daughter's death by writing letters to time , death , and love . The film earned largely negative reviews from critics, who called it "well-meaning but fundamentally flawed." In 2017, Mirren narrated Cries from Syria ,

19350-590: Was Fred Schepisi 's dramedy film Last Orders opposite Michael Caine and Bob Hoskins . In 2003, Mirren starred in Nigel Cole 's comedy Calendar Girls , inspired by the true story of a group of Yorkshire women who produced a nude calendar to raise money for Leukaemia Research under the auspices of the Women's Institutes . Mirren initially was reluctant to join the project, dismissing it as another middling British picture, but rethought her decision upon learning of

19500-435: Was 36.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.7 males. Helen Mirren Dame Helen Mirren (born Helen Lydia Mironoff , 26 July 1945) is an English actor. In a career spanning 60 years, she is the recipient of numerous accolades including an Academy Award , four BAFTA Awards , five Emmy Awards , three Golden Globe Awards , an Olivier Award and

19650-431: Was 38.73% (34,344) of the population. Of the 35,383 households, 23.5% had children under the age of 18; 38.5% were married couples living together; 31.2% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. 32.3% of households consisted of individuals and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.4 and the average family size was 3.0. The percent of those with

19800-440: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45. There were 18,233 families (51.4% of all households); the average family size was 3.13. The age distribution of the city was the following: 16,468 people (18.6%) under the age of 18, 10,823 people (12.2%) aged 18 to 24, 26,241 people (29.7%) aged 25 to 44, 22,305 people (25.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 12,573 people (14.2%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

19950-506: Was a child. I still do sort of believe in the fairies . And the leprechauns . But I don't believe in God." In a 2008 interview with GQ , Mirren revealed she was date raped as a student, and had often taken cocaine at parties in her twenties and until the 1980s. She stopped using it after reading that Klaus Barbie made a living from cocaine dealing. She told the Radio Times , "I'm

20100-507: Was also staged at the Epidaurus amphitheatre on 11 and 12 July 2009. Mirren continued her successful film career when she starred in Gosford Park (2001) with Maggie Smith and Calendar Girls (2003) with Julie Walters . Other more recent appearances include The Clearing (2004), Pride (2004), Raising Helen (2004), and Shadowboxer (2005). Mirren also provided the voice for

20250-542: Was based on the play of the same name by Shakespeare ; Taymor changed the original character's gender to cast Mirren as her lead. While the actor garnered strong reviews for her portrayal, the film itself was largely panned by critics. Mirren played a gutsy tea-shop owner who tries to save one of her young employees from marrying a teenage killer in Rowan Joffé 's Brighton Rock , a crime film loosely based on Graham Greene 's 1938 novel . The film noir premiered at

20400-656: Was brisk. Santa Barbara had a system of street railways that operated from 1875 through 1929. Begun as a single mule-drawn line from the waterfront pier to the Arlington Hotel, over the decades it was incrementally expanded, later electrified, and operated until its closure in June 1929. Peter J. Barber , an architect, designed many Late Victorian style residences, and served twice as mayor, in 1880 and again in 1890. A year after Barber's term as mayor, President Benjamin Harrison became

20550-481: Was centered in the Santa Barbara Channel, it caused no tsunami. It came at an opportune time for rebuilding, since a movement for architectural reform and unification around a Spanish Colonial style was already underway. Under the leadership of Pearl Chase , many of the city's famous buildings rose as part of the rebuilding process, including the Santa Barbara County Courthouse , sometimes praised as

20700-519: Was directed by Stephen Daldry . Michael Billington of The Guardian wrote of her performance, "who once again gives a faultless performance that transcends mere impersonation to endow the monarch with a sense of inner life and a quasi-Shakespearean aura of solitude." In April she was named best actress at the Olivier Awards for her role. On 7 June 2015‚ Mirren won the Tony Award for Best Actress in

20850-553: Was directing her in White Nights , although their first meeting did not go well: he kept her waiting to audition for White Nights , and she was icy. "It was a strange way to meet Helen, because she is a lovely person," says Hackford, "but she didn't hold back her fury." Hackford and Mirren wed in 1997, although as a young woman Mirren had vowed never to marry. The couple live along the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe . In 2009, Hackford signed

21000-560: Was during this period that Richard Henry Dana Jr. first visited Santa Barbara and wrote about the culture and people of Santa Barbara in his book Two Years Before the Mast . Santa Barbara fell bloodlessly to a battalion of American soldiers under John C. Frémont on December 27, 1846, during the Mexican–American War , and after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 it became part of

21150-878: Was elected president of the Directors Guild of America . He was re-elected to a second, two-year term as president on June 25, 2011, at the DGA's National Biennial Convention in Los Angeles . Hackford is attached to direct the neo-noir action thriller film Sniff , starring Morgan Freeman , Al Pacino , Helen Mirren and Danny DeVito . Hackford has been married three times. He married his first wife, Georgie Lowres, in 1967; they have one child, Rio Hackford (1970–2022). The couple divorced in 1972. In 1977, Hackford married Lynne Littman , with whom he has one child, Alexander Hackford, born in 1979; their marriage lasted until 1987. Hackford has been married to Academy Award -winning actress Helen Mirren since 1997. Hackford met Mirren when he

21300-551: Was her breakthrough film role, Excalibur (1981), 2010 (1984), White Nights (1985), The Mosquito Coast (1986), Pascali's Island (1988) and When the Whales Came (1989). Mirren's television performances include Cousin Bette (1971); As You Like It (1979); Blue Remembered Hills (1979); and The Twilight Zone episode " Dead Woman's Shoes " (1985). At the beginning of 1989, Mirren co-starred with Bob Peck at

21450-409: Was nominated for an Oscar. In 2007, she claimed that the director Michael Winner had treated her "like a piece of meat" at a casting call in 1964. Asked about the incident, Winner told The Guardian , "I don't remember asking her to turn around but if I did I wasn't being serious. I was only doing what the [casting] agent asked me – and for this I get reviled! Helen's a lovely person, she's

21600-450: Was noted for its high quality and popularity. Her portrayal of Tennison won her three consecutive British Academy Television Awards for Best Actress between 1992 and 1994 (making her one of four actors to have received three consecutive BAFTA TV Awards for a role, alongside Robbie Coltrane , Julie Walters and Michael Gambon ). Primarily due to Prime Suspect , in 2006 Mirren came 29th on ITV 's poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars voted by

21750-538: Was one of the best experiences of my professional life, The play was four and a half hours long, and I have never known that kind of response from an audience ... It was the serendipity of a beautifully cast play, with great design and direction, It will be hard to be in anything better." She played the title role in Jean Racine 's Phèdre at the National in 2009, in a production directed by Nicholas Hytner . The production

21900-697: Was shown on the ITV network in the UK. In 1972 and 1973, Mirren worked with Peter Brook 's International Centre for Theatre Research and joined the group's tour in North Africa and the US, during which they created The Conference of the Birds . She then rejoined the RSC, playing Lady Macbeth at Stratford in 1974 and at the Aldwych Theatre in 1975. In 1976, she appeared with Laurence Olivier , Alan Bates and Malcolm McDowell in

22050-401: Was the tenth of the California Missions to be founded by the Spanish Franciscans. It was dedicated by Padre Fermín Lasuén , who succeeded Padre Junipero Serra as the second president and founder of the California Franciscan Mission Chain. The Chumash laborers built a connection between the canyon creek and the Santa Barbara Mission water system through the use of a dam and an aqueduct. During

22200-441: Was the village of Mispu ; the site of the Los Baños pool (along west beach) was the village of Syukhtun , chief Yanonalit's large village located between Bath and Chapala streets; Amolomol was at the mouth of Mission Creek; and Swetete , above the bird refuge. Spanish explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo , sailing for the Kingdom of Spain , sailed through what is now called the Santa Barbara Channel in 1542, anchoring briefly in

22350-434: Was too sentimental, and Hackford was initially inclined to agree with Gere, until during a rehearsal when the extras playing the workers began to cheer and cry. But when Gere saw the scene later with the music underneath it at the right tempo, he said it sent chills up the back of his neck, and is now convinced Hackford made the right decision. In 1983, Taylor Hackford partnered with Keith Barish , film producer, to co-develop

22500-422: Was winding down, and to find new fields oil companies carried out seismic exploration of the Channel using explosives, a controversial practice that local fishermen claimed harmed their catch. The culminating disaster, and one of the formative events in the modern environmental movement, was the blowout at Union Oil's Platform A on the Dos Cuadras Field , about eight miles (13 km) southeast of Santa Barbara in

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