Julie Andrews
CA, US
Icon of film, stage and television and Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Development Fund for Women
Film, stage, television, writing and recording keep Julie Andrews on her toes and at the top of a successful career. Andrews was born in Walton-on-Thames in London. She began her singing career at the young age of five when she would sing in wartime air-raid shelters. Most recently, Andrews stared in the Walt Disney Buena Vista feature film, "The Princess Diaries." The film marked her return to Disney for the first time since her performance in the musical classic, "Mary Poppins." She has had two new editions of her best-selling children's books published and has stared in a featured cameo playing herself in the New Line Films comedy, "Unconditional Love." When she is not acting or writing, Andrews is involved in the fight against osteoporosis and is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations on behalf of the United Nations Development Fund for Women. She was named ambassador in 1992 and has worked and traveled around the world to promote the fund which provides financial and technical support to low-income women in development countries. One of her most important priorities is her work with numerous charities and is concerned by the plight of the world's less fortunate children. She works with organizations such as Save the Children and UNICEF, and she and her husband are foster parents to several children in the poorer areas of the globe. Their two youngest children at home are adopted Vietnamese orphans. She is also a board member of Operation California, an international relief organization. She traveled to Southeast Asia in 1982, visiting Ho Chi Min City, Phnom Penh and the camps of the Thai and Cambodian borders. Andrews was honored as "Dame" Julie in 2001 by her native England and Queen Elizabeth II for her lifetime achievements in the arts and humanities. Other awards and honors include Star of the Year in 1966 and 1967, Best Actress and Best Foreign Film in 1982 for her work in "Victor/Victoria," several Golden Globe awards, Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatrical Club's Woman of the Year award, and the Gold Records award for many of her eighteen plus albums. Andrews has been married to filmmaker Blake Edwards for 32 years and has five children. When asked what she does between films, she usually replies that she does what she loves most: "Being Mrs. Blake Edwards, which means taking care of our permanent home in Switzerland and our five children."
Film, stage, television, writing and recording keep Julie Andrews on her toes and at the top of a successful career. Andrews was born in Walton-on-Thames in London. She began her singing career at the young age of five when she would sing in wartime air-raid shelters. Most recently, Andrews stared in the Walt Disney Buena Vista feature film, "The Princess Diaries." The film marked her return to Disney for the first time since her performance in the musical classic, "Mary Poppins." She has had two new editions of her best-selling children's books published and has stared in a featured cameo playing herself in the New Line Films comedy, "Unconditional Love." When she is not acting or writing, Andrews is involved in the fight against osteoporosis and is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations on behalf of the United Nations Development Fund for Women. She was named ambassador in 1992 and has worked and traveled around the world to promote the fund which provides financial and technical support to low-income women in development countries. One of her most important priorities is her work with numerous charities and is concerned by the plight of the world's less fortunate children. She works with organizations such as Save the Children and UNICEF, and she and her husband are foster parents to several children in the poorer areas of the globe. Their two youngest children at home are adopted Vietnamese orphans. She is also a board member of Operation California, an international relief organization. She traveled to Southeast Asia in 1982, visiting Ho Chi Min City, Phnom Penh and the camps of the Thai and Cambodian borders. Andrews was honored as "Dame" Julie in 2001 by her native England and Queen Elizabeth II for her lifetime achievements in the arts and humanities. Other awards and honors include Star of the Year in 1966 and 1967, Best Actress and Best Foreign Film in 1982 for her work in "Victor/Victoria," several Golden Globe awards, Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatrical Club's Woman of the Year award, and the Gold Records award for many of her eighteen plus albums. Andrews has been married to filmmaker Blake Edwards for 32 years and has five children. When asked what she does between films, she usually replies that she does what she loves most: "Being Mrs. Blake Edwards, which means taking care of our permanent home in Switzerland and our five children."
2010