Belgian actress who got to be one of stars more known Hollywood by her papers protagonists in films like Vacations in Rome (1953), of William Wyler; A face with angel (1957), of Stanley Donen, and Breakfast with diamonds (1961), of Blake Edwards.

Its true name was Edda van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston; it was born in Brussels, daughter of an English banker and a Dutch aristocrat. It studied in several deprived schools of England and Holland. During II the World war, it underwent the consequences of the undernourishment during the Nazi occupation. It worked first of model, later in the theater and as of 1951 in the cinema.

Hepburn carried out many films, between which they emphasize War and peace (1956, King Vidor), Those that they do not pardon (1960, John Huston), Charada (1963, Stanley Donen), and My Fair Lady (1964, George Cukor). The Oscar to the best actress with Vacations in Rome won, and was name by his papers in Sabrina (1954, Billy Wilder), History of a nun (1959, Fred Zinnemann, winner of the Gold Shell of the Festival of San Sebastián), Breakfast with diamonds based on the novel Breakfast in Tiffany´s de Single Truman Cape and in the dark (1967, Terence Young). 1988 one became special ambassador of the UNICEF, dedicating the last years of his life to work for the children needed Africa and Latin America.