Britt Ekland Biography

Fast Facts

• Was discovered by a casting director while drinking coffee in Rome
• Married Peter Sellers soon after meeting him; they divorced after four years of wedded acrimony
• First developed a sex-symbol image when she played an Amish girl who accidentally creates the striptease in the 1968 film The Night They Raided Minsky's
• Best known for her role as a Bond girl in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
• Became romantically involved with crooner Rod Stewart in 1975 and inspired his hit song "You're in My Heart
• " Published her autobiography, True Britt, in 1980
• Staged a one-woman show called Britt on Britt that took the audience through the ups and downs of her life
• Was played by Charlize Theron in the 2004 biopic The Life and Death of Peter Sellers