| Jacqueline Bisset is a British actress. Her mother taught her to speak French fluently and she was educated at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in London, leading many to believe erroneously that she was born in France. When Bisset was a teenager, her mother was diagnosed with disseminating sclerosis. After her parents divorced, she moved in to help her mother. She had taken ballet lessons as a young child, and now began taking acting lessons, and fashion modelling to pay for them. n 1967, Bisset was cast in the critically acclaimed movie Two for the Road. Next, she participated in the James Bond spoof Casino Royale (1967), as Miss Goodthighs. By 1978 she was a household name. She earned her first Golden Globe nomination for the comedy Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?. Soon thereafter, she played in the movies Rich and Famous (1981) with Candice Bergen, and Under the Volcano with Albert Finney (1984), for which she earned her a second Golden Globe award nomination. In 1996, she was nominated for a César Award, France's version of the Oscars, for her role in La Cérémonie. During her career, Bisset has worked with such well-respected directors as Truffaut, John Huston, George Cukor and Roman Polański. Several of her movies are French or Italian productions. Though she has been romantically linked with many actors, Bisset has never married. Bisset is the godmother to actress Angelina Jolie. She acted with Jolie in the film Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005); however, the scenes never made the final cut. Unlike many actresses of her generation who have had difficulty finding work after the age of 40, Bisset made a seamless transition from leading lady to character actor. She remains very much in demand both in Hollywood and Europe.
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