Editing Julie Christie (section)

=== 1960s ===
Christie appeared in two comedies for Independent Artists: ''[[Crooks Anonymous]]'' and ''[[The Fast Lady]]'' (both 1962). Her breakthrough role was as Liz, the friend and would-be lover of the [[Wikt:eponymous|eponymous]] character played by [[Tom Courtenay]] in ''[[Billy Liar (film)|Billy Liar]]'' (1963), for which she received a [[BAFTA Award]] nomination. The director, [[John Schlesinger]] cast Christie only after another actress, [[Topsy Jane]], had dropped out of the film.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/sep/01/billy-liar-tom-courtenay-julie-christie|location=London|work=The Guardian|title=Billy Liar – still in town|first=Laura|last=Barton|date=1 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/sixties-film-tv-star-topsy-dies-aged-75/story-20494446-detail/story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831105856/http://www.suttoncoldfieldobserver.co.uk/Sixties-film-TV-star-Topsy-dies-aged-75/story-20494446-detail/story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 August 2014|location=Sutton Coldfield|work=Royal Sutton Coldfield Observer|title=Erdington star of the stage and screen, Topsy Jane Garnet, dies aged 75|first=Helen|last=Draycott|date=25 January 2014}}</ref> It resulted in her being put under contract by [[Nat Cohen]].<ref name="three">{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-british-moguls-nat-cohen-part-three-1962-68/|date=21 January 2025|access-date=21 January 2025|title=Forgotten British Moguls: Nat Cohen – Part Three (1962-68)}}</ref> Christie appeared as Daisy Battles in ''[[Young Cassidy]]'' (1965), a biopic of Irish playwright [[Seán O'Casey]], co-directed by [[Jack Cardiff]] and (uncredited) [[John Ford]].

Her role as an amoral model in ''[[Darling (1965 film)|Darling]]'' (also 1965) led to Christie becoming known internationally; it also inspired the singer [[Tony Christie]] to take his stage name from Christie.<ref name="guardian">{{cite web |title=Tony Christie: 'Who would play me in a film of my life? Oh, Brad Pitt' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/jan/27/tony-christie-who-would-play-me-in-a-film-of-my-life-oh-brad-pitt |website=[[The Guardian]]|first=Rosanna|last=Greenstreet |access-date=28 January 2024 |date=27 January 2024}}</ref> Directed by Schlesinger and co-starring [[Dirk Bogarde]] and [[Laurence Harvey]], Christie had only been cast in the lead role after Schlesinger insisted, the studio having wanted [[Shirley MacLaine]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Mell|first=Eila|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8AMyBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA65|title=Casting Might-Have-Beens: A Film by Film Directory of Actors Considered for Roles Given to Others|location=Jefferson, North Carolina, & London|publisher=McFarland|year=2005|page=65|isbn=9780786420179}}</ref> She received the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] and the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award for Best British Actress in a Leading Role]] for her performance.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1966|title=The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners|access-date=27 August 2013|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003812/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1966|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>
[[File:Julie Christie - 1965.jpg|thumb|Christie in ''[[Doctor Zhivago (film)|Doctor Zhivago]]'' (1965)]]
In [[David Lean]]'s ''[[Doctor Zhivago (film)|Doctor Zhivago]]'' (also 1965), adapted from the epic/romance novel by [[Boris Pasternak]], Christie's role as Lara Antipova became her best known. The film was a major box-office success.<ref name="Julie Christie Biography at Yahoo! Movies">{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/julie-christie/biography.htm|title=Julie Christie Biography at Yahoo! Movies}}</ref> {{as of|2019}}, ''Doctor Zhivago'' is the [[List of highest-grossing films|8th highest-grossing film of all time]], adjusted for inflation.<ref>{{cite web |date=15 March 2022 |title=Doctor Zhivago (1965) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross_adjusted/?adjust_gross_to=2019 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> According to ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine, 1965 was "The Year of Julie Christie".<ref>{{cite book|last=Tiffin|first=George|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OZeQCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT332|title=A Star is Born: The Moment an Actress becomes an Icon|location=London|publisher=House of Zeus|year=2015|page=332|isbn=9781781859360}}</ref>

After dual roles in [[François Truffaut]]'s adaptation of the [[Ray Bradbury]] novel ''[[Fahrenheit 451 (1966 film)|Fahrenheit 451]]'' (1966), starring with [[Oskar Werner]], she appeared as [[Thomas Hardy]]'s heroine Bathsheba Everdene in Schlesinger's ''[[Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film)|Far from the Madding Crowd]]'' (1967). After moving to Los Angeles in 1967 ("I was there because of a lot of American boyfriends"), she appeared in the title role of [[Richard Lester]]'s ''[[Petulia]]'' (1968), co-starring with [[George C. Scott]].<ref name="Darling">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20124450,00.html|title=Darling|author=Tom Gliatto|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=9 February 1998}}</ref> Christie's persona as the [[swinging sixties]] British woman she had embodied in ''Billy Liar'' and ''Darling'' was further cemented by her appearance in the documentary ''[[Tonite Let’s All Make Love in London (film)|Tonite Let's All Make Love in London]]''. In 1967, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine said of her: "What Julie Christie wears has more real impact on fashion than all the clothes of the ten best-dressed women combined".<ref>[http://theenvelope.latimes.com/galleries/photo/redcarpet/env-et-juliechristie26jan26,0,6545987.story "The private life of Julie Christie"], ''Los Angeles Times'', 5 January 2008.</ref>