She began as a striking young face in London, quickly becoming one of the most in-demand models of the 1980s, fronting campaigns for Yves Saint Laurent, Versace, and major beauty brands. That iconic Bugle Boy Jeans commercial, with her cool delivery from behind the wheel of a black Ferrari, made her instantly recognizable across the world. Yet she refused to be only a poster on a wall. Moving to the United States, she reinvented herself as an actress and producer, stepping into millions of living rooms as Laurel Ellis on Dallas.
When cancer spread to her brain, she chose honesty over secrecy, letting fans witness the fear, the surgeries, and the fragile hope after her January operation. She admitted she was “not out of the woods,” but still reached outward rather than retreating. Having already lost her father and beloved sister Amanda, she left behind only her mother, and a legacy defined not just by beauty, but by grit, reinvention, and a refusal to look away when life turned unbearably hard.