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Also known as Winnifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset

English actress

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Jacqueline Bisset is a British actor and model who began her career in 1965. Born Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset in Weybridge, Surrey, England, she holds United Kingdom citizenship. She speaks English and French, with English as her native language.

Bisset has received the Golden Globes, the Knight of the Legion of Honour, and the Stanislavsky Award. Her unmarried partners have included Alexander Godunov, Emin Boztepe, and Michael Sarrazin. She is recognized for her work in film and television acting.

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Film & TV

Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK

Jacqueline Bisset (born September 13, 1944) is an English actress. She has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award. She is known for her roles in the films Bullitt (1968), Airport (1970), The Deep (1977), Class (1983), and the TV series Nip/Tuck in 2006. She has also appeared in several French productions and was nominated for a César Award for La cérémonie (1995). She was…

Known for

  • The WASPS: Taking Flight — Narrator (voice)2026
  • SEGAL — Self2025
  • Long Shadows — Vivian Villeré2025
  • BRATS — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2024
  • Александр Годунов. Побег за смертью — Self - Британская актриса2023
  • Beau geste — Self2023
  • Loren & Rose — Rose2022
  • Belmondo: The Incorrigible2022
  • Madeleine Collins — Patty2021
  • The Lodger — Elizabeth Dardelin2021

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Winifred
Family name
Fraser
Gender
female
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Weybridge
Occupation
model
Languages spoken
French
Native language
English language
Eye colour
green
Hair colour
brown hair
Image
JacquelineBissetSept08.jpg
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Jacqueline Bisset
date of birth
1944-09-13
birth name
Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset
unmarried partner
Michael Sarrazin
Commons gallery
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start of work period
1965-00-00
name in native language
Jacqueline Bisset
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Encyclopedic overview

Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset (/ˈbɪsɪt/ BISS-it; born 13 September 1944) is a British actress. She began her film career in 1965 and came to prominence in 1968 with roles in The Detective, Bullitt, and The Sweet Ride, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination as Most Promising Newcomer. In the 1970s, she starred in Airport (1970), The Mephisto Waltz (1971), Day for Night (1973), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Le Magnifique (1973), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), St. Ives (1976), The Deep (1977), The Greek Tycoon (1978) and Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.

Bisset's other film and TV credits include Rich and Famous (1981), Class (1983), her Golden Globe-nominated role in Under the Volcano (1984), her CableACE Award-nominated role in Forbidden (1985), Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989), Wild Orchid (1990), her Cesar Award-nominated role in La Cérémonie (1995), Dangerous Beauty (1998), her Emmy-nominated role in the miniseries Joan of Arc (1999), Britannic (2000), The Sleepy Time Gal (2001), Domino (2005), a guest arc in the fourth season of Nip/Tuck (2006), Death in Love (2008), and the BBC miniseries Dancing on the Edge (2013), for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.

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