Sylvia Kristel

Actress and artist Sylvia Kristel was born in Utrecht, Netherlands on September 28th, 1952. Her film career began in 1973 with small but memorable roles in three important Dutch productions. Sylvia became one of the biggest stars of the '70s after her role in Emmanuelle (1974), and she would spend the rest of the decade working with some of the finest filmmakers of the period. Sylvia's starring roles in films like Borowczyk's La Marge (1976), Vadim's Une Femme fidele (1976), Robbe-Grillet's Playing with Fire and Chabrol's Alice (1977) are among the most memorable performances of the period.