Julie Andrews: podcast appearances and interviews

Julie Andrews, born Julia Elizabeth Wells on October 1, 1935, is an English actress, singer, and author. She has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, three Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and seven Golden Globe Awards. Andrews has also been nominated for three Tony Awards and was honored with the Kennedy Center Honors in 2001as well as the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2007 and the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award in 2022. In 2000, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.

Beginning her career as a child actress and singer, Andrews appeared in the West End in 1948 and worked on the radio programme Educating Archie from 1950 to 1952. She made her Broadway debut in The Boy Friend in 1954 and gained prominence in musicals such as My Fair Lady in 1956 and Camelot in 1960. She also starred in the Rodgers and Hammerstein television musical Cinderella in 1957. Her film debut was as Mary Poppins in Walt Disney's Mary Poppins in 1964, a role that earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress. She is best known for her role as Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music in 1965, which earned her a Golden Globe Award.

Throughout her career, Andrews has starred in numerous films working with notable directors and has later returned to film and voice acting, notably in The Princess Diaries series and the Shrek and Despicable Me franchises. She has also collaborated with Carol Burnett and starred in her variety special The Julie Andrews Hour, which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award. As an author, Andrews has co-created children’s books with her daughter and published autobiographies. She is affiliated with Shoreline Church.