Staff Writer
Dame Helen Mirren seems to be making quite the career out of imitating the Queen. Mirren took home the award for best actress over the weekend at the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience. This is not at all surprising since this award will sit amongst her Oscar, Bafta, and Olivier awards that she won for playing Elizabeth II in 2006’s The Queen.
While accepting her award Dame Helen remarked, “They loved it but they were loving the Queen really they’re not really loving me. It’s her and that incredible history. She’s the one person who’s been in my life the longest apart from my sister. It’s amazing to be a part of that.”
The nights other big winners were Rory Kinnear and Adrian Lester who shared the award for best actor. The duo appear opposite each other in Othello at the National Theater. However the night really belonged to another Dame, Dame Maggie Smith.
Smith was honored with the Standard’s Icon Award for her various contributions to the world stage. Making her debut in 1952 as Viola in Twelfth Night at the Oxford Playhouse her career took off. You can currently see the dame on Downton Abbey as Dowager Countess of Grantham. Check out the full list of winners below!
The London Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2013 winners:
Best Actor– Rory Kinnear and Adrian Lester: Othello, National
Best Actress– Helen Mirren: The Audience, Gielgud
Best Play– Chimerica by Lucy Kirkwood, Almeida & Harold Pinter
Best Musical– Merrily We Roll Along Menier Chocolate Factory & Harold Pinter
Best Director– Richard Eyre: Ghosts, Almeida
Best Design– Bob Crowley: People, National (Lyttelton) & The Audience, Gielgud &Once, Phoenix
Most Promising Playwright– Rachel De-lahay: Routes, Royal Court
Outstanding Newcomer – Seth Numrich: Sweet Bird of Youth, Old Vic
Best Musical Performance– Rosalie Craig: The Light Princess, National
Emerging Talent– Cush Jumbo: Josephine and I, Bush
Award for Comedy– David Walliams
Beyond Theatre– BBC Proms 2013
Editor’s Award– Kevin Spacey
Lebedev Special Award– Andrew Lloyd Webber
Theatre Icon Award– Dame Maggie Smith
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