Julie Christie (born April 14, 1941) is a British actress, winner of an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the 1965 film, Darling.
Ms. Christie was born in Chabua , Assam, India and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama before getting her big break in 1961 in a science fiction series on BBC television, entitled A for Andromeda. The full recordings have now been lost, although a section of material from the final episode, featuring Christie, does survive.
Her first major film role was opposite Tom Courtenay in Billy Liar (1963). She played Lara in Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Bathsheba in Far from the Madding Crowd (1967). Christie was a leading figure in the glamorous London of the 1960s, and continues to make movies including those in the French language with Sophie Marceau in 2001's Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre . Her long-time partner is Guardian journalist Duncan Campbell.
Filmography
- The Secret Life of Words (2005)
- Troy (2004) Thetis
- Finding_Neverland (2004) Mrs. Emma du Maurier
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Madame Rosmerta
- I'm with Lucy (2002) Dori
- Snapshots (2002) Narma
- No Such Thing (2001) Dr Anna
- Hermit of Amsterdam, The (2001)
- Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre (2001) Glenda Spender
- Miracle Maker, The (2000) Rachel
- Afterglow (1997) Phyllis Mann
- Dragonheart (1996) Queen Aislinn
- Hamlet (1996) Gertrude
- Railway Station Man, The (1992) Helen Cuffe
- Fools of Fortune (1990) Mrs. Quinton
- Dadah Is Death (Made for TV) (1988) Barbara Barlow
- (1987)
- Power (1986) Ellen Freeman
- Champagne amer (1986) Betty Rivière
- Miss Mary (1986) Miss Mary
- Separate Tables (Made for TV) (1983) Mrs. Shankland/Miss Railton-Bell
- Gold Diggers, The (1983) Ruby
- Return of the Soldier, The (1982) Kitty Baldry
- Quarantièmes rugissants, Les (1982) Catherine Dantec
- Heat and Dust (1982) Anne
- Memoirs of a Survivor (1981) 'D'
- Animals Film, The (1981)
- Heaven Can Wait (1978) Betty Logan
- Demon Seed (1977) Susan Harris
- Nashville (1975)
- Shampoo (1975) Jackie Shawn
- Don't Look Now (1973) Laura Baxter
- The Go-Between (1971) Marian - Lady Trimingham
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) Constance Miller
- In Search of Gregory (1969) Catherine
- Petulia (1968) Petulia Danner
- Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (1967)
- Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) Bathsheba Everdene
- Fahrenheit 451 (1966) Clarisse/Linda Montag
- Doctor Zhivago (1965) Lara Antipova
- Young Cassidy (1965) Daisy Battles
- Darling (1965) Diana Scott
- Billy Liar (1963) Liz
- Fast Lady, The (1962) Claire Chingford
- Crooks Anonymous (1962) Babette LaVern
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