Julie Christie starred in a movie.
Darling is a 1965 British drama film written by Frederic Raphael , directed by John Schlesinger , and starring Julie Christie with Dirk Bogarde and Laurence Harvey . Doctor Zhivago (film) . The film stars Omar Sharif in the title role as Yuri Zhivago , a married physician whose life is irreversibly altered by the Russian Revolution and subsequent Civil War , and Julie Christie as his , also married , love interest Lara Antipova . Fahrenheit 451 is a 1966 British Dystopian science fiction drama film directed by François Truffaut and starring Oskar Werner , Julie Christie , and Cyril Cusack . Julie Christie . She came to international attention in 1965 for her performances in Darling , for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress , and Doctor Zhivago , the eighth highest-grossing film of all time after adjustment for inflation .