Julie Andrews isn’t quite who you think she is. If your idea of Julie Andrews is a combination of Mary Poppins and Maria the virginal nun, well, I’ve got some news for you. Long known in Hollywood as the Iron Butterfly, Julie Andrews is both a prodigious talent and a tough-as-nails woman who has fought her way through numerous career and personal challenges. Her career in show business has been a very long one. It began in 1945 England during the waning days of vaudeville, where she started to perform with her parents at the age of 10. Andrews has worked regularly ever since, working as recently as 2020 in the Netflix series Bridgerton as the narrator.