María de Lourdes Villiers Farrow is an American actress, activist, and former fashion model. She has appeared in more than 50 films and won numerous awards, including a Golden Globe Award and three BAFTA Award nominations. In 2008, Time magazine named her one of the most influential people in the world. She currently lives in New York City with her husband, Frank Sinatra, and their three children.
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María de Lourdes Villiers Farrow is an American actress, activist, and former fashion model. Farrow has appeared in more than 50 films and won numerous awards, including a Golden Globe Award and three BAFTA Award nominations. She is also known for her extensive work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, which includes humanitarian activities in Darfur, Chad, and the Central African Republic. In 2008, Time magazine named her one of the most influential people in the world. She was raised in Beverly Hills, California, in a strict Catholic household. She began a relationship with filmmaker Woody Allen in 1979, and over a decade-long period starred in 13 of his films, beginning with A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy. In 1992, Farrow made public allegations that he sexually assaulted their seven-year-old adopted daughter, Dylan, which he has repeatedly denied. She retained custody of Dylan in 2013, when Dylan recounted the alleged assault in a 2013 interview. She has dedicated significant periods to raising her adopted and biological children, and she has taken part in humanitarian efforts abroad, particularly human rights in African countries. She currently lives in New York City with her husband, Frank Sinatra, and their three children. She also has a son, Dylan Farrow, and a daughter, Mia Farrow-Farrow, with ex-husband Woody Allen, who she divorced in 1992, and who she has custody of their adopted daughter Dylan- Farrow. She lives in Los Angeles with her family and has three children, all of whom are now in their 20s and 30s.
Her husband is former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, and her daughter is the daughter of Australian film director John Farrow and Irish actress Maureen O’Sullivan. She had a brief uncredited appearance in the film John Paul Jones in September 1958. In September 1958, Frow and her sister Prudence were sent to attend boarding school in Surrey, England while her father completed post-production work on John PaulJones. On October 28, 1958, her eldest brother Michael died in a plane crash near Pacoima, California. When Farrow was 16, she returned to the United States and continued education at a Catholic preparatory school. Aged two, she made her film debut in a short documentary, Unusual Occupations: Film Tot Holiday. At nine years old, she contracted polio during an outbreak in L.A. County reportedly affecting 500 people. In 1971, she became the first American actress in history to join the Royal Shakespeare Company, appearing as Joan of Arc in a production of Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher. This was followed by stage productions of Mary Rose, Three Sisters, and Ivanov. Farrow also starred in several films throughout the 1970s, including the 1974 film adaptation of The Great Gatsby and Robert Altman’s comedy A Wedding. She received a third Golden Globe nomination for her role in John and Mary. In 2000, she has had supporting parts in films such as The Omen, Be Kind Rewind, and Dark Horse.
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