In 'Breakfast at Tiffany's', what is the name of the character played by Audrey Hepburn?

In Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Audrey Hepburn plays Holly Golightly.

Holly is a stylish, eccentric New York socialite whose carefully constructed persona hides an unsettled past. She meets Paul Varjak, played by George Peppard, after he moves into her apartment building. Their relationship drives the film’s romantic-comedy plot, although the story also explores identity, independence and the desire to reinvent oneself.

The 1961 film was directed by Blake Edwards and adapted from Truman Capote’s 1958 novella. The screenplay substantially changes Capote’s darker, more ambiguous source material, turning the central relationship into a more conventional romance and giving the male narrator a named character. That difference is why details from the book and film are sometimes mixed together.

Holly is also associated with the film’s opening scene outside Tiffany & Co. and with “Moon River,” the Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer song Hepburn performs. The film earned five Academy Award nominations and won two, including Best Song. “Sabrina Fairchild,” “Eliza Doolittle” and “Lula Mae” are names connected with other Hepburn roles or character identities, not her character in this film.