AUDREY HEPBURN: An Audrey Hepburn Biography These are just a few of the things that makes a star like Audrey Hepburn transcend the movies to icon-status. She wasn't just beautiful; so many women, especially in her field, are beautiful. More than that, she became the symbol for an ideal of timeless relevance - that is, what it means to be a woman of style and substance. It was beyond beauty. It was a way of life and being.