Dame Helen Mirren declares herself a New Yorker as she addresses Women's March crowd
DAME HELEN MIRREN referred to herself as an American as she joined thousands at the Women's March in Manhattan yesterday.
Helen Mirren at Women's March: I'm a New Yorker
Dame Helen Mirren addressed the crowds at the Women's March in New York yesterday
The 71-year-old looked delighted as she chanted with the crowds and declared herself a New Yorker.
Speaking on a video which was posted on Twitter, The Queen actress said: "I came on the subway, and I just followed the crowd because I knew you knew where you were all going.
"It was amazing just to be on the subway was a great experience, all I want to say is today I am a New Yorker," she continued.
Dame Helen Mirren addressed the crowds at the Women's March in New York yesterday
Dame Helen documented the monumental day on her own Instagram page, starting with a selfie as she marched along the streets of the Big Apple.
"This is amazing!" she captioned the snap which showed her keeping warm in a white wooly hat.
Dame Helen was joined by other famous faces including Orange Is The New Black star Taylor Schilling, Melissa McCarthy and Cynthia Nixon.
Cynthia, 50, also spoke to the crowds and stressed that women are the masters of change.
Dame Helen Mirren declared herself a New Yorker during her speech
"We are not rolling back the tarp on the progress that we have made. To every woman here who won't give up, women make the change," she said.
Dame Helen and Cynthia were two of a reported 350,000 who turned out to march in support of women's equality and human rights.
New York's march was one of 600 protests held all over the globe in solidarity with women in America.
Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon also addressed the crowd in Manhattan
In Los Angeles, the likes of Miley Cyrus and Jane Fonda took to the streets to show their support for women everywhere.
Jane, 79, was seen lifting a brutal placard, emblazoned with “Rise Against Trump”, condemning his chief advisors as “promoters of homelessness”, a “czar of disease and death” and the “grand master harasser”.
Earlier this week, Jane called for all celebrities to speak out against “Predator-In-Chief” Donald Trump, 70, while appearing on Real Time with Bill Maher.
“What celebrities can do is that they can bring attention to things that wouldn’t normally get attention,” she told the host, and yesterday she did just that.