The Secret Indian Sister Who Haunts Julie Christie ; She's Back at the Top and Tipped to Win a Bafta at Tonight's Ceremony, but the Iconic Actress's Smile Hides a Scandal That has Hung Over Her Since Childhood

Mail on Sunday › February 10, 2008

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AS SHE poses on the red carpet at tonight's Baftas ceremony, Julie Christie will present the self-assured public face of an actress at the top of her profession. Her confidence is not hard to understand: she is heavily tipped to win the Best Actress category for her performance as an Alzheimer's sufferer in the acclaimed film Away From Her - and it is predicted she will also go on to claim an Oscar.

Yet despite her success, Julie remains as elusive as ever about her private life.

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The Secret Indian Sister Who Haunts Julie Christie ; She's Back at the Top and Tipped to Win a Bafta at Tonight's Ceremony, but the Iconic Actress's Smile Hides a Scandal That has Hung Over Her Since Childhood

Indeed, she has even refused to confirm reports that she wed her long-term partner, journalist Duncan Campbell, in November last year.

The actress's famously aloof facade has also helped her keep another astonishing secret - a secret that has haunted her since her childhood and which can be revealed today by The Mail on Sunday.

At the centre of Julie's private drama lies a key figure she is never known to have spoken of, never met, and, according to acquaintances, has gone to every effort to block out of her mind: her secret half-sister.

The girl, called June, was the result of a relationship between Julie's father Frank St John Christie, the man...

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