Lesley-Anne Down
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Lesley-Anne Down (born March 17, 1954 in London) is an English actress.
At the age of ten, Down began modeling and acting in her native Britain. She won several beauty pageants and at the age of 15, she was voted Britain's Most Beautiful Teenager. At about this time she began a ten-year relationship with British actor/director Bruce Robinson.
From 1973 to 1975, Down portrayed Georgina Worsley on the popular British series Upstairs, Downstairs. She went on to star in such feature films as The Pink Panther Strikes Again, A Little Night Music, and Hanover Street, opposite Harrison Ford.
Down is also known for her roles in television movies and miniseries, including North and South and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
She portrayed Olivia Richards on the NBC soap opera Sunset Beach from the show's debut in January 1997 until the show's cancellation in December 1999. Her character's name was originally to be Sheila but Down was concerned because of the name's meaning in Australian slang, so it was changed.
She has played Jacqueline Payne Marone on CBS's The Bold and the Beautiful since March 2003. (In December 2005, Down began very heated contract talks with the serial, refusing to take a substantial pay cut; she has since renewed her contract with the series for another three years).
Married to third husband, cinematographer Don E. FauntLeRoy since 1995, Down is the mother of two sons, Jack (born in 1982 during her marriage to film director William Friedkin), and George-Edward (born in 1998 by FauntLeRoy), in addition to FauntLeRoy's two daughters, Season and Juliana.
[edit] Awards (Won)
Rose D'Or Light Entertainment Festival
- (2005) Rose d'Or Best Soap Actress for The Bold and the Beautiful
Evening Standard British Film Awards
- (1978) Evening Standard British Film Award Most Promising Newcomer - Actress
[edit] Awards (Nominated)
- (1986) Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for North and South
