Julie Andrews, American film actress, was born in Surrey, England. Born Julia Elizabeth Wells. Her parents were both entertainers. She started acting at an early age and made her stage debut in London at the age of twelve. In 1954, she performed in "The Boyfriend" in New York. Two years later, she served as the heroine Eliza in the Broadway hit "My Fair Lady" for three consecutive years. In 1960, she starred in another stage play, "Heroes". In 1964, Warner Bros. Pictures put "My Fair Lady" on the screen, but company boss Jack Warner was worried that her performance would fail and did not hire her as the protagonist of the film, and chose Audrey Hepburn. In the same year, Walt Disney Pictures asked her to film "Mary Poppins" (ie "Mary Poppins"). This film made Andrews a big star. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Academy Award for Best Actress. She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical Comedy from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and the film was also a hit.
In 1965, her starring role in "The Sound of Music" won six Oscars including Best Picture, and she once again won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical Comedy. The film has also become one of the highest-grossing films in American film history.
In 1982, Andrews was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for "Indistinguishable". From 1965 to 1968, she was ranked among the top ten highest-grossing stars for four consecutive years, and was the champion in 1966 and 1967. Most of the films she starred in in the 1970s, such as "Dear Lily", were directed by her husband Blake Edwards, which also made many people envious.
In the 1990s, abnormalities appeared in her throat. After surgery to remove the tumor in 1997, Julie Andrews temporarily bid farewell to her singing career. However, the resulting medical lawsuit and the tragic news that she would never be able to sing again failed to really affect Andrews' continued 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 has never left the cause she loves and the audiences who love her.
In 2001, Andrews appeared again in the film "The Princess Diaries" and showed off her singing voice again in "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement", singing the entire episode "Yours" for the film. Crowning Glory”. She later became the mother of Princess Fiona in "Shrek."