Audrey Hepburn - the British and American actress, fashion model and humanitarian activist. Received the "Oscar" in 1954 for Best Actress in the film "Roman Holiday" and was nominated four times in 1955, 1960, 1962 and 1968. Born in Ixelles (a commune of the Brussels-Capital Region), under the name of Audrey Kathleen Ruston, spent his childhood and youth mainly in the Netherlands, lived in Arnhem, occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II. She studied ballet in Arnhem, in 1948, moved to London and worked as a dancer on the stage of London's theaters. Starring in several European films, Audrey attracted the attention of Colette, who chose her for the lead role in the Broadway production of "Gigi." In 1952, Hepburn played the lead female role in the American film "Roman Holiday", for which receives the "Oscar", "Golden Globe" and BAFTA. In 1954 he received the award "Tony" for playing in the Broadway production of "Ondine". Hepburn became one of the highest paid actresses in the movie of his time and plays with such actors as Gregory Peck, Rex Harrison, Cary Grant, Henry Fonda, Gary Cooper, William Holden, Fred Astaire, Peter O'Toole and Albert Finney. Hepburn was nominated for "Oscar" for the film "Sabrina", "The Nun's Story", "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "Wait Until Dark", as well as receiving a BAFTA Award for the film "The Story Nuns and Charade ". After shooting "Wait Until Dark" for a long time ceases to act in a movie, Pursuing education of his two sons. Hepburn's next film - "Robin and Marian", after which she plays in several other films, the last of which was "Always") by Steven Spielberg. In 1988, Hepburn became an international UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, for which actively draws attention to the problems of children in the least prosperous regions of Africa, South America and Asia. In 1992, Hepburn for the activities of UNICEF was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1999, Audrey Hepburn was the American Film Institute placed third in the list of the greatest actresses of American cinema.
Born in Ixelles (a commune of the Brussels-Capital Region), under the name of Audrey Kathleen Ruston, spent his childhood and youth mainly in the Netherlands, lived in Arnhem, occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II. She studied ballet in Arnhem, in 1948, moved to London and worked as a dancer on the stage of London's theaters. Starring in several European films, Audrey attracted the attention of Colette, who chose her for the lead role in the Broadway production of "Gigi." In 1952, Hepburn played the lead female role in the American film "Roman Holiday", for which receives the "Oscar", "Golden Globe" and BAFTA. In 1954 he received the award "Tony" for playing in the Broadway production of "Ondine".
Hepburn became one of the highest paid actresses in the movie of his time and plays with such actors as Gregory Peck, Rex Harrison, Cary Grant, Henry Fonda, Gary Cooper, William Holden, Fred Astaire, Peter O'Toole and Albert Finney. Hepburn was nominated for "Oscar" for the film "Sabrina", "The Nun's Story", "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "Wait Until Dark", as well as receiving a BAFTA Award for the film "The Story Nuns and Charade ". After shooting "Wait Until Dark" for a long time ceases to act in a movie, Pursuing education of his two sons. Hepburn's next film - "Robin and Marian", after which she plays in several other films, the last of which was "Always") by Steven Spielberg.
In 1988, Hepburn became an international UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, for which actively draws attention to the problems of children in the least prosperous regions of Africa, South America and Asia. In 1992, Hepburn for the activities of UNICEF was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In 1999, Audrey Hepburn was the American Film Institute placed third in the list of the greatest actresses of American cinema.