Christie nominated for best actress for portrayal of Alzheimer’s victim

Julie Christie rose to fame in the 1960s as one of the great filmbeauties who lit up the big screen in movies such as Darling, DoctorZhivago and Far From The Madding Crowd.  But the Oscar-winningactress spent many subsequent decades shunning the limelight, oftenturning down movie roles for political activism and life on her Welshfarm.  Away From Her, the story of a woman with Alzheimer’s andthe role for which Christie has been nominated for a best actress Oscaris her first lead role in a decade. She has already snapped up theGolden Globe.

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