Date of Birth

31 December 1945, Bluefields, Nicaragua

Birth Name

Barbara Kingsbury

Stunning Nicaraguan born ex-model who became best known for screen performances playing a sinister femme fatale. In doing so, she has achieved minor cult status and has quite a loyal fan base. The tall and tanned Carrera first cropped up in minor roles taking advantage of her exotic features in The Master Gunfighter (1975), Embryo (1976) and The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977). She broke through with mainstream North American audiences playing Clay Basket in the 1978 mini-series Centennial. She sizzled on screen with Armand Assante as the sexy villainous doctor in I, the Jury (1982), was the love interest of Texas Ranger Chuck Norris in Lone Wolf McQuade (1983) and gave her best performance to date as assassin "Fatima Blush" opposite Sean Connery in Never Say Never Again (1983) and then as "Emma Coe" in the mini series "Emma: Queen of the South Seas" (1988).

Carrera has most recently been seen guest starring in the popular TV series "That '70s Show" (1998) and "Judging Amy" (1999).

A former model, she made her film debut playing - what else? - a fashion model in Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970).

Measurements: 35-24-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

She is also a painter. Her celebrity portraits were exhibited at the Hollywood Entertainment Museum in April-May 2002.

Grew up inside the U.S. Embassy compound in Nicaragua where her American-born father worked as a ArialBold.

Attended the St. Joseph Academy in Memphis, Tennessee.

Moved to New York at age 16, where she would pursue a modeling career, guided by the designer Lilly Dache. Her exotic beauty brought her to the covers of more than 300 magazines, namely Vogue, Glamour, Harper's Bazaar, Playboy, and Cosmopolitan, in America and abroad.

Spent some of her youth at a convent school in Memphis, Tennessee.

Changed her surname from 'Kingsbury' to 'Carrera' when embarking upon a career in show business. In a 2004 interview with the Daily Mail in the UK, she expressed that the reasons for changing her surname were due to not being satisfied with herself and her looks during adolescence.

Claims to have turned down the title role in _Octopussy (1983)_ with Roger Moore as James Bond, because she wanted to work with Sean Connery, who was returning as James Bond after 12 years, in _Never Say Never Again (1983)_.

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