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Abigail Elizabeth Good [1] (born 30 September 1971) [2] is an English former fashion model and [3] travel writer . Now a journalist and fashion photographer, [4] she has also taken stills on films [5] . Good works under the surname Campbell. [6]
Good was born in Leicester, and raised in Singapore. She returned to England as a teenager, and went to school in Bromsgrove. After modelling for some ten years, she was selected by Stanley Kubrick to play the role of the "Mysterious Woman" in his 1999 film Eyes Wide Shut . [2] She was the last actress Stanley Kubrick filmed. [7]
Good also appeared as Tabatha in Randall's Flat [8] cast as a forthright, manipulative woman with striking good looks, and another role as a "mysterious blonde" in the 2002 film Butterfly Man . [9]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | Eyes Wide Shut | Mysterious Woman | |
2001 | Randall's Flat | Tabatha | |
2002 | Butterfly Man | Unknown | (final film role) |
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