Helen Mirren to play Queen Elizabeth II again

Dame Helen Mirren attends the Dolce & Gabbana Autumn/Winter 2012/2013 fashion show as part of Milan Fashion Week on Feb. 26, 2012, in Milan.

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(CBS/AP) Helen Mirren will take on  the role of Queen Elizabeth II again, this time in a new play about the monarch's relationship with British prime ministers.

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The 67-year-old actress won an Academy Award in 2007 for her performance as the British monarch in "The Queen," a drama about the aftermath of the death of Princess Diana. Mirren won praise for her turn as a monarch whose stiff upper lip hides a beating heart.

She will play the queen again in "The Audience," a play by Peter Morgan, who wrote "The Queen" and "Frost/Nixon." The play imagines private meetings between the queen and the prime ministers of her 60-year reign, from Winston Churchill to David Cameron.

Directed by Stephen Daldry ("Billy Elliot"), the play opens at London's Gielgud Theatre in February.

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