Lesley-Anne Down (born 17 March 1954) is an English
actress who is best known for her roles as
Georgina Worsley in the
ITV period drama Upstairs, Downstairs,
Olivia Blake in the
NBC soap opera Sunset Beach, Madeline Fabray LaMotte Main in
North and South and as
Jacqueline Payne Marone in the
CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.
Lesley-Anne Down was born in London. At the age of ten, she began modeling and acting in her native UK. She won several beauty pageants and, at the age of 15, she was voted Britain's Most Beautiful Teenager. At about this time she began a ten-year relationship with British actor/director
Bruce Robinson.