Bo Derek

Bo Derek interests me more for her resilience than her iconography. She became one of the most famous faces on the planet almost overnight, then absorbed wave after wave of Razzie awards that would have ended most careers in humiliation. She kept working anyway, moved into producing, and eventually wrote her own autobiography, reclaiming a narrative that critics and tabloids had hijacked for decades. I find that steadiness admirable. Being a symbol is something that happens to you; staying standing afterward is something you do. By that measure, she has quietly outlasted nearly everyone who once mocked her.

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Name (English)

Bo Derek

Name (Japanese)

ボー・デレク

Reading

ぼー・でれく

Born

November 20, 1956 (age 69)

Origin

Long Beach, California, United States

Height

157 cm

Occupation

film producer / film actor / model / autobiographer / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Monkey

High school

Narbonne High School

University

El Camino College

Awards & achievements

• 1982 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress
• 1985 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture
• 1985 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress
• 1991 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture
• 1991 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress

• Xhttps://x.com/boderek
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo%20Derek
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229477

Tags

• California
• film producer
• film actor
• model

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.