Carmen du Sautoy
Carmen Du Sautoy [4](born 26 February 1950 [5] in London, England) is an award-winning [6] leading actress who has worked extensively in theatre, television and film. She has played a wide variety of roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal National Theatre, in London's West End, and in New York, Tokyo, Sydney, Madrid, Berlin and in many other major theatres worldwide.
She is known to film audiences for her role as belly-dancing Lebanese temptress Saida in the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun. Her numerous television and film appearances include starring roles in: Lost Empires with Colin Firth and Laurence Olivier, directed by Alan Grint; a Granada Television serial, Praying Mantis; Poor Little Rich Girl, the ITC US miniseries - the story of Barbara Hutton; La Ronde BBC (Play of the Month); Poirot; The Citadel by A.J. Cronin; The Orchid House; A Dance to the Music of Time; Chessgame; Midsomer Murders; Hammer House of Horror; Absolutely Fabulous (Christmas Special); and The South Bank Show Special - At the Haunted End of the Day (playing Dame Edith Sitwell).
She married theatre director and writer Charles Savage in 1974 [7]
Filmography
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Stage
- The Comedy of Errors, The Courtesan, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre London, The Courtesan
- Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre London, Cassandra
- The Way of the World, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre London, Mrs Fainall
- Love's Labour's Lost, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford/Aldwych Theatre London, The Princess of France
- Pillars of the Community, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre London, Mrs Lynge
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford/Aldwych Theatre London, Hippolyta
- Captain Swing, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford/Warehouse Theatre London, Lady Cummings
- Piaf, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford, Madeleine
- Children of the Sun, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre London, Eliena
- Once in a Lifetime, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford/Aldwych Theatre London/Piccadilly Theatre London, Miss Leighton
- Macbeth, Old Vic Tour, USA, Lady Macbeth
- Antony and Cleopatra, Mermaid Theatre London, Cleopatra
- Desire Under the Elms, Greenwich Theatre London, Abbie
- Candy Kisses, Bush Theatre London, Bobby
- Peace in Our Time, UK Tour, Lyia Vivian
- Facade, London Symphony Orchestra, Wind Harmonie, Queen Elizabeth Hall London, Narrator
- Hay Fever, Albery Theatre London, Myra
- Salome, Royal National Theatre London/Phoenix Theatre London/BAM Theatre New York/World Tour , Herodias
- Mind Millie For Me, Haymarket Theatre London, Countess Irene
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Awards and Nominations
- Won the London Theatre Critics' Award 1979 for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Once in a Lifetime[10]
- Nominated for the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award 1979 for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Once in a Lifetime[11]
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Du Sautoy, Carmen |
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26 February 1950 |
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London |
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