Dame Helen Mirren was accosted on the street by an anti-Israel activist who filmed the encounter of himself shouting abuse at the award-winning British actress.

The 80-year-old movie star was walking with her husband, director Taylor Hackford, Wednesday evening near the London neighborhood Tower Hill. In the footage, which was posted by an anonymous account called Anti-Fascist Action UK, Mirren smiles at first as the man approaches.

“And here is Helen Mirren, the avowed Zionist who said Israel should last forever because of the Holocaust,” the man taking the video says in an aggressive tone of voice.

“Back off!” Hackford yells repeatedly.

“And she was very happy the Palestinians’ houses are gone,” he continues. During his harangue, he shouts at her, calling her “an evil Zionist b—.”

Mirren has staunchly supported Israel throughout her life. She first visited the country shortly after the Six-Day War, volunteering on a kibbutz and hitchhiking around the country. She has shown her deep attachment to the Jewish state most recently in her 2023 film “Golda,” in which she portrayed the iconic prime minister Golda Meir.

Mirren also joined a list of celebrities who signed a letter backing Israel’s inclusion in Eurovision 2026.

“I believe in Israel, in the existence of Israel, and I believe Israel has to go forward into the future, for the rest of eternity. I believe in Israel because of the Holocaust,” she said in an interview with Channel 12 News while promoting “Golda.”

She added that people had urged her to reject the role due to Israel’s increasing isolation on the world stage, but she said she had “met such extraordinary people in Israel.”

The encounter sparked a furious online reaction by Jewish groups.

“This is absolutely appalling,” Campaign Against Antisemitism posted on X. “We are now at a point where public figures can be screamed at and abused simply for being perceived as being sympathetic to the world’s only Jewish state or unwilling to conform to an ideological litmus test. This is not activism. It is intimidation, mob behavior and extremism masquerading as moral virtue.”

“Absolutely disgraceful behavior from a self-proclaimed ‘activist.’ Harassing acclaimed actress Helen Mirren in the street for refusing to conform to anti-Israel intimidation tactics does nothing to help Palestinians,” Creative Community for Peace said in a statement. “We are seeing the same bullying campaign directed at anyone in Hollywood willing to speak out against antisemitism or show support for the Jewish community. This harassment is not activism and it should never be normalized.”