Melbourne, November 5: Dame Helen Mirren has revealed that her husband, Taylor Hackford, forced her to spend a night in a brothel, insisting that she thoroughly research her role.

Berlin - English actress Helen Mirren, 62, is returning to her Russian roots, playing the wife of classic Russian writer Leo Tolstoy in a movie, The Last Station, now shooting in Germany.

London, Sep 18: Dame Helen Mirren’s lucky charm – her "stripper's shoes" – has paid off by getting her an Emmy for the second consecutive year.

The British actress, who won the award last year as well, scooped an Emmy for the best actress in a TV miniseries or movie for ‘Prime Suspect: The Final Act’, and in the same pair of shoes.

The actress bought the Perspex six-inch high stilettos in frenzy hours before last year's ceremony after realising that she had forgotten her high heels.