Faye Dunaway my career." The film was a critical and commercial failure but earned Dunaway a Golden Globe Award nomination, for Best New Star of the Year. Dunaway had tried to get an interview with director Arthur Penn when he was directing "The Chase" (1966), but was rebuffed by a casting director who didn't think she had the right face for the movies. When Penn saw her scenes from "The Happening" before its release, he decided to let her read for the role of the bank robber Bonnie Parker for his upcoming film, "Bonnie and Clyde". Casting for the role of Bonnie
Faye Dunaway O'Neill, was born in 1980. In 2003, despite Dunaway's earlier indications that she had given birth to Liam, Terry O'Neill revealed that their son was adopted. Dunaway is a devout Roman Catholic and has said that she attends morning Mass regularly. In a rare interview for "Harper's Bazaar" in 2016, Dunaway said she felt "it's important to have a partner, probably", but she described herself as a "loner", and added, "I kind of like to be alone and do my work and, you know, be focused on my own things." Select filmography: Select theatre roles: Faye Dunaway Dorothy Faye Dunaway