Audrey (name)
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Audrey is a feminine given name
of Old English origin meaning "noble strength". It is also related to the word "tawdry" by association with Saint Audrey because of the goods sold at Saint Audrey's Fair, England. The name is also used in Shakespeare's
comedy As You Like It. Audrey has many variants forms.
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
of Old English origin meaning "noble strength". It is also related to the word "tawdry" by association with Saint Audrey because of the goods sold at Saint Audrey's Fair, England. The name is also used in Shakespeare's
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
comedy As You Like It. Audrey has many variants forms.
Given name
- Audrey DeWilder, French actress
- Audrey de MontignyAudrey De MontignyAudrey De Montigny is a Canadian singer. She was born in Sainte-Julienne, Quebec on July 26, 1985. She rose to fame by placing fourth on the debut season of Canadian Idol.- Career :...
, French-Canadian singer - Audrey HepburnAudrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn was a British actress and humanitarian. Although modest about her acting ability, Hepburn remains one of the world's most famous actresses of all time, remembered as a film and fashion icon of the twentieth century...
, actress and former goodwill ambassador for the UNICEF Foundation - Audrey GibsonAudrey GibsonAudrey L. Gibson is a native of Jacksonville's northside.She is the current Florida State Senator for Senate District 1. She was elected in a special election on Sept. 20, 2011 to fill former Sen. Tony Hill seat. She beat out three other democrats in the race, including former Rep. Terry Fields. ...
, homeless rights activist - Audrey LandersAudrey LandersAudrey Landers is a German American actress and singer, who is probably best known for her role as Afton Cooper in the television drama series Dallas and her role as Val Clarke in the film version of A Chorus Line.- Early years :...
, American actress (Dallas) and singer - Audrey LongAudrey LongAudrey Long is an American movie actress, who played supporting roles in films during the 1940s and 1950s....
, American actress - Audrey McLaughlinAudrey McLaughlinAudrey McLaughlin, PC, OC was leader of Canada's New Democratic Party from 1989 to 1995. She was the first female leader of a political party with representation in the Canadian House of Commons, as well as the first federal political party leader to represent an electoral district in a Canadian...
, Canadian politician, Leader of the New Democratic Party - Audrey MeadowsAudrey MeadowsAudrey Meadows was an American actress best known for her role as the deadpan housewife Alice Kramden on the 1950s American television comedy The Honeymooners.-Early life:...
, American actress - Audrey MunsonAudrey MunsonAudrey Munson was an American artist's model and film actress, known variously as "Miss Manhattan," "the Exposition Girl," and "American Venus." She was the model or inspiration for more than 15 statues in New York City and appeared in four silent films.-Life and career:Audrey Marie Munson was...
, American silent-film actress and model - Audrey SantoAudrey SantoAudrey Marie Santo , often referred to as Little Audrey by pilgrims to her home, was an American young woman from Worcester, Massachusetts through whom miracles were said to have happened during her lifetime....
, young American woman through whom miracles were said to have happened - Audrey TautouAudrey TautouAudrey Justine Tautou is a French model and film actress, best known for playing the title character in the award-winning 2001 film Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, Sophie Neveu in the 2006 thriller The Da Vinci Code, Irène in Priceless and Coco Chanel in Coco avant Chanel...
, French actress - Audrey VanderveldenAudrey VanderveldenAudrey Vandervelden is a retired female volleyball player from Canada.Vandervelden competed for her native country in two Summer Olympics: 1976 and 1984. A resident of Surrey, British Columbia she twice finished in 8th place with the Women's National Team.-References:*...
, Canadian volleyball player - Audrey WellsAudrey WellsAudrey Wells is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer.Wells was born in San Francisco, California, and worked as a disc jockey at San Francisco jazz radio station KJAZ FM. She graduated from U.C. Berkeley and UCLA. She has written a number of successful screenplays and has directed...
, American film director
In fiction and fictional characters
- Audrey, in Shakespeare's As You Like ItAs You Like ItAs You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the folio of 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility...
- Audrey, in Markus Zusak's book I Am the MessengerI Am the MessengerThe Messenger is a 2002 novel by Markus Zusak, and winner of the 2003 Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award.The Messenger was released in the United States under the name I Am the Messenger. The entire story is written through the eyes of the main character, Ed Kennedy, who...
- Audrey (book), written in 1902 by Mary JohnstonMary JohnstonMary Johnston was an American novelist and women's rights advocate.The daughter of an American Civil War soldier who became a successful lawyer, Mary Johnston was born in the small town of Buchanan, Virginia. A small and frail girl, she was educated at home by family and tutors...
- Audrey (film), 1916 silent film based on the book
- Audrey Brown, city mouse from the books The Deptford Mice Trilogy
- Audrey Fulquard, heroine of The Little Shop of HorrorsThe Little Shop of HorrorsThe Little Shop of Horrors is a 1960 American comedy film directed by Roger Corman. Written by Charles B. Griffith, the film is a farce about an inadequate young florist's assistant who cultivates a plant that feeds on human flesh and blood. The film's concept is thought to be based on a 1932...
- "Audrey Jr.", "Audrey II", namesake in the stage and 1986 filmLittle Shop of Horrors (1986 film)Little Shop of Horrors is a 1986 American comedy musical film adaptation of the off-Broadway musical comedy of the same name by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a nerdy florist shop worker who raises a vicious plant that feeds on human blood...
adaptations
- "Audrey Jr.", "Audrey II", namesake in the stage and 1986 film
- Audrey Hanson, FBI agent in Heroes
- Audrey Parker, a character in the SyfySyfySyfy , formerly known as the Sci-Fi Channel and SCI FI, is an American cable television channel featuring science fiction, supernatural, fantasy, reality, paranormal, wrestling, and horror programming. Launched on September 24, 1992, it is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal, a...
channel's Haven (TV series)Haven (TV series)Haven is a supernatural drama television series loosely based on the Stephen King novel The Colorado Kid. The show, filmed on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, is an American/Canadian co-production. The one-hour drama premiered on July 9, 2010, on Syfy...
based on Stephen King's short story The Colorado KidThe Colorado KidThe Colorado Kid is a mystery novel written by Stephen King for the Hard Case Crime imprint, published in 2005. The book was issued in one paperback-only edition by the specialty crime and mystery publishing house. The third-person narrative concerns the investigation of the body of an... - Audrey RainesAudrey RainesAudrey Louise Raines is a fictional character played by actress Kim Raver on the television show 24.-Characterization:Audrey was born in either Albany, New York or Providence, Rhode Island . Her mother died when she was nine...
, of the TV series 24 - Audrey RobertsAudrey RobertsAudrey Roberts is a long-standing fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actress Sue Nicholls, the character first appeared during the episode aired on 16 April 1979....
, of the British soap opera Coronation Street - Audrey Spears (aka PrysmPrysmPrysm is a DC Comics fictional superhero. She first appeared in the second series of the Teen Titans comics in issue #1.-Fictional character biography:...
), DC Comics superhero member of the Teen Titans - Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, central character in British TV comedy To The Manor BornTo the Manor BornTo the Manor Born is a British sitcom that first aired on BBC1 from 1979 to 1981. A special edition appeared in 2007. Starring Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles, the first 20 episodes and the 2007 special were written by Peter Spence, the creator, while the 1981 finale was written by Christopher...
- Audrey Weasley, a character in Harry PotterHarry PotterHarry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
. Wife of Percy Weasley and mother of Molly and Lucy Weasley.