Bo Derek is an American film and television actress, movie producer, and model perhaps best known for her role in the 1979 film 10. The film also launched a bestselling poster for Derek in a swimsuit, and subsequently she became one of the most popular sex symbols in the 198...
George S. Patton Continuation School, Narbonne High School
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
John Derek (m. 1976–1998)
Parents
Paul Collins, Norma Bass
Siblings
Kerry Perez, Colin Bass
Partner
John Corbett (2002–)
Nicknames
Mary Cathleen Collins , Kathleen Collins
Nominations
Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year – Actress
Movies
10, Tarzan, the Ape Man, Bolero, Tommy Boy, Ghosts Can't Do It, Woman of Desire, A Change of Seasons, Orca, Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!, Malibu's Most Wanted, Fantasies, Sunstorm, Frozen with Fear, Shattered Image, Crusader, I Am Chris Farley, Highland Park, 5 Weddings
TV Shows
MyNetworkTV telenovelas, Fashion House, Wind on Water
It's been very nice. I haven't gotten out too much because we've been working a lot but other wise the people have been very nice and I've had a good time.
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Probably some of the projects I chose to do after that had more to do with what people thought of me. The industry was very open and probably hoping that I could do anything.
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We were on the island of Hawaii. I think I was there three months. It was fantastic. It is not much different than films. It depends on the television show but much of television today is as good or better than most films.
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Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping.
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It's really difficult for me. Language, I am sorry that I haven't. I think I just always expected that you learn a word in place of a word and when I discovered how difficult the grammar was and learning that was very discouraging for me.
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I found my love when I was 17-years-old and my love is one hundred percent honest. We've never had any ugly, rocky things to overcome.
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I grew up on the beaches of Southern California surfing and sailing and I've always loved horses so it was part of my dream that I was able to fulfill to have horses.
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'10' was amazing! I had no career before '10' and then all of a sudden I was able to do pretty much whatever I was able to do in the business.
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Glorifying violence is terrible. Simulating sex is nothing - it's something so impersonal really.
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I love Spain. I go back two or three times a year usually to visit friends and ride horses.
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There's an incredible fascination for that and that goes with violence and everything else in pictures.
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Also there is a twist to the story as I'm being haunted and driven crazy, attacked and so on. All I seem to do is run and scream and cry in every scene.
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I played a definite part in it. I guess the things that I played in films and the way the nudity and the love scenes were handled were really different.
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Fact
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At one point she was in negotiations to star in a screen adaptation of Irving Wallace's novel "The Fan Club".
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Was announced as a roaster for Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe (2016) but did not appear. No explanation was given for her absence.
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2014 Ambassador to the Breeders Cup (thoroughbred horseracing).
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She has a Pure Portuguese mare, a champion named Gaiata, which she bought in 2000.
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Bo Derek is the International Ambassador of the Lusitano Horse (Portuguese World Champion Horse).
Named envoy to Fight Animal Trafficking by the United States State Department.
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She is a member of the California Horse Racing Board.
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Has her own pampering pet care product company: "Bo Derek's Bless the Beasts", products in the range include numerous nourishing dog shampoos and conditioners, fragrances and fur polish.
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Her father, Paul Collins, was the marketing and public relations director at Kawasaki Motorcycles in the early 1970s.
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Lives on a family horse ranch outside of Santa Ynez, California (between Santa Barbara and Santa Maria).
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Has Dutch, English, German, Irish and Welsh descent.
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Attended the Republican National Convention in New York in 2004 to show her support for President George W. Bush and the Iraq war.
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Member of the NRA and a regular hunter. Close friend and vocal supporter of former NRA president Charlton Heston.
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Her sister, Kerry Perez, is her longtime assistant.
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Animal rights activist and supporter of the Republican Party.
Mentioned in the theme song of the 1980s television series The Fall Guy (1981).
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Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1979" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol 31. [1979]
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Eldest of four children. Her father, Paul Collins, was a boat salesman and a Hobie Cat executive. Her mother, Norma Collins, was a make-up artist, and hairdresser to Ann-Margret.
$50 Million
