Her career was relatively quiet during the ’80s, but thereafter she continued to receive significant critical recognition for her work, including Oscar nominations for the independent films Afterglow (1997) and Away from Her (2006). In 1997, she received the BAFTA Fellowship. Fascinated with the artist’s lifestyle, Christie enrolled at the University of London’s Central School of Speech & Drama in her youth. She made her professional debut on stage in 1957; however, her first real brush with fame came via a BBC television series, A for Andromeda (1961), in which she played an artificial human created from the DNA of a deceased science lab assistant. Julie Christie had a high-profile relationship with actor Warren Beatty from 1967 to 1974. They starred together in McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Shampoo (1975) and Heaven Can Wait (1978). Christie is currently married to journalist Duncan Campbell.
