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Helen Mirren attends the red carpet screening and opening ceremony of “Jeanne du Barry” at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2023.
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Actress Helen Mirren has said that she is “impressed” by a new Barbie created in his likeness.
The glamorous doll, complete with her own Academy Award, is one of a series of eight launched by toy maker Mattel to mark International Women’s Day on Friday.
Despite having the Oscar, which Mirren won for her role in the 2006 film “The Queen,” the doll is wearing the blue dress and blue-dyed hair that the actress modeled on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival in last year.
Mirren, the 78-year-old star who narrated last year’s hit movie “Barbie,” said she considers the creation of the doll a “huge compliment.”
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The new dolls were created to commemorate International Women’s Day.
In a statement published in it website, the star, whose other films include “Elizabeth I”, “Gosford Park” and “Golda”, said: “I am absolutely impressed with my Barbie. Being chosen by Barbie as a role model is a huge compliment and something I would never have imagined in my wildest dreams happening to me at this stage of my life.
“It is something very special and something I can add to my list of my favorite achievements; become a Dame of the British Empire, have an Oscar, have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame… and have my own Barbie!
Of the doll’s dramatic outfit, which emulated Del Core’s cornflower blue dress she wore at Cannes, Mirren said: “The complexity and detail of the doll is extraordinary; I love that Barbie doll is wearing one of my favorite looks on the red carpet, and it was the first time I had blue hair, and it felt so exciting. I like to embrace theatrical fashion and the joy that having fun with fashion can bring, and I believe this joy should be ageless. And the icing on the cake is that my doll has a miniature Oscar. “It is an absolutely perfect reproduction.”
Mirren’s doll was part of a series of “unique role model dolls” released by Mattel to celebrate Barbie’s 65th anniversary. Among the others are singers Kylie Minogue and Shania Twain and actress Viola Davis. Brazilian Maira Gómez, content creator from the Tatuyo indigenous community, also celebrates with her own dolls; the Mexican director, producer and screenwriter Lila Avilés; Japanese model Nicole Fujita and German comedian Enissa Amani.
Tweeting photos of herself in his image, Minogue wrote: “Baby Kylie would NOT believe this is happening right now…. Thank you @Barbie @barbiestyle @mateI”
Previous role model dolls include TV producer Shonda Rhimes, professional skateboarder Sky Brown and Sarah Gilbert, who developed the Covid-19 vaccine.
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Viola Davis was also recreated in Barbie form to commemorate the doll’s 65th anniversary.
Commenting on the launch of the new dolls at Mattel’s website, Krista Berger, Barbie senior vice president and global head of dolls, said: “Barbie’s story has never been just about her. It’s about the countless young children she has inspired and the millions of stories she helped them imagine along the way.
“For the past 65 years, Barbie has used its global platform to empower girls to dream big, explore their limitless potential and direct their own narrative to shape their future. As we celebrate this important anniversary, we recognize more than six decades of stories that Barbie has helped write and the doll that she continues to give everyone the opportunity to dream, and dream big.”