Trivia

Goddaughter of Laurence Olivier

Her mother, Irina Baronova, was a Russian-born prima ballerina who appeared with the Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo. She gave up her career after marriage.

Father, Cecil Tennant, was an English producer and talent agent who ran MCA's talent office and whose clients included Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, John Gielgud and Michael Redgrave.

She has a sister, Irina, and a brother, Robert, both of whom were seriously hurt in a car accident that claimed their father, Cecil Tennant, in 1967.

A distant relative of British silent film actress Barbara Tennant (1892-1982).

In her youth she auditioned for a role in the Denmark-based production Ballerina: Part 1 (1966) but fellow British actress Jenny Agutter was ultimately chosen from the audition in Berlin, Germany.

Daughter of prima ballerina Irina Baronova and talent agent Cecil Tennant.

She was famously photographed by Patrick Lord Lichfield for his book "The Most Beautiful Women" (1981) as Countess Vanini, when she was married to Peppo Vanini.

She left Steve Martin for Kirk Stambler.