Actresses with the title "Dame" in front of their name don't normally appear in films alongside Bruce Willis where they shoot people in the face. Mirren is different though. After a lengthy career tackling Shakespeare, "Prime Suspect," Peter Greenaway's films and "The Queen," the timeless beauty found a new calling with 2010's old-people-with-guns action-comedy "RED," where she wields a sniper rifle and a submachine gun as naturally as she hoisted her Best Actress Award on Oscar night 2007.

--Dave Lewis