Dame Helen Mirren has wowed onlookers by taking to the red carpet in Rome looking utterly fabulous in black.

The 64-year-old actress stole the limelight from young lovelies like supermodel Lily Cole as she arrived for the premiere of the Imaginarium Of Dr Parnassus at the Rome Film Festival.

But she's not the only glamorous older woman on the block. Meet the record-breaking women who consider their age to be no barrier in doing and getting what they want...