Julie Christie
Julie Frances Christie ( born April 14, 1941 in Chabua, Assam, India) is a British film actress who was one especially in the 60s and 70s of the leading female movie stars.
Biography
Julie Christie was born in India, her father owned a tea plantation in Assam. She studied first in India, then at London's Central School of Speech and Drama.
In 1961 she made her debut in the BBC TV series A for Andromeda, in which she played the lead role of Andromeda.
For her portrayal of Larissa " Lara " Antipowa, one of the lead roles alongside Omar Sharif in Doctor Zhivago the film, she was nominated for the British Academy Film Award. It also won for the price of the U.S. National Board of Review.
For her role in Darling (1965 ), she won an Oscar next also the British Academy Film Award, the New York Film Critics Circle Award and the Laurel Award; He has also been nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
In Fahrenheit 451 (1966) she played a double role Linda Monday, the wife of a fireman ( Guy Montag, played by Oskar Werner) and the teacher Clarisse. She was again nominated for the British Academy Film Award.
In the film, if not Look Now (1973 ) she played another major role that earned her a nomination again for the British Film Award. Even for her starring roles in the films McCabe & Mrs. Miller ( 1971), Afterglow (1997) and from Her (2006) she was nominated for an Oscar each. For her starring role in the futuristic horror film The Devil's Seed (1977 ) she was nominated for a Saturn Award.
2004 finally they still played Madam Rosmerta in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. She was hailed for her performance in the feature film Away From Her. In the directorial debut of Canadian actress Sarah Polley, she embodied a with Alzheimer woman (since 20 years they have lived in a certain house, married but they are more than 40 years ) after 20 years of marriage, her home exchanged for a nursing home, where a new seems to find task.
On 30 January 2008, the Daily Mail, Julie Christie and her longtime significant other reported ( for 28 years ), the journalist Duncan Campbell had married two months earlier in India.
For more than 30 years, she supports the work of the NGO Survival International, which campaigns for the protection of indigenous peoples. Among other things, she has the film Uncontacted Tribes of Survival lent her voice. On 1 February 2008 she was appointed an ambassador for Survival International.
Julie Christie lived in retirement, most of the time she spends on a farm in Wales.
Filmography (selection)
Awards
Oscar
British Academy Film Award
Golden Globe Award
Julie Christie also received the 2008 Award CineMerit the Munich Film Festival for his outstanding achievements in the art of film.