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.
Academy Awards
Best Actress
Known For
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(2004)
Madam Rosmerta
Troy
(2004)
Thetis
Doctor Zhivago
(1965)
Lara Antipova
Nashville
(1975)
Julie Christie
New York, I Love You
(2008)
Isabelle
Red Riding Hood
(2011)
Valerie's Grandmother
Finding Neverland
(2004)
Mrs. Emma du Maurier
Demon Seed
(1977)
Susan Harris
DragonHeart
(1996)
Queen Aislinn
Hamlet
(1996)
Gertrude
Fahrenheit 451
(1966)
Clarisse / Linda Montag
Afterglow
(1997)
Phyllis Hart
Glorious 39
(2009)
Aunt Elizabeth
The Miracle Maker
(2000)
Rachel (voice)
Don't Look Now
(1973)
Laura Baxter
The Bookshop
(2017)
Narrator
Full Filmography
Acting
The Fast Lady
(1962)
Claire
Crooks Anonymous
(1962)
Babette LaVern
Billy Liar
(1963)
Liz
Doctor Zhivago
(1965)
Lara Antipova
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
(1965)
Self
Pasternak
(1965)
Herself
Darling
(1965)
Diana Scott
Young Cassidy
(1965)
Daisy Battles
Moscow in Madrid
(1965)
Self
Fahrenheit 451
(1966)
Clarisse / Linda Montag
Far from the Madding Crowd
(1967)
Bathsheba Everdene
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
(1967)
Herself
Petulia
(1968)
Petulia Danner
In Search of Gregory
(1969)
Catherine Morelli
The Go-Between
(1971)
Lady Marian Trimingham
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
(1971)
Constance Miller
Don't Look Now
(1973)
Laura Baxter
Shampoo
(1975)
Jackie Shawn
Nashville
(1975)
Julie Christie
Demon Seed
(1977)
Susan Harris
Heaven Can Wait
(1978)
Betty Logan
The Animals Film
(1981)
Narrator (voice)
Memoirs of a Survivor
(1981)
'D'
The Roaring Forties
(1982)
Catherine Dantec
Heat and Dust
(1983)
Anne
The Return of the Soldier
(1983)
Kitty Baldry
Separate Tables
(1983)
Mrs. Shankland / Miss Railton-Bell
The Gold Diggers
(1983)
Ruby
Power
(1986)
Ellen Freeman
Bitter Champagne
(1986)
Betty Rivière
Fathers and Sons
(1986)
Charlotte Deutz geb. von Döring
Miss Mary
(1986)
Mary Mulligan
Yilmaz Guney: His Life, His Films
(1987)
Narrator
Dadah Is Death
(1988)
Barbara Barlow
Fools of Fortune
(1990)
Mrs Quinton
The Railway Station Man
(1992)
Helen Cuffe
Roger Moore: A Matter Of Class
(1995)
Self (archive footage)
DragonHeart
(1996)
Queen Aislinn
Hamlet
(1996)
Gertrude
François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death
(1996)
Self
Afterglow
(1997)
Phyllis Hart
Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names
(1998)
The Miracle Maker
(2000)
Rachel (voice)
Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
(2001)
Glenda Spencer
No Such Thing
(2001)
Dr. Anna
Snapshots
(2002)
Narma
I'm with Lucy
(2002)
Dori
A Decade Under the Influence
(2003)
Self
A Letter To True
(2004)
Narrator (voice)
Troy
(2004)
Thetis
Finding Neverland
(2004)
Mrs. Emma du Maurier
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(2004)
Madam Rosmerta
Garbo
(2005)
Narrator (voice)
The Secret Life of Words
(2005)
Inge
Away from Her
(2007)
Fiona
New York, I Love You
(2008)
Isabelle
Mon Clown
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
Glorious 39
(2009)
Aunt Elizabeth
Remembrance
(2009)
Isabelle
Red Riding Hood
(2011)
Valerie's Grandmother
The Company You Keep
(2012)
Mimi Lurie
Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...
(2015)
Self
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
(2015)
Self (archive footage)
The Bookshop
(2017)
Narrator
My Generation
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Mothers of the Revolution
(2021)
Herself