Fiona Elizabeth Fullerton (born 10 October 1956) is a British actress and singer, known for her role as Alice in the film Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972), and as Bond girl KGB spy Pola Ivanova in the James Bond film A View to a Kill (1985).
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Early life
editFullerton is the only daughter of Bernard and Pamela (née Crook) Fullerton, and was born at Ungwan Sarki Kaduna in Kaduna State, Nigeria. She had lived with her parents in Singapore, Germany, and the United States. After weekly ballet lessons, at the age of 9 she was accepted into Elmhurst Ballet School in Camberley, Surrey as a boarder.[1]
Career
editFullerton made her film acting debut at the age of 12 in 1969 with a role in Run Wild, Run Free. Subsequent credits included: Nicholas and Alexandra (as Anastasia), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (as Alice) at the age of 15, and The Human Factor.[1]
On television, Fullerton was among the original cast members on the BBC hospital drama Angels in 1975.[1] Later, she appeared in series such as The Charmer, Hold the Dream and To Be the Best. In 1982, she starred on the West End stage as Guinevere in the musical Camelot, alongside Richard Harris.
In 1985, she played the role of Pola Ivanova in the James Bond film A View to a Kill.[2] In 1986 she appeared in the TV series Shaka Zulu.[3]
Later years
editFullerton has her own property company, which buys and manages flats, mainly in London. She also writes a series of columns on property investing.[4][5] She is also a brand ambassador of RatedPeople.com, a home improvement site.[6]
In 2013, Fullerton was one of the celebrities in BBC TV's Strictly Come Dancing.[7]
Personal life
editFullerton married actor Simon MacCorkindale in 1976 at the age of 19, but the marriage ended in divorce in 1981.[8] She then spent 13 years living and working in London. She met Neil Shackell and the couple married shortly after meeting in 1994, and now live in the Cotswolds with his son James and their daughter Lucy (born 1995).[9][10]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1969 | Run Wild, Run Free | Diana | |
| 1971 | Nicholas and Alexandra | Anastasia Romanov | |
| 1972 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Alice | |
| 1975 | Angels | Patricia Rutherford | 13 episodes |
| 1979 | Dick Barton: Special Agent | Virginia Marley | 10 episodes |
| 1979 | A Question of Faith | Lisa Ivanovna | |
| 1979 | The Human Factor | Elizabeth | |
| 1980 | Gauguin the Savage | Rachel | |
| 1984 | The Ibiza Connection | Jane Veradi | |
| 1985 | A View to a Kill | Pola Ivanova | |
| 1986 | Shaka Zulu | Elizabeth Farewell | |
| 1986 | Hold the Dream | Sky Smith | |
| 1987 | The Grand Knockout Tournament | herself | TV special |
| 1987 | The Charmer | Clarice Mannors | TV mini-series (6 episodes) |
| 1987 | A Hazard of Hearts | Lady Isabel Gillingham | TV |
| 1988 | A Taste for Death | Lady (Barbara) Berowne | 6 episodes |
| 1988 | Hemingway | Lady (Duff) Twysden | TV mini-series |
| 1990 | Harry and Harriet | Catherine | |
| 1990 | A Ghost in Monte Carlo | Lady Violet | TV |
| 1990 | Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming | Lady Caroline | TV |
| 1992 | The Bogie Man | TV | |
| 1992 | Sweating Bullets | Claire | episode: White hot |
| 1992 | To Be the Best | Madelena | TV |
| 2001 | Diggity: A Home at Last | Felicia | |
| 2013 | Masterchef | herself | |
| 2013 | Strictly Come Dancing | herself | Series 11 (Voted out week 8 of a 13-week run) |
Strictly Come Dancing
edit| Week No. | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||||
| Craig Revel Horwood | Darcey Bussell | Len Goodman | Bruno Tonioli | Total | |||
| 1 | Tango – "A View to a Kill" | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 24 | None |
| 2 | Cha Cha Cha – "Beggin'" | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | Safe |
| 3 | Waltz – "True Love" | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 | Safe |
| 4 | Rumba – "World of Our Own" | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | Safe |
| 5 | Quickstep – "If My Friends Could See Me Now" | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 30 | Safe |
| 6 | Charleston – "Jeepers Creepers" | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 28 | Safe |
| 7 | Paso Doble – "Song 2" | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26 | Safe |
| 8 | American Smooth – "Come Fly with Me" | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 | Eliminated |
References
edit- 1 2 3 Fiona Fullerton personal biography Archived 19 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 8 September 2013
- ↑ Pengelly, Martin (9 April 2021). "Hear me out: why A View to a Kill isn't a bad movie" – via The Guardian.
- ↑ "Shaka Zulu (1987) | MUBI" – via mubi.com.
- ↑ "Lady.co.uk". Archived from the original on 3 October 2006. Retrieved 27 September 2006.
- ↑ "fiona fullerton | gallery". Leninimports.com. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ↑ "The quick way to find local tradesmen". Blog.ratedpeople.com. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ↑ "BBC One - Strictly Come Dancing - Fiona Fullerton". BBC.
- ↑ "Simon MacCorkindale". The Telegraph. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ↑ Haywood, Bob (17 November 2013). "Strictly Come Dancing star's £2.5m mansion on the market". Birmingham Live.
- ↑ Savage, Wayne (13 August 2015). "Bond girls, or rather Bond women, have come a long way says A View to a Kill star Fiona Fullerton". Ipswich Star.