Fiona Fullerton

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Fiona Fullerton
Born
Fiona Elizabeth Fullerton

(1956-10-10) 10 October 1956 (age 67)
Occupation(s)Actress, singer, businesswoman
Years active1969–2006, 2013–present
Spouses
(m. 1976;div. 1981)
Neil Shackell
(m. 1994)

Fiona Elizabeth Fullerton (born 10 October 1956) is a British actress and singer, known for her role as Alice in the 1972 film Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and as Bond girl KGB spy Pola Ivanova in the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill .

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Early life

Fullerton is the daughter of Bernard and Pamela (née Crook) Fullerton. An only child, Fullerton was born at Ungwan Sarki Kaduna in Kaduna State, Nigeria. She had lived with her parents in Singapore, Germany and the United States. After weekly ballet lessons, at the age of 9 she was accepted into Elmhurst Ballet School in Camberley, Surrey as a boarder. [1]

Career

Fullerton made her film acting debut at the age of 12 in 1969 with a role in Run Wild, Run Free . Subsequent credits included: Nicholas and Alexandra (as Anastasia), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (as Alice) at the age of 15, and The Human Factor . [1]

On television, Fullerton was among the original cast members on the BBC hospital drama Angels in 1975. [1] She later appeared in series such as The Charmer , Hold the Dream and To Be the Best. In 1982, she starred on the West End stage as Guinevere in the musical Camelot , alongside Richard Harris.

In 1985, she played the role of Pola Ivanova in the James Bond film A View to a Kill . In 1986 she appeared in the TV series Shaka Zulu .

Later years

Fullerton has her own property company, which buys and manages flats, mainly in London. She also writes a series of columns on property investing. [2] [3] She is also a brand ambassador for RatedPeople.com, a home improvement site. [4]

In 2013, Fullerton was one of the celebrities in BBC TV's Strictly Come Dancing .

Personal life

Fullerton married actor Simon MacCorkindale in 1976 at the age of 19, but the marriage ended in divorce in 1981.[ citation needed ] She then spent 13 years living and working in London. She met Neil Shackell and the couple married shortly after meeting in 1994, and now live in the Cotswolds with his son James and their daughter Lucy (born 1995). [5] [6]

Filmography

Strictly Come Dancing

Week No.Dance/SongJudges' scoreResult
Craig Revel HorwoodDarcey BussellLen GoodmanBruno TonioliTotal
1Tango – "A View to a Kill"567624None
2Cha Cha Cha – "Beggin'"665522Safe
3Waltz – "True Love"777728Safe
4Rumba – "World of Our Own"466622Safe
5Quickstep – "If My Friends Could See Me Now"778830Safe
6Charleston – "Jeepers Creepers"678728Safe
7Paso Doble – "Song 2"577726Safe
8American Smooth – "Come Fly with Me"678829Eliminated

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