1965

Born in Chukua, Assam, India, where her father ran a tea plantation; educated at Brighton Technical College (art) & Central School of Speech and Drama, London. Combining radiant, striking beauty and genuine talent, Christie emerged as one of the more engaging female leads of the 1960s and 70s. She got her break as star of British TV's A FOR ANDROMEDA (1960) and had small parts in two Ken Annakin films before achieving big-screen success with leading roles in John Schlesinger's BILLY LIAR (1963) and in the tailor-made DARLING (1965). Although usually exemplifying the sexually liberated, contemporary woman, Christie also starred as the object of desire in lavish period films: David Lean's DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965), John Schlesinger's FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (1967) and Joseph Losey's THE GO-BETWEEN (1971).

2006

Since the 1980s Christie has chosen fewer, and lower profile, projects, while continuing to turn in exemplary performances, as in HEAT AND DUST (1983), MISS MARY (1986), as the ravishingly beautiful, alcoholic widow in the otherwise disappointing FOOLS OF FORTUNE (1990), and as the ex-B-movie actress who acts as if much of her life is still a bad movie in Alan Rudolph's AFTERGLOW (1997). Other notable roles during this period include Gertrude in Kenneth Branagh's HAMLET (1996), Thetis in Wolfgang Petersen's TROY, Madame Rosmerta in HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN and Mrs. Emma du Maurier in FINDING NEVERLAND (all 2004), Inge in THE SECRET LIFE OF WORDS (2005), and Fiona, an Alzheimer's patient who transfers her affection from her husband to a fellow nursing home patient, in AWAY FROM HER (2006).  Actress 1965: DARLING  Nominated for Actress 1971: McCABE AND MRS. MILLER  Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role 1997: AFTERGLOW  Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role 2007: AWAY FROM HER 4 nominations, 1 Award