Audrey Hepburn was a fairy-tale princess, onscreen and off. Academy Award-winning actress, fashion icon, ethereal beauty, wife, mother, World War II resistance activist, UNICEF champion--she transcended her era to become a global icon whose appeal continues to soar in the twenty-first century.Packed with beautiful photographs of the star at her most captivating, and supplemented with incisive commentary from award-winning fashion designer Jeffrey Banks, Audrey Hepburn: A Beautiful Uncertainty is a one-of-a-kind exploration of Audrey's glamorous image and remarkable life. Always leading with her heart, Hepburn is shown here fully captured in all her complexity: an often self-doubting but brilliant and genuinely kind woman who used her fame and activism to change the world.Slipping behind the scenes of Hollywood's Golden Age, author Tom Santopietro details Audrey's legendary dance partnership with Fred Astaire on the classic Funny Face, her lifelong friendship with Roman Holiday co-star Gregory Peck, and her love affairs with Albert Finney and William Holden. Throughout, Audrey's life and career is juxtaposed with a deep look at the unerring taste of a fashion icon who played muse to the brilliant designer Hubert de Givenchy, one whose unique sensibility inspired women from Jacqueline Onassis to Carly Simon.Rich in biographical detail and full of new photographs and stories, this is a fitting tribute to an enchanting and beloved icon.