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After she saw Dr. No, el primeroJames Bond película, in 1962—and long before being a "Bond Girl" was an established career path, Britt Ekland knew that she wanted to star opposite the debonair super-spy someday. Twelve years later—after she'd become famous for marrying actor Peter Sellers and starring in hit films such as Get Carter yEl hombre de mimbre—she made it happen, appearing as Mary Goodnight in The Man With the Golden Gun, albeit opposite Roger Moore en vez desean Connery.

The role turned her into an international sex symbol and, for a time, her relationships littered the tabloids. But where is she today? Keep reading to find out what the 79-year-old star is she's doing today.

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Though her Bond Girl status made her famous the world over, it didn't exactly ignite Ekland's acting career. She continued to appear in films throughout the 1970s and '80s, often low-budget thrillers and horror fare, including Alta velocidadDeKing Solomon's TreasureDeThe Monster ClubDeSatan's MistressDeMoon in Scorpio, and the direct-to-video comedy Beverly Hills Vamp opposite Grease star Eddie Deezen.

She had better luck on television, guest starring throughout the '80s and early '90s on popular series including Battlestar GalacticaDeEl barco del amorDeFantasy IslandDeThe Fall GuyDeSimon and SimonDeSuper chico, yAbsolutamente fabuloso.

For a time, Ekland's fame as an actor was rivaled by the gossip and turmoil surrounding her relationships. In 1964, she married Sellers 10 days after meeting him, becoming internationally famous overnight as a result. The two had a rocky relationship; though she became stepmother to his two children, Sellers was possessive and controlling, ella dijoRápido in 2020. The pair had a daughter,Victoria, in 1965 and divorced in 1968.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

After a relationship with record producer Lou Adler that produced her second child, Nicolai Adler, born in 1973, Ekland got involved with singer Rod Stewart after being introduced to him in 1975 by Joan Collins. They lived together for two years, during which time Stewart reportedlymade her pay rent. She latersued him for palimony.

In 1984, she married Stray Cats drummer Slim Jim Phantom, who was 19 years younger than her. They had a son, Thomas Jefferson, in 1988, and went their separate ways in 1992.

Today, Ekland is happily single. Ella dijoEl guardiánin 2020 that she's been practicing "self-partnership."

In recent years, Eklund has appeared onscreen most often as herself, bouncing from one reality show to another. She finished in ninth place on the tenth season of the British series I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! in 2009, and appeared in two seasons of the Swedish series Swedish Hollywood Wives from 2013 to 2015. In 2018, at age 75, she was the oldest contestant on the Swedish dance competition show Vamos a bailar.

More recently, she took part in the BBC One travel documentary series The Real Marigold Hotel, in which a group of older British celebrities travel around India getting acquainted with the culture. "The main reason I wanted to go to India is I can't take poverty and destitution," Eklund told The Sunday Post in 2018. "With Marigold Hotel, it's not about living in luxury hotels and swimming in waters off white sand beaches. This was living among the real people. That, for me, was the main reason I went."

Eklund hasn't acted in movies or television much in recent years—her last major film role was in 1990's Los niños, and she last appeared on TV in 2002 in the low-budget Canadian sc-fi series Lexx—but she's become a regular onstage.

Though she once suffered from terrible stage fright, according to a 2012 interview with El Daily Mail, she conquered her fears and went on to appear in productions of CenicientaDeGrumpy Old Women Live, yJack y las habichuelas magicas in theaters in the U.K., and can be often seen in British pantomimes. Most recently she headlinedThe Cat and the Canary, a mystery thriller that toured the U.K. in 2021.

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One of Ekland's grandchildren, Lucas (born to her second child, Nic Adler) was diagnosed with adrenoleukodystrophy, un trastorno genético no tratable, poco después de su nacimiento. Su condición fue diagnosticada durante una detección médica de rutina en California; Debido a que se detectó temprano, se puede administrar la progresión de los síntomas. Desde entonces, Ekland ha trabajado con la organización benéfica con sede en U.K. Alex TLC para ver la adrenolekodistrofia agregada a la lista de condiciones regularmente seleccionadas para el nacimiento en el U.K.

"Lucas y su familia se han salvado de la devastación por un simple análisis de sangre al nacer y debido a eso, sus primos en el Reino Unido ahora han sido probados"Ekland le dijoEl registro diario. "Tenía a su padre Nicholai, hijo mío, que nació en Gran Bretaña, ha sido un residente de U.K., Lucas no habría sido tan afortunado".

Ekland también ha apoyado la sociedad de Alzheimer durante más de una década,de acuerdo con laBelfast telegraph; Su madre fue diagnosticada con la condición en los años 80.

"Creo que si puedes usar tu fama por algo útil, aparte de los 15 minutos que los jóvenes tienen hoy que es totalmente inútil, entonces necesitas"Ekland le dijoTiempo y ocio en 2020.

Aunque ha pasado casi 50 años desde queEl hombre con la pistola de oro., Ekland todavía mira con cariño con cariño su tiempo con el mayor agente secreto del mundo. Incluso asistió al estreno de la película de bonos más reciente,No hay tiempo para morir, en el Royal Albert Hall en Inglaterra en septiembre de 2021.

"En ese momento no fue importante porque había hecho muchas películas antes, Bond era algo que quería hacer".ella le dijo a huffpost En 2012. "Me gustó la idea de ... ser una mujer de acción, en los años 60, acabamos de jugar a los gatitos sexuales. No tenía idea de que sería tan grande, pero en los últimos 10 a 15 años, ha sido super importante. , porque hago [teatro], y es 'Britt Ekland - Bond Girl' y es solo una etiqueta que es genial hoy ".

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