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Joan Collins

Joan Henrietta Collins (born May 23, 1933) is a British actress who was born in London, England.

After a youthful and highly splashy career as a pulchritudinous, hardworking starlet best described as a junior-grade Elizabeth Taylor, in the 1980s Joan Collins was successfully relaunched as a powerful sex symbol and icon of independence in her late 40s with her role as Alexis Carrington on the TV soap opera "Dynasty" (1981 - 1989). Her performance helped the show beat main rival Dallas to become the No. 1 U.S. TV show in the mid-1980s, and she became the highest-paid actress on television at the time. She was nominated for an Emmy award and won a Golden Globe award. She also appeared on the American soap opera Guiding Light in 2002 as Alexandra Spaulding.

Collins made her Broadway debut in 1990, and in 2004 she toured the United Kingdom with a revival of the play Full Circle.

She is the sister of the novelist Jackie Collins.

Collins has been married five times, to Maxwell Reed, Anthony Newley, Ron Kass, Peter Holm, and Percy Gibson. She has a son, Sascha, and two daughters: Tara Newly, by Anthony Newley, and Katie, by Ron Kass.

On February 29, 1996, Collins won a U.S. $2 million suit with Random House for breach of contract.

She has luxury homes in London, New York, and the south of France.

She was on the last Concorde flight from New York to London in October 2003.

On May 24, 2004, Collins joined the UK Independence Party. [1] (http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2971850) In October 2004, Collins stated she was not a supporter, but rather a patron of the party. [2] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3964151.stm)

Her two memoirs are Past Imperfect (1978) and Second Act (1996). She has also written best-selling novels: Prime Time, Love & Desire & Hate, Infamous and Star Quality. In 1996, she was awarded an OBE by the British government and Queen Elizabeth II.

Selected filmography

  • Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
  • Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
  • The Virgin Queen (1956)
  • Rally Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)
  • Esther and the King (1960)
  • The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1975)
  • Empire of the Antz (1977)
  • The Stud (1978)
  • The Bitch (1979)
  • The Bleak Midwinter (1995)
  • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999)
  • Flintstones: Viva Rock Vegas (2000)

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In 1996, she was awarded an OBE by the British government and Queen Elizabeth II.
. She has also written best-selling novels: Prime Time, Love & Desire & Hate, Infamous and Star Quality. Representatives for Diaz and Timberlake claimed that they were "ambushed by two men, who jumped out of a concealed hiding place on a dark, deserted street late at night." They added that "any actions by Diaz and Timberlake were merely taken in self-defense." The pictures of Diaz snatching the camera soon appeared in "Us Weekly.". Her two memoirs are Past Imperfect (1978) and Second Act (1996). Diaz and her boyfriend, Justin Timberlake snatched away a photographer's camera when he and another man surprised them outside the ritzy Chateau Marmont hotel. [2] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3964151.stm). Diaz got in even further controversy about a month later when she was caught attacking a tabloid photographer.

[1] (http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2971850) In October 2004, Collins stated she was not a supporter, but rather a patron of the party. Diaz went as far as sporting a t-shirt that read I WON'T VOTE FOR A SON OF A BUSH! while making publicity for Charlie's Angels. On May 24, 2004, Collins joined the UK Independence Party. It should be noted that Cameron Diaz was very vocal of her support (http://www.liberalartists.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=viewnews&id=52) for Al Gore in 2000. She was on the last Concorde flight from New York to London in October 2003. Bush would try to ban the right to have a legal abortion. She has luxury homes in London, New York, and the south of France. Several pundits like conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham alleged that Diaz was cleverly trying to disguise her scare tactic-like statement as another way of saying that if you didn't vote for Democratic challenger John Kerry, a victorious President George W.

$2 million suit with Random House for breach of contract. Diddy" Combs, Diaz gave the ominous warning " If you think rape should be legal then don't vote!" (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1231579/posts). On February 29, 1996, Collins won a U.S. While Diaz was sitting next to her Charlie's Angels co-star Drew Barrymore, singer Christina Aguilera, and hip-hop mogul Sean "P. She has a son, Sascha, and two daughters: Tara Newly, by Anthony Newley, and Katie, by Ron Kass. The show in question, concerned celebrities encouraging young people to vote in the upcoming Presidential election. Collins has been married five times, to Maxwell Reed, Anthony Newley, Ron Kass, Peter Holm, and Percy Gibson. In September of 2004, Diaz created some controversy after her appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

She is the sister of the novelist Jackie Collins. The file is now distributed by many porn sites and can be downloaded from any major Peer-to-peer (P2P) network. Collins made her Broadway debut in 1990, and in 2004 she toured the United Kingdom with a revival of the play Full Circle. Diaz has filed a suit against the Russian Internet site distributing the video, but this has attracted enough attention to this obscure video to temporarily make it very popular on the Net. She also appeared on the American soap opera Guiding Light in 2002 as Alexandra Spaulding. The video was a recording of a S&M photo session with Diaz and another girl torturing a man. She was nominated for an Emmy award and won a Golden Globe award. In 2004 an old S&M video, where Diaz appeared when she was 19 years old, was leaked out on the Internet.

TV show in the mid-1980s, and she became the highest-paid actress on television at the time. Diaz is widely considered to be an extremely attractive woman, and as such has been listed in "sexiest" and "most beautiful" lists in various periodicals including FHM and People. 1 U.S. Both films enjoyed critical and commercial success and critics heralded Diaz's performances. Her performance helped the show beat main rival Dallas to become the No. Diaz then veered away from mainstream cinema into independent film with the quirky Being John Malkovich (1999) and Oliver Stone took risks when he gave her a role in Any Given Sunday (1999). After a youthful and highly splashy career as a pulchritudinous, hardworking starlet best described as a junior-grade Elizabeth Taylor, in the 1980s Joan Collins was successfully relaunched as a powerful sex symbol and icon of independence in her late 40s with her role as Alexis Carrington on the TV soap opera "Dynasty" (1981 - 1989). She stood out as a "perfect" fiancée in the romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) and many consider her role in the crude comedy There's Something About Mary (1998) to be her real break-through performance.

Joan Henrietta Collins (born May 23, 1933) is a British actress who was born in London, England. However, she subsequently took roles in films with more substantial subject matter such as Feeling Minnesota. Flintstones: Viva Rock Vegas (2000). Her role was minimal and essentially embodied the stereotypical "pretty blonde girl" that is oft to be found in cinema. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999). After pursuing a modelling career, she was cast in the commercially successful 1994 Jim Carrey film The Mask. The Bleak Midwinter (1995). Her father is from Cuba.

The Bitch (1979). Diaz was born and raised in San Diego, California. The Stud (1978). Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American film actress. Empire of the Antz (1977). The Mask (1994). The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1975). The Last Supper (1995).

Esther and the King (1960). She's the One (1996). Rally Round the Flag, Boys! (1958). Feeling Minnesota (1996). The Virgin Queen (1956). Head Above Water (1996). Land of the Pharaohs (1955). Keys to Tulsa (1997).

Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951). My Best Friend's Wedding (1997). A Life Less Ordinary (1997). Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998). There's Something About Mary (1998).

Very Bad Things (1998). Man Woman Film (1999). Being John Malkovich (1999). Any Given Sunday (1999).

Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000). Charlie's Angels (2000). The Invisible Circus (2001). Shrek (voice) (2001).

Vanilla Sky (2001). Slackers (2002). The Sweetest Thing (2002). Gangs of New York (2002).

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003). Shrek 2 (voice) (2004).