Helen Mirren and Other Women of Note

We just heard that actress Helen Mirren, who won an 2007 Academy Award for representing another older woman in The Queen, has now been chosen over Jennifer Lopez as having the best female body by an Los Angeles fitness poll of 2,000 people, according to Sky News.

>Helen Mirren's talents and good taste are on view often and she has won numerous acting awards. The other Academy Award nomination for Best Actress was in 2009 for The Last Station, and for Best Supporting Actress for The Madness of King George and in 2001 for Gosford Park.

Mirren's title role of The Queen earned her numerous acting awards including a BAFTA, a Golden Globe, as well as the 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 as Queen.

Mirren is well-known for her role as detective Jane Tennison in the widely viewed Prime Suspect, a multiple award-winning television drama that was noted for its high quality, higher popularity and its unique format, in that it ran for seven seasons in seven extended multi-act episodes rather than in a traditional seasonal schedule. Her portrayal of Tennison won her three consecutive BAFTA awards for Best Actress between 1992 and 1994.

Another striking woman we've noticed is Nancy Pelosi. She is continually in the public eye, photographed under the most difficult circumstances who manages to remain extremely attractive, well-dressed and poised — as well as powerful and a woman who rarely forgets the women she represents. She is in her eighth decade.

Ms. Pelosi is the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives and served as the 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. She was the first woman to hold the office and to-date has been the highest-ranking female politician in American history.

Perhaps the oldest working model is Carmel Dell-Orefice, at age 80. Most recently she has been known for being one of those people who trusted Bernard Madoff with her investments. But having worked in the modelling field since age 15, she remains what few can surpass her for, a supremely beautiful woman, regardless of her age.

In 1947, Carmen got a raise to $10 — $25 per hour. She appeared on the October 1947 cover of Vogue, at age 15, one of the youngest Vogue cover models ever (along with Niki Taylor, Brooke Shields, and Monika Schnarre). Carmen was also on the November 1948 cover of Vogue. She worked with the most famous fashion photographers of the era including Irving Penn, Gleb Derujinsky, Francesco Scavullo, Norman Parkinson, and Richard Avedon. Carmen was photographed by Melvin Sokolsky for Harper's Bazaar in 1960. She also became Salvador Dali's muse.

Pictures: Helen Mirren, age 66, by Caroline Bonarde Ucci, 2007; Nancy Pelos, age 71; Carmen Dell'Orefice, age 80, in a picture taken in 2007

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Helen Mirren and Other Women of Note

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