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Audrey Hepburn

Life, Cinema & Style


Biography
1929-1993

Audrey Hepburn was a Belgian-born British


actress known for her radiant beauty and
style, her ability to project an air of
sophistication tempered by a charming
innocence, and her tireless efforts to aid
children in need.
How did Audrey Hepburn
become an actress?

As a teenager, Audrey Hepburn


studied ballet in Amsterdam and
London. During her early 20s, she
studied acting and worked as a model
and dancer. Her big break came after
she caught the eye of French novelist
Colette, who insisted that Hepburn be
cast in the title role in the stage
adaptation of Gigi (1944).

Colette
French author and woman of letters
Roman Holiday | 1953
While making a film in Monte-Carlo, Hepburn caught the eye of the
French novelist Colette, who felt that Hepburn would be ideal for the title
role in the stage adaptation of her novel Gigi. Despite her inexperience,
Hepburn was cast, earning rave reviews when the play opened on
Broadway in 1951. Her next project took her to Rome, where she starred
in her first major American film, Roman Holiday (1953). As a young
princess who exchanges the burden of royalty for a day of adventure and
romance with a reporter (played by Gregory Peck), Hepburn
demonstrated her ability to combine a regal bearing with a tomboyish
winsomeness that utterly charmed audiences, and she won an Academy
Award for best actress.
Audrey Hepburn's
fashion moments that
remain legendary
Audrey Hepburn's "Breakfast
at Tiffany's" Dress

The Givenchy dress Hepburn wore in the


opening scene of Breakfast at Tiffany's is likely
her most well-known and oft-emulated look.
Accessorized with oversized sunglasses, opera
gloves, and a decadent yellow diamond and
pearl Tiffany necklace, the sheath dress with its
cinched waist has become one of the most iconic
'fits in cinema.
Audrey Hepburn in Capri Pants
and Ballet Flats

Hepburn knew how to style separates, imbuing


even the most basic pieces with a sense of
effortless elegance. Among her essentials were
black capri pants and ballet flats, two of the
pieces Friedlander cites as Audrey Hepburn
fashion staples. "Audrey is synonymous with the
ballet flat," she tells InStyle. "She had a pair in
practically every color. Her’s were custom-made
in Italy by Salvatore Ferragamo."
After appearing in the thriller Wait Until Dark
(1967), Hepburn went into semiretirement.
Having divorced Ferrer in 1968, she married a
prominent Italian psychiatrist and chose to focus
on her family rather than her career. She did not
return to acting until 1976, when she costarred in
the nostalgic love story Robin and Marian. She
appeared in a few more films, and in 1988 she
began a new career as a special goodwill
ambassador for United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF). She devoted herself to humanitarian
work, visiting famine-stricken villages in Latin
America, Africa, and Asia, until shortly before her
death of cancer in 1993. Later that year she
posthumously received the Jean Hersholt
Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences.
An icon of both fashion and Hollywood,
Hepburn was the subject of numerous books
and documentaries, the latter of which included
Audrey (2020).

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