Actor
Julie Christie
Born 14 April 1940 · Chabua, Assam, India
Julie Christie is a British actress born in British India. She became a defining face of 1960s "swinging London" cinema with Darling and Doctor Zhivago. She later worked with major auteurs such as Nicolas Roeg and Robert Altman, and earned acclaim again in her sixties for Away from Her.
Key films
Darling (1965)
Her breakout role as a fashionable model; it won her the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Doctor Zhivago (1965)On Cinespective
Played Lara in David Lean's epic, one of the most successful films of the decade.
Don't Look Now (1973)
Starred opposite Donald Sutherland in Nicolas Roeg's celebrated, unsettling thriller about grief.
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Co-starred in Robert Altman's revisionist Western, a landmark of 1970s American cinema.
Away from Her (2007)
Late-career lead as a woman with Alzheimer's, earning a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination.
Key awards
- 1966 Academy Award for Best Actress (Darling)
- 1966 BAFTA Award for Best British Actress (Darling)
- 2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama (Away from Her)
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 71
- 1962Crooks Anonymous · as Babette La VernActor
- 1962The Fast Lady · as Claire ChingfordActor
- 1963Billy Liar · as LizActor
- 1965Doctor Zhivago · as Lara AntipovaActor
- 1965Darling · as Diana ScottActor
- 1965Young Cassidy · as Daisy BattlesActor
- 1965Pasternak · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1965Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland · as selfActor
- 1965Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean · as SelfActor
- 1965Moscow in Madrid · as SelfActor
- 1966Fahrenheit 451 · as Clarisse / Linda MontagActor
- 1967Far from the Madding Crowd · as Bathsheba EverdeneActor
- 1967Tonite Let's All Make Love in London · as SelfActor
- 1967Lionpower from MGM · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 1967Location: Far from the Madding Crowd · as SelfActor
- 1968Petulia · as Petulia DannerActor
- 1968Petulia: The Uncommon Movie · as SelfActor
- 1969In Search of Gregory · as Catherine MorelliActor
- 1971McCabe & Mrs. Miller · as Constance MillerActor
- 1971The Go-Between · as Lady Marian TriminghamActor
- 1973Don't Look Now · as Laura BaxterActor
- 1975Nashville · as Julie ChristieActor
- 1975Shampoo · as Jackie ShawnActor
- 1977Demon Seed · as Susan HarrisActor
- 1978Heaven Can Wait · as Betty LoganActor
- 1981Memoirs of a Survivor · as 'D'Actor
- 1981The Animals Film · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1982The Roaring Forties · as Catherine DantecActor
- 1983Heat and Dust · as AnneActor
- 1983The Gold Diggers · as RubyActor
- 1983The Return of the Soldier · as Kitty BaldryActor
- 1983Separate Tables · as Mrs. Shankland / Miss Railton-BellActor
- 1986Power · as Ellen FreemanActor
- 1986Miss Mary · as Mary MulliganActor
- 1986Bitter Champagne · as Betty RivièreActor
- 1987Yilmaz Guney: His Life, His Films · as NarratorActor
- 1988Dadah Is Death · as Barbara BarlowActor
- 1990Fools of Fortune · as Mrs QuintonActor
- 1992The Railway Station Man · as Helen CuffeActor
- 1995Roger Moore: A Matter of Class · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1996DragonHeart · as Queen AislinnActor
- 1996Hamlet · as GertrudeActor
- 1996François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death · as SelfActor
- 1997Afterglow · as Phyllis HartActor
- 1998Joseph Losey: The Man with Four NamesActor
- 2000The Miracle Maker · as Rachel (voice)Actor
- 2000The Chosen People · as NarratorActor
- 2001Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre · as Glenda SpencerActor
- 2002No Such Thing · as Dr. AnnaActor
- 2002I'm with Lucy · as DoriActor
- 2002Snapshots · as NarmaActor
- 2002Biography: Sharon Tate – Murdered Innocence · as SelfActor
- 2003The Barbarian Invasions · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 2003A Decade Under the Influence · as SelfActor
- 2004Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban · as Madam RosmertaActor
- 2004Troy · as ThetisActor
- 2004Finding Neverland · as Mrs. Emma du MaurierActor
- 2004A Letter to True · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2005The Secret Life of Words · as IngeActor
- 2005Garbo · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2007Away from Her · as FionaActor
- 2008New York, I Love You · as IsabelleActor
- 2009Glorious 39 · as Aunt ElizabethActor
- 2009Remembrance · as IsabelleActor
- 2011Red Riding Hood · as Valerie's GrandmotherActor
- 2012The Company You Keep · as Mimi LurieActor
- 2015Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time... · as SelfActor
- 2017The Bookshop · as NarratorActor
- 2017My Generation · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2017Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2021Mothers of the Revolution · as SelfActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.