Barbara Kingsbury Carrera is a Nicaraguan-born American retired actress, model, and painter. She is a two-time Golden Globe Award nominee, New Star of the Year – Actress for The Master Gunfighter (1975) and Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture for the James Bond film Never Say Never Again (1983).
She is also known for her roles in The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977), Condorman (1981), I, the Jury (1982) and Lone Wolf McQuade (1983). Carrera also played Clay Basket on the miniseries Centennial (1978–79), and Angelica Nero on the ninth season of CBS prime time soap opera Dallas (1985–86).
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Early life
Barbara Kingsbury was born in San Carlos, Nicaragua. Her mother, Florencia Cajina Herrera, was Nicaraguan, and her father, Louis Kingsbury, was an American who worked for the US embassy in Nicaragua.
Sometime after the age of ten, Carrera moved to the United States to live with her father. She moved to New York at the age of 15.
Career
Kingsbury began a career as a model at the Eileen Ford agency at the age of 17, at which point she changed her last name to her mother's maiden name, Carrera. Her first film appearance was a cameo as herself in Jerry Schatzberg's Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970). In 1972, she appeared on the screen in a publicity role for Chiquita bananas. Carrera has appeared on the pages and covers of such magazines as Vogue, Paris Match, Harper's Bazaar, and twice posed for Playboy (July 1977 and March 1982).
