If you are a Netflix fan, or maybe even if you aren't, you may have heard of the latest smash hit, The Thursday Murder Club.

The crime-comedy film, which was released on the streaming platform at the end of August, is based on the 2020 novel by Richard Osman.

South Essex's Dame Helen Mirren stars alongside fellow big names such as Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie and David Tennant.

It follows a group of elderly amateur sleuths who attempt to solve a murder and has received generally positive reviews from critics since its release.

Dame Helen plays Elizabeth, a retired MI6 agent.

It is the latest role in her impressive career that has spanned many decades, and she has hinted that she is not slowing down.

Dame Helen Mirren has a career that has spanned more than six decades on both stage and screen.

Accolades include an Academy Award, five Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, a BAFTA Film Award, three BAFTA Television Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award.

She is the only person to have achieved both the US and UK Triple Crowns of Acting, and has also received the BAFTA Fellowship, Honorary Golden Bear, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.

She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003.

Locally, she has many links to South Essex.

Dame Helen Mirren visiting St Bernard’s in Southend in 1997 (Image: Newsquest)

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