Audrey Hepburn has always been remembered as the most gorgeous and talented actress on the 50s and 60s. She was born on 4th May, 1929 in Brussels, Belgium, daughter of a wealthy English banker. After her parents got divorced, Audrey Hepburn shifted to London along with her mother where she had her high school education. She joined a ballet school in London and later began a modeling career. When she owned the modeling business, many producers started reaching her to cast her in their movies that is from where she signed a part in European film Nederlands in 7 lessen (1948). Audrey Hepburn had the spotlights on her when her film Roman Holiday (1953) was released which led her to win an Oscar Award for Best Actress.

Her next known and loved character and film was Sabrina (1954) for which she received an Academy nomination. At this year she got married to actor, Mel Ferrer whom she had a son with but the couple got divorced in 1968. Audrey Hepburn reached the peak of her career when she played a role in the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) which also gave her another nomination. After a couple of more movies, Two for the Road (1967) came out which also gave Audrey Hepburn another nomination in her career. By the end of sixties, Audrey Hepburn was on top of the showbiz but she decided to retire ad to some charity work while volunteering herself in the UNICEF and serving there as a Goodwill Ambassador. After she married psychiatrist Dr. Andrea Dotti, she still made guests appearances in some movies from time to time. She had a second son with Dotti where she faced problems during her pregnancy, suggested complete bed rest by the Doctor. The last film Audrey Hepburn starred in was Always (1989) by Steven Spielberg at the age of 50.


Despite of her age she was still named as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world by People’s Magazine. She was number 16 in the list of “Top 100 Entertainers” by Weekly Magazine. She is also remembered as the celebrity who sang “Happy Birthday” to the President John F. Kennedy other than Marilyn Monroe. Although she was a popular, beautiful and talented actress, she still was down to Earth, humble, lived in a home not mansions like other celebrities and liked gardening as her hobby.


Audrey Hepburn had a splendid career in her life, where she experimented as a model and then acting. She took over both the fields and made an impression nobody will ever forget. In her entire career, Audrey Hepburn won an Oscar Award, got nominated for an Academy Award, won Tony Award, won 23 awards and had 24 nominations. She is said to be the third actress in the history of showbiz to be a winner of Oscar and Tony Award in the same year. Sadly, she died in the year 1993 in Tolochenaz, Switzerland by Colon Cancer. In the memory of Audrey Hepburn a mini series/biography of her was released with two episodes in the year 1999, where Jennifer Love Hewitt plays Audrey Hepburn. This mini series reveals the dramatic and exciting life Audrey Hepburn led. The biography cast includes Frances Fisher, who plays Audrey’s mother, Eric McCormack, Keir Dullea and many others.