Grace Kelly: The Movie Star Who Became a Princess—and Left Hollywood Behind

Grace Kelly rose from a determined young actress in New York to an Academy Award-winning Hollywood star, celebrated for her elegance, restraint, and unforgettable performances in films including Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, and The Country Girl. Yet at twenty-six, she left Hollywood to marry Prince Rainier III and become Princess Grace of Monaco. From exchanging movie sets for royal duties to later finding new ways to support the arts and charitable causes, Grace spent the rest of her life balancing two identities the world often treated as separate: the actress she had worked to become and the princess she learned to be.