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Jacaqueline Bisset
Actress
As her recent Golden Globe victory for the BBC mini-series, Dancing On The Edge, and the attendant acclaim for her current release and international cause celebre, Welcome To New York (in which she stars with Gerard Depardieu,) have proven, Jacqueline Bisset’s unique talent and stardom are as enduring as her beauty.
Few actresses have starred in the films of so great a list of acclaimed directors, co-starred with as many superstar actors and sustained international stardom for over four decades as has Jacqueline Bisset. The English-born beauty made her cinema debut in Roman Polanski's Cul-de-sac (1966). In 1967, following a small role in Stanley Donen's Two for the Road (1967) and caught forever the eye of Hollywood in her appearance as Miss Goodthighs in the James Bond spoof Casino Royale (1967.)
Her own superstardom began with her work opposite Frank Sinatra in The Detective (1968); The Sweet Ride (1968), for which she received a Golden Globe® Award nomination; and her teaming with Steve McQueen in Bullitt (1968.) This was followed by such critical and boxoffice hits as François Truffaut's Day for Night (1973); The Deep (1977); The Greek Tycoon ((1978,) Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
(1978), which she earned her second Golden Globe® Award nomination; receiving her third for her role in John Huston's Under the Volcano (1984.) Other recent work includes and Tony Scott's Domino and the honored festival favorite, Death In Love. Jacqueline Bisset was nominated for a César award, the French equivalent of the Academy Award®, as best supporting actress for La cérémonie.and she is the recipient of France’s highest tribute, the Legion D’Honneur.
In television, she received an Emmy® Award nomination for her role in the miniseries “Joan of Arc” (1999). In 2006 Bisset had a juicy recurring role as a ruthless extortionist on "Nip/Tuck" (2003) during its fourth season. More recently, she performed in the uplifting television movie “An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving” (2008) as well as the BBC mini-series, Dancing On the Edge (2013.)