Barbara Carrera - Biography

Barbara Carrera was born Barbara Kingsbury on December 31, 1945 in Bluefields, Nicaragua. This stunning former model became best known for her 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 L'île du docteur Moreau (1977). She broke through with mainstream North American audiences playing Clay Basket in the miniseries Colorado (1978). She sizzled on screen with Armand Assante as the sexy villainous doctor in J'aurai ta peau (1982), was the love interest of Texas Ranger Chuck Norris in Oeil pour oeil (1983) and gave her best performance to date as assassin Fatima Blush opposite Sean Connery in Jamais plus jamais (1983) and then as Emma Coe in the miniseries Emma: Queen of the South Seas (1988).

Carrera has most recently been seen guest starring in the popular television series 70s show (1998) and Amy (1999).