Hi Barbie! Academy-Award-winning actress Dame Helen Mirren has been recreated in Barbie form and she even has a mini Oscar.
The actress, 78, who narrates the Barbie film, shared that she was "blown away" by her doll and that being chosen by Barbie as a role model is a "huge compliment".
The one-of-a-kind doll can be seen in the red carpet outfit she wore at the Cannes Film Festival last year – a cornflower blue gown by Del Core and matching blue hair.
She is even carrying a blue fan and a miniature Oscars statue, in recognition of the Academy Award she won for The Queen in 2007.
Following the news, Dame Helen said that she could never have imagined it happening in her wildest dreams at her stage in life.
“It’s a very special thing, and something I can add to my list of my favourite achievements; becoming a Dame of the British Empire, having an Oscar, having a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame – and having my own Barbie," the actress commented.
She added: “The intricacy and detail of the doll is extraordinary; I love that the Barbie doll is wearing one of my favourite ever red carpet looks, and it was the first time I’d ever 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 think that this joy should be ageless. And the cherry on top of the cake is my doll having a miniature Oscar.
"It is an absolutely perfect reproduction.”
The new Barbie doll comes as its creator Mattel names Dame Helen as a UK role model.
Mattel is celebrating female storytellers ahead of the doll’s 65th anniversary on March 9.
The Prime Suspect star continued: “As an actor, after decades of roles; the importance of storytelling to me means telling stories about the whole of humanity, not just stories of youth or one type of story.
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“Stories of young people are wonderful because they’re just beginning life, they have energy and I love the fact that young people are constantly challenging what has come before them.
“But you know there are stories to be told about the whole of humanity, and all of our journeys, at all of our different ages in life.”
Dame Helen’s most famous roles also include The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover; Gosford Park; and Red.
More recently, she stars opposite Harrison Ford in the Yellowstone TV spin-off 1923.
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