Winifred Jacqueline Fraser-Bisset (born 13 September 1944 in Weybridge, Surrey), better known as Jacqueline Bisset, is an English film and television actress.
She began her film career in 1965, first coming to prominence in 1968 with roles in The Detective and Bullitt, receiving a Golden Globe nomination for "most promising newcomer" the same year. In the 1970s, she starred in several popular films, perhaps most famously The Deep (1977), which featured Bisset in one of the most iconic examples of Sexy Soaked Shirt.
She is of French, English and Scottish descent, and was born in England but had a French mother and went to school in France. As a result, she was fluent in both English and French and sometimes starred in French movies, like Day for Night and Le Magnifique.
She was nominated for a Golden Globe several times through her career, finally winning it (for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film) for the BBC miniseries Dancing on the Edge (2013).
Bisset has been in a number of long-term relationships, including with fellow actors Michael Sarrazin and Vincent Perez. She is godmother to Angelina Jolie.
Filmography on TV Tropes:
- The Knack... and How to Get It (1965) (uncredited)
- Cul-de-sac (1966)
- Casino Royale (1967)
- Two for the Road (1967)
- Bullitt (1968)
- Airport (1970)
- The Grasshopper (1970)
- The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
- Day for Night (1973)
- Le Magnifique (1973)
- Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
- The Spiral Staircase (1975 remake of 1946 film)
- The Deep (1977)
- Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
- When Time Ran Out... (1980)
- Inchon (1981)
- Class (1983)
- Under the Volcano (1984)
- La Cérémonie (1995)
- Dangerous Beauty (1998)
- Latter Days (2003)
- Domino (2005)
- Save the Last Dance 2 (2006)
- L'Amant Double (2017)
- Anna Karenina (TV movie, 1985)
- Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (miniseries, 1987) as Joséphine de Beauharnais
- Joan of Arc (1999)
- Jesus (miniseries, 1999)
- Hey Arnold! (1 episode, 1999)
- Ally McBeal (2 episodes, 2001–02)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1 episode, 2003)
- America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story (TV movie, 2003)
- Nip/Tuck (7 episodes, 2006) as James LeBeau
- Rizzoli & Isles (3 episodes, 2011–12)
- Dancing on the Edge (4 episodes, 2013)
- Graves (1 episode, 2017)
- Counterpart (1 episode, 2018)
