U-Audrey wazalwa ngoMeyi 4, 1929 emndenini wesisebenzi seBraoness nesiNgisi saseBrithani. U-Ella Van Heemstra, unina wayengumzukulu womndeni wasendulo ohloniphekile, okungabazeki ukuthi wathinta ukukhuliswa kuka-Audrey. U-Audrey womndeni kunzima ukubiza ngokuthi ujabule. Ngenxa yezizathu ezihlukahlukene, kwakuvame ukungavumelani phakathi kwabazali bakhe okwaba izingxabano. Kodwa lokhu akuzange kuvimbele abazali ukuba banikele konke okungcono kakhulu indodakazi yabo. U-Audrey wakhuliswa ngendlela yokuthi bonke abahlonishwayo baleso sikhathi bakhuliswa ngayo, wathandwa ngothando ngomsebenzi, ubungane, ukuzivimbela, ukuzihlonipha nokukholwa. Wakhulela emndenini lapho izimfanelo zabantu zabekwa khona ngaphezu kwezihloko nomcebo, okwamsiza ukuba angabi nje ubuhle, kodwa futhi nomuntu omuhle.
I-Audrey omncane wayenzima kakhudlwana ekusindeni kwabazali bakhe, okwakungenakugwema, kodwa lokhu kwakungesivivinyo esiyinhloko empilweni yakhe. Ngemuva kwesahlukaniso, unina ka-Audrey wamthatha yena namadodana akhe amabili kusukela emshadweni wabo wokuqala emzini wase-Archeam, lapho azuze khona ifa nefa. Kodwa ngisho lapha, ukuphila okujabulisayo nokujabulisayo akuzange kusebenze. Impi yaqala, le ndawo yabanjwa. Phakathi neminyaka yempi, u-Audrey wakhula masinyane, waphoqeleka ukuthi ahlanganyele ekumelaneni nama-fascists, kodwa akazange ayeke ukudansa kanye ne-ballet ayithandayo. Ukuphila kwaba nzima ngokwengeziwe - ukungondleki, izifo ezingenakiwe, ukucindezeleka okuqhubekayo emsebenzini wabo, ekupheleni kwempi, u-Audrey wayegula kakhulu. Kuphela ngenxa yemizamo yomama nabangane bomndeni , intombazane ingafakwa izinyawo.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-18 ubudala, u-Audrey wayengumfana omncane ophethe ubuso obumnandi, obuhle, ephupha ukuba yi-ballerina. Kodwa, ngaphandle kokudansa, wasebenza kanzima ngezwi lakhe, wathatha izifundo ze-actress ku-actor Felix Aylmer. Kwakudingeka asebenze njengomfundisi womdanso, umfashini wemfashini, udansa emidlalweni nakuma-nightclub. Kodwa ukuba udumo kuye kwakubusiswe kuphela kubhayisikobho.
Ekuqaleni u-Audrey wadlala indima ye-episodic kuphela kumafilimu ukuze nje okungenani abe nezinye izindlela zokuphila. Ngesikhathi esazi ukuthi wayengeke abe inkanyezi ye-ballet, futhi wazama ukuzifumana kwenye indawo. Lokhu kwenzeke lapho ephawula umlobi uColette, onoveli yakhe eyaba yisisekelo somculo "Impilo". Indima eyinhloko yanikezwa ku-Audrey, wabe eseqaphela Broadway.
Kwabe sekukhona indima emahoreni "amaRoma" nama-5 "Oscars", "uSabrina omuhle" futhi futhi "Oscar". Umdlali we-actress waba uphawu lwesitayela hhayi izigidi zababukeli, waqala ngumklami wokuqala owaqala u-Hubert de Givenchy. Wenza izingubo eziningana ngokuyinhloko ebandleni likaSabrina, wabe esegqoka ikakhulukazi lo mdlali. U-Audrey Hepburn uthi ngabe nguZyvanshi owadala isitayela sokuthi bonke abesifazane abafake imfashini kulawo minyaka balandela, nguye owamenza waba ngumdala. UShivanshi uthi udumile, ngenxa ka-Audrey.
Manje kunzima ukucabanga, kodwa kule nkampani ye-60 ye-jewelry "Tiffany & K" yayingakaziwa. Indima ka-Audrey Hepburn ebhayisikobho ethi "Breakfast Breakfast at Tiffany" yaletha ukuthandwa okungakaze kwenzeke enkampanini, eyadumisa "Tiffany" izveliya "emhlabeni wonke. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ukuhlanganiswa okuyingqayizivele yokugqoka okumnyama okuncane nokugqoka okucwebezelayo kubonakala, imfashini engaqhubeki kuze kube manje.
Ukuphila komuntu ka-Audrey kwakungeyona into enobudlova. Wayeshade kathathu futhi wayenamadodana amabili, okwamenza ajabule kakhulu. Umyeni wakhe wokuqala, umlingisi uMel Ferrer akakwazanga ukuthethelela impumelelo yomfazi wakhe, futhi u-Audrey wazama konke okusemandleni okusindisa umshado wabo, ekhumbula ubuhlungu obumlethela isehlukaniso sabazali esikhathini esidlule. Umshado olandelayo wenziwa nabaqondisi iKing Theodor, ovele wathatha ngokushesha u-Audrey ku-War and Peace, lapho edlala khona uNatasha Rostov. Ifilimu ngokwayo yayingathandwa kakhulu, kodwa u-Audrey wadlala indima yakhe ngokumangalisayo.
Khona-ke ekuphileni kukaVicrey kwakukhona amanye amafilimu nezinye izindima. "Ubuso obuhle", "Indlela yokweba isigidi", ezinye eziningi. Injabulo yokunqoba yavala kuphela isahlukaniso kumyeni wakhe, emva kwalokho kwaba nomhlangano omusha nomhlengikazi u-Andrea Dotti nomshado omusha. Lo mshado wawungenye ukudumala. Naphezu kokuthi u-Audrey waqala ukudubula kancane kumafilimu, wazama ukuchitha isikhathi esiningi emndenini, umshado usuphelile futhi maduze nje. Kuphela eminyakeni engama-50 kuphela u-Audrey Hepburn ehlangana nenjabulo yakhe. Wayengumdlali weDutch uRobert Walders, ongakaze ashade naye, ethi ujabule ngaphandle kwalo.
U-Audrey Hepburn wayeyilungu elikhuthele leNhlangano yezokuVikela kwamaLungelo eSintu ku-UN. Wazama ukunaka izinkinga zezingane emazweni ahluphekile, wathola iMedal of Glory ezandleni zomongameli waseMelika.
Lo wesifazane omangalisayo wabulawa ngesifo esingelapheki eminyakeni engu-63, ngoJanuwari 20, 1993 eSwitzerland. Ngemuva kwalokho wanikezwa umklomelo wobuntu kaJ. Hersholt. Kodwa umvuzo omkhulu kuye inkumbulo yabantu abaningi abakukhumbulayo futhi bayayithokozisa umdlalo wakhe we-cinema othakazelisayo futhi benomusa ekuphileni.