Dame Helen Mirren loves "everything" about being 80.

The award-winning movie star has revealed that she feels grateful to be "alive" and still working at this stage of her life.

Asked to name the best thing about being 80, Helen told Allure: "Everything! I find everything about it [fabulous].

"F*** it, I'm alive and I'm working and I can drink a glass of wine and I can wear makeup and I can listen to music and I can watch a beautiful sunset and I can go to the theatre and I can watch a movie and I can binge Netflix and I can live life. It's a beautiful thing."

Helen acknowledges that there are pros and cons to ageing. But the acclaimed actress has urged other women to not fear getting older.

Helen - who turned 80 in July - explained: "It's going to happen, baby. You can be as afraid a

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