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JULIE CHRISTIE

Julie Christie made Omar Sharif swoon in Dr. Zhivago and had her hair done by Warren Betty (who she became romantically involved with ) in Shampoo. Born in 1941, the British beauty (originally born in India) was a style chameleon.

She has embodied the blonde bomb shell, but was just as convincingly a brunette and redhead. She has sported every hairstyle imaginable from curls and ironed-straight tresses to bouffants and short cropped hair. It's hard not to imagine her without the Cossack hat she wore in Dr. Zhivago or as a sun-kissed glamour puss.

In the 60s, she embraced the swinging-London trends and was one of the first celebrities to bring the mini skirt into the limelight. French director François Truffaut, who directed her in Fahrenheit 451 in 1966 has said "Julie's was the first miniskirt I laid eyes on. It wasn't common at the time. I thought she was a bit crazy... In fact, she was merely ahead of the times."

Despite her influence on fashion, she has been a reluctant style icon, saying that her beautiful face has gotten in the way of more important things (she temporarily retired from Hollywood in the 70s to live on a farm in Wales and got involved in political activism). Surprisingly, she was reportedly very nervous and awkward in person and was never happy with her looks. Now looking back she has said, "I think I'm probably so vain it's quite impossible. But I look back now and I see photos and I think, "Coo! Phwoar!" And I think, wouldn't it have been nice to have had that knowledge when you were walking into a room?"

Now 66 years old, Julie has returned to acting, most recently winning a Golden Globe for Away from Her. She's still as gorgeous and stylish as ever, challenging what it means to look like a "senior citizen."