Carmen Du Sautoy

Carmen du Sautoy, born in London, is a British actress whose career has spanned theater, television and film. She has played leading roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre, performed in London's West End, and appeared in theaters in New York, Tokyo, Sydney, Madrid and Berlin. Her stage work in Once in a Lifetime brought a London Theatre Critics' Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1979 and a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award nomination in that category. On screen, film audiences know her best as Saida, the belly-dancing Lebanese temptress in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). Her film credits include Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989), Method (2004) and Royally Ever After (2018). She has also had starring roles on television in Lost Empires, The Citadel, The Orchid House, A Dance to the Music of Time, Chessgame, Midsomer Murders and Absolutely Fabulous.