Actress, fashion model and humanitarian
Selected Works: Film: Dutch in Seven Lessons - 1948 - Dutch: Nederlands in 7 lessen 1951 Monte Carlo Baby - 1951 1951 Laughter in Paradise - 1951 1951 One Wild Oat - 1951 1951 The Lavender Hill Mob - 1951 1951 Young Wives' Tale - 1951 1952 The Secret People - 1952 1952 Nous irons à Monte Carlo - 1952 - English: We Will Go to Monte Carlo - French remake of Monte Carlo Baby Roman Holiday - 1953 - Academy Award for Best Actress BAFTA Award - Best Actress - Leading Role Golden Globe Award - Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Sabrina - 1954 - Nominated–Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated–BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated–New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress War and Peace - 1956 Nominated–BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Love in the Afternoon - 1957 Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated–New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress 1957 Funny Face - 1957 - Audrey's first musical film Green Mansions - 1959 The Nun's Story - 1959 BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Nominated–Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama The Unforgiven - 1960 - Audrey's only western film 1961 Breakfast at Tiffany's - 1961 Nominated–Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy The Children's Hour - 1961 Charade - 1963 BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Paris When It Sizzles - 1964 My Fair Lady - 1964 Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated–New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress How to Steal a Million - 1966 Two for the Road - 1967 Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Wait Until Dark - 1967 Nominated–Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Nominated–New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Robin and Marian - 1976 Bloodline - 1979 - Audrey's only R-rated film They All Laughed - 1981 Always - 1989 - Cameo appearance Soundtracks: Sabrina: "La Vie en rose", "Yes! We Have No Bananas" - 1954 Funny Face: "How Long Has This Been Going On?", "Bonjour, Paris!", "On How to Be Lovely", "'S Wonderful" - 1957 Breakfast at Tiffany's: "Moon River" - 1961 Television: Sunday Night Theatre - 1951 - Celia - Episode entitled "The Silent Village" CBS Television Workshop Herself - 1952 - Episode entitled "Rainy Day at Paradise Junction" Mayerling - 1952 - Maria Vetsera Television movie: Released theatrically in Europe Love Among Thieves - 1987 - Baroness Caroline DuLac - Television movie Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn - 1993 Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement – Information Program Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words - 1993 - Documentary Theatre: High Button Shoes - 1952 - Chorus girl - London Hippodrome Musical theatre - Opened in the West End (22 December 1948, and ran for 291 performances Sauce Tartare - 1949 - Chorus girl - Cambridge Theatre - Musical opened in the West End Sauce Piquante - 1950 - Featured player - Cambridge Theatre - Musical opened in the West End Gigi - 1951 - Fulton Theatre Opened on Broadway - 24 November 1951 – 31 May 1952 - Theatre World Award Ondine - 1954 - 46th Street Theatre - Opened on Broadway - 18 February 1954 – 26 June 1954 - Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play.
Mother Ella van Heemstra
Father Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston
First husband Mel Ferrer - 1954–1968, one child, Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Second husband Andrea Dotti - 1969–1982, one child, Luca Dotti
Partner Robert Wolders - 1980–1993
Audrey Hepburn adopted the pseudonym Edda van Heemstra, after the Germans invaded the Netherlands in 1940. An "English sounding" name was considered dangerous during the German occupation. Audrey's father Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston, was a Fascist and Nazi sympathiser, and abandoned the family in1935. Audrey secretly gave "shows" of ballet to raise money for the "Dutch Resistence". Audrey's half-brother, Ian van Ufford, spent time in a German labour camp. Audrey's war-time experiences sparked her devotion to UNICEF, an international humanitarian organisation, in her later career.