Helen Mirren shows off her sleek new bob at L’Oreal Gala in Toronto

She rocked a side-swept pixie crop to the Academy Awards on Sunday. 

But Helen Mirren debuted a sleek new hair-do at the L’Oreal Paris Canadian Women of Worth Awards Gala at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto on Thursday.

The actress, who was at the event to celebrate International Women’s Day, looked decades younger than her 72-years as she posed up a storm on the red carpet.

Radiant: Helen Mirren looked every inch the leading lady at the L’Oreal Paris Canadian Women of Worth Awards Gala on Thursday

The screen siren exuded elegance in a hot pink satin skirt, which skimmed over her svelte physique with its a-line design.

She teamed the bright skirt with a bold orange jumper and tied the look together with velvet pink court shoes and a lime-green clutch bag.

Helen, who previously rocked a side-swept fringe, showed off her new bangs with a sleek centre parting and dazzling silver drop earrings.  

The actress, who was celebrating International Women's Day, looked decades younger than her 72-years as she debuted her sleek new hair-do on the red carpet

The actress, who was celebrating International Women’s Day, looked decades younger than her 72-years as she debuted her sleek new hair-do on the red carpet

Side-swept: Helen wore her hair in a side parting at the Oscars on Sunday

Stunning: The Queen star showed off her new bangs with a sleek centre parting and dazzling silver drop earrings

New hairdo: Helen, who previously rocked a side-swept fringe at the Oscars, showed off her new bangs with a sleek centre parting and dazzling silver drop earrings

The Queen star looked simply radiant as she enhanced her youthful complexion with smudged black eye-liner, blush-swept cheeks and a glossy pink lip.

During the swanky ceremony, Mirren took to the stage to toast and honour women who have helped their communities.

‘I just get filled with an amazing sense of optimism for the human race, honestly, when I meet women like this and I hear their stories,’ she told CTV News Toronto ahead of the event. 

Glowing: The Queen star looked simply radiant as she posed on the red carpet with Maike van Niekerk

Glowing: The Queen star looked simply radiant as she posed on the red carpet with Maike van Niekerk

Touching: Helen appeared to get emotional at one point in the night as she wiped her eyes with a tissue

Touching: Helen appeared to get emotional at one point in the night as she wiped her eyes with a tissue

Humanitarian: During the swanky ceremony, Mirren took to the stage to toast and honour women who have helped their communities

Humanitarian: During the swanky ceremony, Mirren took to the stage to toast and honour women who have helped their communities

Despite her sky-rocketing career on the showbiz circuit and being a role model to women across the globe, the actress has previously divulged that she has been plagued with insecurities all of her life.

She told The Daily Telegraph: ‘I have experienced insecurity all my life, and I still do on a daily basis. I remember having these panic attacks but not at the obvious moments.’

The Woman in Gold star confessed were ‘so many things’ she didn’t like about her body when she was propelled into the limelight as an actress in the late 1960’s.

She explained: ‘Because I have never felt beautiful. There are people who are beautiful and I’m objective enough to know that I don’t fit into that category.

‘For me, still now, it’s to do with wit and intelligence rather than the way I look. I don’t feel clever or funny enough.’   

Bold: She teamed the bright skirt with a bold orange jumper and tied the look together with velvet pink court shoes while Sangita Patel (R) donned a bright lime green mini-dress

Bold: She teamed the bright skirt with a bold orange jumper and tied the look together with velvet pink court shoes while Sangita Patel (R) donned a bright lime green mini-dress

Ageless beauty: Helen posed with Hazar Mahayni and Sangita Patel on the red carpet before heading inside the venue 

Ageless beauty: Helen posed with Hazar Mahayni and Sangita Patel on the red carpet before heading inside the venue 

Proud: 'I just get filled with an amazing sense of optimism for the human race, honestly, when I meet women like this and I hear their stories,' she told CTV News Toronto

Proud: ‘I just get filled with an amazing sense of optimism for the human race, honestly, when I meet women like this and I hear their stories,’ she told CTV News Toronto



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