First look at Dame Helen Mirren as Israel’s first female prime minister, Golda Meir

Helen Mirren as Golda Meir (Jasper Wolf/PA)

Academy award winner Dame Helen Mirren looks unrecognisable in the first pictures of her portrayal of Israel’s first female prime minister, Golda Meir.

Golda will tell the story behind Meir’s time in office, filled with drama and controversy, during the Yom Kippur War in 1973.