Carter entered a local beauty contest and achieved her first national fame by winning Miss World USA, in 1972, representing Arizona. As the United States entrant in the Miss World pageant she reached the semi-finals. After taking acting classes at several New York acting schools, she began making appearances on TV shows such as Starsky and Hutch, Cos and Nakia and B-movies including her only nude Read more...

Her acting career did not take off until she landed her starring role in the Wonder Woman. Her earnest performance endeared her to fans and critics and the series lasted for three seasons. Thirty years after first taking on the role, Carter continues to be closely identified with Wonder Woman, so much so that it has proved difficult for producers to find a suitable candidate to play the character Read more...

Carter's other credits include the title role in a 1983 biopic of Rita Hayworth titled "Love Goddess", and a variety of her own television specials: "Lynda Carter's Special" (1980), "Encore!" (1980), "Celebration" (1981), "Street Life" (1982) and "Body And Soul" (1984). She also starred in a few short-lived TV series, including, Partners in Crime, with Loni Anderson, in 1984, and, Hawkeye, with Read more...