Helen Mirren Has a 'Fabulous' Time with Husband Taylor Hackford but Doesn't Want to Work with Him Again (Exclusive) Eric AnderssonAugust 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM Helen Mirren and director Taylor Hackford, both 80, have been married for 27 years In a new PEOPLE cover story, Mirren explains why she doesn't...
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Eric AnderssonAugust 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Helen Mirren and director Taylor Hackford, both 80, have been married for 27 years
In a new PEOPLE cover story, Mirren explains why she doesn't want to work with her husband
"I don't really like collaborating with Taylor, quite honestly," says the Oscar winner
Helen Mirren adores her husband, director Taylor Hackford, but she likes to keep their professional lives separate — even though they met at work.
Mirren and Hackford, both 80, first crossed paths when they made the 1986 movie White Nights, and they have collaborated a handful of times since, including when he directed her in the 2010 drama Love Ranch costarring Joe Pesci.
It seems those days are behind the couple. "I don't really like collaborating with Taylor, quite honestly," Mirren says in a new PEOPLE cover story. "I love watching him work. I love being with him as he's planning, as he's developing, as he's filming. But I want my work to be separate from him."
She adds, "It works better that way, although we have worked together, but it's an anomaly really."
Respecting their boundaries and giving each other their freedom are some of the keys to making their marriage work. "I love having him by my side when he is by my side. And I love being on my own when I'm on my own. And he allows that. And likewise, I allow him," continues Mirren, who married Hackford on New Year's Eve in 1997.
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Helen Mirren and Taylor Hackford on Dec. 2, 2022
"Incidentally, that's only to do with professional work. If I wasn't by his side and someone else was, I'd be rather pissed off about that," jokes Mirren.
Often separated due to work obligations, Mirren and Hackford found themselves under the same roof for an extended amount of time during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
"Taylor and I were suddenly in the same house together, which was quite rare in our lives," she continues. "We realized that, yes, we'd been together for 30 years, but to count the years we'd actually been in the same house together was probably a quarter of that time, actually, because I was always off working or he was off working or we were like that and just occasionally meeting."
"So COVID was a challenge," says Mirren. "I think all of our family were looking at us going, 'Oh my God, I don't know what's going to happen when those two have to spend three months together.' And it was fabulous and we had such a good time. We loved being with each other."
Speaking with PEOPLE last year, Hackford said their shared love of domestic projects helps keep them bonded.
"We have had these great adventures, and I know it sounds strange, with houses. We do not hire an architect. We do not hire an interior designer. We, ourselves, design and choose," he said.
"There are some fights on occasion, because it's ours. But on the other hand, we always reach consensus," Hackford added at the time. "We always end up [agreeing]. And I think that has to do with the relationship. There's mutual respect and love."
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Helen Mirren and Taylor Hackford on Jan. 7, 2024
He also touched on the time they spend apart due to their working schedules. "When she's working and I'm not, I try to visit, but I don't stay very long … and likewise, when she comes with me," he said. "That generosity and lack of, what shall I say, jealousy about, 'Oh, you're working, I'm not, not at all.' We have that. We always have had it."
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