Carmen du Sautoy (born 26 February 1950) is a British stage, television and film actress.
Du Sautoy was born in London. She has played a wide variety of leading roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company , Royal National Theatre , in London's West End , and in New York, Tokyo, Sydney, Madrid, Berlin and in many other major theatres worldwide.
Du Sautoy may be best-known to film audiences for her role as the belly-dancing Lebanese temptress Saida in the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun . She has had an extensive television career with numerous starring roles in amongst others Lost Empires , Poor Little Rich Girl , La Ronde , The Citadel , The Orchid House , A Dance to the Music of Time , Chessgame , Midsomer Murders , Hammer House of Horror , Absolutely Fabulous , and The South Bank Show .
Du Sautoy married theatre director and writer Charles Savage in 1974.
The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) - SaidaIt Couldn't Happen Here (1987)Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987) - RoussieBert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989) - Tess TramplePaparazzo (1995) - MarjorieDream (2001) - Compere at auditionMethod (2004) - Mother (Mona)The Brothers (1976) - IkaAstronauts (1981-1983) - Dr. Gentian FosterThe Barretts of Wimpole Street (1982) - Arabel BarrettThe Citadel (1983) - Frances LawrenceChessgame (1983) - Faith SteerforthStrangers and Brothers (1984) - Ann Simon / Ann MarchHammer House of Mystery and Suspense (1984) - Suzy KendrickLost Empires (1986) - Julie BlaneBergerac (1988) - Marie ChantelAgatha Christie's Poirot (1989) - Mrs. VanderlynPerfect Scoundrels (1990) - Eva SandersonThe Orchid House (1991) - Mamselle the TutorBoon (1991) - Ann FieldingBugs (1995) - Irene CampbellKavanagh QC (1996) - Marcia JacobsAbsolutely Fabulous (1996) - Kalishia Klegg FerruzziHighlander (1997) - Anna HidalgoA Dance to the Music of Time (1997) - Miss WeedonHeartbeat (1998) - Dorothea ClivedenMidsomer Murders (2002) - Rosalind ParrUltimate Force (2002) - Mrs. LeonardTelling Lies Doctors (2003-2006) - Linda Larchmont / Stella DaleThe Line of Beauty (2006) - ElenaThe Worst Week of My Life (2006) - DaphneHughie Green, Most Sincerely (2008) - Christina SharplesThe Comedy of Errors , The Courtesan, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre London, The Courtesan Troilus and Cressida , Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre London, Cassandra The Way of the World , Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre London, Mrs Fainall Love's Labour's Lost , Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford/Aldwych Theatre London, The Princess of France Pillars of the Community , Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre London, Mrs Lynge A Midsummer Night's Dream , Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford/Aldwych Theatre London, Hippolyta Captain Swing , Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford/Warehouse Theatre London, Lady Cummings Piaf , Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford, Madeleine Children of the Sun , Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre London, Eliena Once in a Lifetime , Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford/Aldwych Theatre London/Piccadilly Theatre London, Miss Leighton Macbeth , Old Vic Tour, USA, Lady Macbeth Antony and Cleopatra , Mermaid Theatre London, Cleopatra Desire Under the Elms , Greenwich Theatre London, Abbie Candy Kisses , Bush Theatre London, Bobby Peace in Our Time , UK Tour, Lyia Vivian Facade , London Symphony Orchestra, Wind Harmonie, Queen Elizabeth Hall London, Narrator Hay Fever , Albery Theatre London, Myra Salome , Royal National Theatre London/Phoenix Theatre London/BAM Theatre New York/World Tour, Herodias Mind Millie For Me , Haymarket Theatre London, Countess Irene Importance of Being Earnest, Ambassador Theatre Group National Tour UK, Gwendoline/Maria
Awards and nominations Won the London Theatre Critics' Award 1979 for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Once in a Lifetime Nominated for the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award 1979 for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Once in a Lifetime