Helen Mirren says there is ‘no such thing as binary sexuality’

Actor also says she is not a trans-exclusionary radical feminist (TERF)

Dame Helen Mirren has said she does not believe there is such a thing as “binary sexuality”.

The 74-year-old actor said her views stem from years in the acting world where the lines between male and female are so often blurred.

“I came to the conclusion an awfully long time ago that there is black and there is white, and we're all somewhere in the middle in a wonderful mix of male and female,” Mirren told Radio Times.

“There is no such thing as binary sexuality, when you're male or female. I don't believe that at all.”

The Catherine the Great star added that she believes many of the film industry’s greatest male actors possess strong feminine qualities.

“A lot of great actors, great, masculine actors, are actually very feminine,” Mirren said.

“Great heart-throbs have a very present feminine side to them. A lot of very strong female actors have a very strong male side to them.

Mirren, who recently took to the catwalk at Paris Fashion Week, continued to explain that she believes she herself has what many people might consider “male qualities”.

“I hate talking about my feelings, I never want to go to the doctor and I'm a brilliant map-reader,” Mirren added.

“I have a lot of what people might call male qualities. But I certainly look like a woman.”

The Oscar-winner revealed she was 13-years-old when she first noticed the inequality between men and women before explaining that, while she has enjoyed all her previous relationships with men, she feels that men are largely responsible for the “destruction caused in the world”.

She added: “But then women are very often very complicit in that, so I'm not letting them off the hook, either.”

Mirren’s latest on-screen endeavour sees her star in lavish Sky original period drama Catherine The Great as the 18th century Russian monarch.

Speaking at the premier of the show, Mirren admitted she struggled to understand the character’s “sexual liberation” despite her own forward-thinking.

“I thought, ‘You just have to think like a man because men don’t have any problem with this’,” Mirren said.

“So obviously it can be human quality if you like, just think like a bloke.”