Helen Mirren to play Catherine the Great in an HBO miniseries

The Guardian

The Oscar-winning actress came up with the idea to play the Russian empress in the minseries that’s being produced by HBO and Sky TV. “I am very excited by the possibility of embodying a woman from history who grabbed and then wielded great power,” says Mirren. “She rewrote the rules of governance by a woman, and succeeded to the extent of having the word ‘Great’ attached to her name.”