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Julie Andrews Wins Another Emmy at 90 and Confirms Her Retirement from On-Camera Acting

From TVN Panamá · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Julie Andrews, 90, said she considers her on-camera acting career closed but continues working on books, podcasts, and voice projects.
  • She won the Emmy for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for voicing Lady Whistledown in a Netflix production, her second consecutive win in the category.
  • Andrews will not appear in The Princess Diaries 3, while a documentary about her career is scheduled to reach Disney+ in 2027.

At 90, Julie Andrews is adding another Emmy to her Hollywood legacy while making clear that her relationship with the screen has changed. During promotion for Shy, the children’s book she wrote with her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton, Andrews said she considers her on-camera career finished.

“I think the absolute truth is that I think I’ve moved past all that,” she told The Hollywood Reporter. But she also stressed that retirement does not mean leaving entertainment altogether. “I’m not completely retired, but it’s a different kind of work that I do these days: books, and I record a lot of podcasts and voice-overs.”

I think the absolute truth is that I think I’ve moved past all that.

· Julie AndrewsShe described her decision to end her on-camera acting career during promotion for her children’s book Shy.

That newer work brought another major recognition. At the Creative Arts Emmys at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theatre on September 6, Andrews won Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for playing Lady Whistledown in the Netflix production. She did not attend the ceremony, and actor Eric Bauza accepted the award on her behalf. Her win marked her second consecutive Emmy for her participation in Bridgerton. She had won the same award the previous year and has three additional nominations for the period series.

I’m not completely retired, but it’s a different kind of work that I do these days: books, and I record a lot of podcasts and voice-overs.

· Julie AndrewsShe explained that she remains active in entertainment through literary and voice work.

Andrews said she still finds creative work rewarding, but prefers projects that do not require her to be “necessarily in front of the camera.” Her next major project includes a documentary about her long career, directed by R.J. Cutler and scheduled for Disney+ in 2027.

The decision also rules her out of The Princess Diaries 3, the next installment in the franchise starring Anne Hathaway as Mia Thermopolis, the future queen of Genovia. “It’s not that I don’t have enthusiasm for it. It’s just that I really don’t feel I should be part of it now,” Andrews said.

It’s not that I don’t have enthusiasm for it. It’s just that I really don’t feel I should be part of it now.

· Julie AndrewsShe explained why she will not appear in The Princess Diaries 3.
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Originally published by TVN Panamá in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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