Trivia

Has played three characters who suffered or engaged in some of the most controversial depictions of sexual assault ever put on film. Most famously there was the controversial double rape scene in Straw Dogs (1971), where her character Amy was raped first by a former love and then by one of his coworkers, while in Mandingo (1975) she is the one who rapes a black slave, and in The House Where Evil Dwells (1982) her character engages in an adulterous affair while possessed by a ghost.

She deliberately failed her 11-plus exam at school, causing her to be sent to a secondary modern school rather than a grammar school, so she would be allowed to pursue her childhood ambition of going to drama school.

In 1995 she was chosen by "Empire" magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#72).

Runs a stud farm of 20 Arab horses on Exmoor. She and late husband Simon MacCorkindale formed Georgian Arabians, now a world-recognized enterprise.

Runs a production company, Amy International, which is named after the character she played in her most famous film, Straw Dogs (1971).

Founded the charity Lasting Life in honor of her deceased husband Simon MacCorkindale.

Her first public appearance was in a television commercial when she was 5.

Trained at the Corona Academy, founded by Rona Knight.

Appeared in 'The Sound of Music' in London's West End.

At 16 spent 3 months at a hairdressers in Maidenhead as a shampooist between jobs.

Appeared in television commercials at 5, went to a stage school and appeared on stage at 12.

Her father, Norman, was a saxophonist.

Developed into a blonde sex nymphet in films.

Is very fond of telling people how much late husband Simon MacCorkindale loved her.

She married Simon MacCorkindale in Fiji in October 1984.

She and her husband, Simon, each had their own production company which they merged on marriage and named it Amy Productions after the character she played in Straw Dogs (1971).

Was scheduled to star in a film titled Woden's Day directed by John Guillermin at the beginning of 1986.