Andress was born in Ostermundigen, Berne, Switzerland, the daughter of Anna, who was Swiss, and Rolf Andress, a German diplomat who was expelled from Switzerland for political reasons (Anstead 2002). Andress has four sisters and one brother. She is fluent in English, French, Italian, and German. The young Andress started her career as an art model in Rome, which led to her first roles in the Italian Read more...

Andress became famous as Honey Ryder, a shell diver and James Bond's object of desire in Dr. No (1962), the first Bond movie (BBC January 2001). It is a moving sequence, as she rises out of the Caribbean Sea in a white bikini. The scene made Andress the "quintessential" Bond girl (Thomas 1999), and is now considered iconic (Westcott 2006). "My entrance in the film wearing the bikini on that beautiful Read more...

In 1957, Ursula Andress married actor/director John Derek. The marriage ended in divorce in 1966. Andress dated many of Hollywood's leading men including co-stars Marlon Brando and James Dean. In 1980, she had a son, Dimitri with American actor Harry Hamlin, her co-star in the film Clash of the Titans.

On May 18, 2006, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Swiss Consulate General in Scotland, Read more...