Dame Helen Mirren, 81, stuns in a stylish red coat and edgy black leather gloves as she attends the A Talent for Murder premiere in London

Published: 14:07 EST, 12 November 2026 | Updated: 14:13 EST, 12 November 2026 Dame Helen Mirren looked incredible in a vibrant red coat as she attended the A Talent for Murder premiere in London on Thursday evening. The actress, 81, dressed to impress in the stylish jacket which she cinched in at the waist with a coordinated chunky belt. Helen, who portrays Patricia Highsmith in the thriller, wrapped up in an edgy pair of black leather gloves and layered her coat over a long black pleated skirt.The Mobland star kept comfortable in a pair of leather boots and toted her belongings in a matching handbag. Styling her bobbed locks straight, the British star accessorised with a pair of dazzling drop earrings and wore a glamorous palette of makeup. Helen was all smiles as she was joined by director Anton Corbijn on the red carpet held at the Picturehouse Central.A mysterious young man from a New York publisher is sent to Switzerland to persuade the renowned writer Patricia Highsmith to write one final instalment of the Ripley anthology. Helen Mirren looked incredible in a vibrant red coat as she attended the A Talent for Murder premiere in London on Thursday evening The actress, 81, dressed to impress in the stylish jacket which she cinched in at the waist with a coordinated chunky beltIt comes after Helen revealed she has ditched her 'exhausting' 12-minute military workout in favour of more relaxing yoga sessions.The Oscar-winning actress previously swore by the regime as her secret to keeping in shape and has long championed the workout style.Helen adopted the Royal Canadian Air Force military workout, known as the XBX programme, which was developed for women in the 1950s.However, after mentioning the XBX programme several times during her career, she revealed she now takes a softer approach to exercise.She said: 'I used to [do it],' she says. 'I don't any more. It's too exhausting. I do yoga, I do about ten, 15 minutes a day.'Helen first promoted military fitness in 2014 when discussing how she keeps fit in her sixties.She confessed to being a 'classic yo-yo dieter' and said she has always fluctuated by 10lb and is currently 'at the top end of those 10lb and I have got to get back to the bottom end'. But rather than hit the gym, she said that it takes her just 12 minutes of exercise a day to become fit.It is a stretching and toning regime originally designed to keep the men and women of the force fit in a quick way without gym equipment. Helen, who portrays Patricia Highsmith in the thriller, wrapped up in an edgy pair of black leather gloves and layered her coat over a long black pleated skirt The Mobland star kept comfortable in a pair of leather boots and toted her belongings in a matching handbag Helen was all smiles as she was joined by director Anton Corbijn on the red carpet held at the Picturehouse Central A mysterious young man from a New York publisher is sent to Switzerland to persuade the renowned writer Patricia Highsmith to write one final instalment of the Ripley anthologyThe routine comprises five exercises for men and ten for women such as push-ups, sit-ups, running on the spot and arm circling, which work all the muscle groups. There are targets to aim for, with more exercises at a harder level to be completed within the 12 minutes once strength starts to improve. Dame Helen said she returns to the plan whenever she feels her fitness slipping.'I'm not very fit at all actually,' she told Hello! magazine at the time.'Just this morning I started my exercises, which I haven't been doing for months, maybe years. I do a thing that leads me into exercise. It is the Royal Canadian Air Force exercise plan; it is 12 minutes and they have charts you follow… Each day, you have to do the exercises within the 12 minutes and until you can, you can't move up.'It is the exercise I have done off and on my whole life. It just very gently gets you fit. Two weeks of doing that and you think: 'Yeah, I could go to the gym now.''