Julie Christie

Acting · Born 1940-04-14 in Chabua, Assam, India

Biography

Julie Frances Christie (born 14 April 1941) is a British actress. Born in British India to English parents, at the age of six Christie moved to England where she attended boarding school. In 1961, she began her acting career in a BBC television series, and the following year, she had her first major film role in a romantic comedy. In 1965, she became known to international audiences as the model "Diana Scott" in the film Darling. That same year she played the part of "Lara" in David Lean's Doctor Zhivago. A pop icon of the "swinging London" era of the 1960s, she has won the Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Filmography

• The Secret Life of Words as Inge
• Finding Neverland as Mrs. Emma du Maurier
• Doctor Zhivago as Lara Antipova
• Troy as Thetis
• Hamlet as Gertrude
• Nashville as Julie Christie
• Away from Her as Fiona
• McCabe & Mrs. Miller as Constance Miller
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as Madam Rosmerta
• The Barbarian Invasions as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

TV

• The Merv Griffin Show as Self
• The Saint as Judith Northwade
• The Oscars as Self
• A for Andromeda as Christine Jones / Andromeda
• Karaoke as Lady Ruth Balmer