American film actress Julie Andrews was born in Surrey, England. Formerly known as Julia Elizabeth Wells.
Her parents are artists. She started acting at an early age and made her debut in London at the age of twelve. 1954, she performed Boyfriend in new york. Two years later, she became Eliza, the heroine of My Fair Lady on Broadway, and continued to perform for three years. 1960, she starred in another stage play, Hero, Brave and Beautiful. 1964, Warner Bros. put My Fair Lady on the screen, but Jack Warner, the boss of the company, was worried that her performance would fail and didn't hire her as the leading role in the film, so he chose Audrey Hepburn. In the same year, Walter Disney Film Company asked her to film "Happy Man", which made Andrews a big star. She won the Oscar for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Musical Comedy awarded by hollywood foreign press association. The film was also a great success.
1965, her starring The Sound of Music won six Oscars, including Best Film, and she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Musical Comedy Actress again. This film has also become one of the most popular movies in American film history.
1982, Andrews was nominated for the Best Actress Award for Albert Nobbs. From 1965 to 1968, it has been the top ten box office stars for four consecutive years, and 1966 and 1967 are both champions. In the 1970s, most of her films, such as Dear Lily, were directed by her husband blake edwards, which made many people envy her.
In 1990s, her throat was abnormal, and Julie Andrews took a temporary leave of her singing career after 1997 tumor removal. However, the medical lawsuit and the bad news that Andrews can't sing from now on didn't really affect her acting career. In fact, the author of many best-selling children's books and the "goodwill ambassador" of the United Nations Development Fund for Women have never left her beloved career and her beloved audience.
In 200 1 year, Andrews starred in the film "The Princess Diary" again, and then sang again in "The Princess Diary 2: The Royal Engagement", singing the episode "Your Supreme Glory" for the film. Then she became the mother of Princess Fiona in Shrek. The 38th Academy Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Music, Best Sound Effect.