Barbara Carrera

Barbara Carrera
An illustration of Carrera by R.J. Hall based on a still image from the 1977 film The Island of Dr. Moreau
Born	Barbara Kingsbury (1945-12-31) December 31, 1945 (age 71) Bluefields, Nicaragua
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	1970–present
Spouse(s)	Otto Kurt Freiherr von Hoffman (1966-1972)(divorced) Uwe Barden (1972-1976)(divorced) Nicholas Mark Mavroleon (1983-?)(divorced)
Website	www.barbaracarreraart.com

Barbara Carrera (born Barbara Kingsbury on December 31, 1945) is a Nicaraguan American film and television actress and former model. She is known for her roles as SPECTRE assassin Fatima Blush in Never Say Never Again, as Natalia Rambova in Condorman, and as Angelica Nero on the soap opera Dallas.

Barbara Kingsbury was born in Bluefields, Nicaragua. Some sources give her birth year as 1947 or 1951, but most list 1945. Although she prefers to say 1953, public records state 1944. Her mother, Florencia Carrera, was a Nicaraguan of European and Native ancestry, and her father, Louis Kingsbury, was a U.S. employee of the American embassy in Nicaragua. Her parents separated when she was seven.

Carrera had at least one elder half-sibling, a sister, Maisie Kingsbury.

Sometime after the age of ten, Carrera moved to the United States to live with her father, who placed her in a school in Memphis. She moved to New York at the age of fifteen.

Kingsbury began a career as a model at the Eileen Ford agency at the age of 17, at which point she changed her last name to her mother's maiden name, Carrera. In 1972, she appeared on the screen in a publicity role for the Chiquita bananas. Her first film role was as a fashion model in Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970), which fared poorly at the box office. In 1976, she earned her first Golden Globe nomination ("New Star of the Year -- Actress") for her role in The Master Gunfighter. She later played in such films as The Island of Dr. Moreau, Lone Wolf McQuade, Condorman, Point of Impact, Tryst and Embryo. For her portrayal of the villainess Fatima Blush in the James Bond film Never Say Never Again, she earned a 1984 Golden Globe nomination for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture". She worked opposite Laurence Olivier in Wild Geese II the following year.