Barbara Carrera Born: 31-Dec-1951 [1] Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Gender: Female Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Actor, Model Nationality: United States Executive summary: Bond girl, Never Say Never Again Barbara Carrera grew up in Nicaragua, the daughter of a native woman and the U.S. Ambassador. She started modeling at 17, and within a few years became the South American face of Chiquita bananas. She appeared in a small role in her first film in 1970, Puzzle of a Downfall Child, playing a teenaged model and giving her age as 17. In reality, she was at least 19, and may have been as old as 25.
She a Bond girl in Never Say Never Again with Sean Connery, and was the mysterious Angelica Nero during that one season of Dallas that all turned out to be a dream. As an actress, she was usually cast in "eye candy" roles, and her finest work was probably in the 1978 Richard Chamberlain mini-series Centennial, wherein she played the native girl who married Robert Conrad.
[1] Her birthdate is generally listed as 1951, although she prefers 1953 and some sources say 1945 or 1947. Husband: Nicholas Mavroleon (shipping magnate, div.) Husband: Baron Otto von Hoffman (div.) Husband: Uva Barden (model, div.)
Posed Naked for Playboy Bond Girls Risk Factors: Smoking
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR Air Panic (2001) · Bernadette Love Is All There Is (10-May-1996) Point of Impact (1993) Loverboy (28-Apr-1989) · Alex Barnett Wicked Stepmother (3-Feb-1989) Love at Stake (Apr-1988) · Faith Stewart Wild Geese II (12-Jun-1985) Never Say Never Again (7-Oct-1983) · Fatima Lone Wolf McQuade (15-Apr-1983) · Lola Richardson I, the Jury (22-Apr-1982) Condorman (2-Jul-1981) · Natalia Masada (5-Apr-1981) The Day the World Ended (28-Mar-1980) Centennial (1-Oct-1978) The Island of Dr. Moreau (13-Jul-1977) Embryo (21-May-1976) The Master Gunfighter (3-Oct-1975) Puzzle of a Downfall Child (16-Dec-1970)
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