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Grace Jones was born on May 19, 1948 in Spanish Town, St Catherine, Jamaica to Marjorie Jones (née Williams) and Reverend Robert W. Jones. When she was 12 she moved to Syracuse, New York, joining her family who had already moved there. She studied acting at Syracuse University and appeared in her first musical; halfway through college, she was approached by a drama professor who proposed that she work with him in a play he was putting on in Philadelphia, she accepted.
Jones later moved to New York City and signed on as a model with Wilhelmina Models, but when her looks weren't successfully received, she moved to Paris, France, where her androgynous, bold, dark-skinned appearance was so highly visible, she began to model for Yves Saint-Laurent, Claude Montana, Kenzo Takada, Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin, Hans Feurer, and Azzedine Alaïa, and she appeared on the covers of "Elle", "Vogue", and "Der Stern."
Disillusioned with modeling, and since she always wanted to be an actress, she began her movie career playing small parts, her first being in the blaxploitation flick Gordon's War (1973) followed by an uncomfortable cameo in the unwatchable French sex comedy Let's Make a Dirty Movie (1976). It wasn't until the the '80s that Jones' on-screen career really soared, when she appeared in three supporting roles: Zula, the amazonian warrior in the American sword and sorcery/adventure film Conan the Destroyer (1984); May Day, the secondary antagonist in the 14th James Bond film A View to a Kill (1985); and Katrina, a bloodthirsty Egyptian vampire queen in the comedy horror Vamp (1986). Leaving audiences with only the resonance of unique and tantalizing movie performances, Jones hasn't acted in a feature film since the '90s.
In recent years, Jones's primary focus is sharing the vulnerability behind her larger-than-life persona. Jones and director Sophie Fiennes released the documentary Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami (2017). According to Fiennes, the documentary is not a retelling of what can easily be found in books and magazines, but an intimate portrait of Jones in recent years as she returns to Jamaica, the country of her birth and childhood, for a family reunion.- Casting Department
Shaundra Grace Jones is known for The Dollanganger Saga (2014).- Grace Keane-Jones is known for The Portable Door (2023).
- Editorial Department
Grace Jones is known for The Nevers (2021).- Editorial Department
Grace Jones is known for The Nevers (2021).- Transportation Department
Grace Jones is known for The Batman (2022), Meg 2: The Trench (2023) and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023).- Shelby Grace Jones is known for Across the Tracks (2015).
- Additional Crew
- Producer
- Grace Jones is known for Phenomenon (2020).
- Additional Crew
Grace Jones is known for StreetMate (1998).- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Grace Jones is known for The Haunting in the Theater (2018).- Grace Jones is known for De bon matin (2009).
- Grace Jones is known for That Dawgone Dog (1917).
- Location Management
Grace Jones is known for Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023).- Production Designer
Grace Jones is known for POP! (2018).- Grace Jones was born on 16 September 1906 in Liverpool, UK. She died on 7 June 2019 in Broadway, Worcestershire, UK.
- Emily Grace Jones is known for Double Take (2016).
- Hannah Grace Jones is known for Best Friends Eternally (2015).
- Grace Jones is known for Psychoville (2009).
- Additional Crew
Grace Jones is known for Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly (2019), 2023 People's Choice Country Awards (2023) and Step Into... The Movies (2022).- Megan Grace Jones is known for Calamaio (2015).
- Grace Jones is known for #Washed (2018).
- Sophie Grace Jones is known for Beneath Us (2019).
- Savannah Grace Jones is known for To the Girl That Looks Like Me (2021).
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Julia Grace Jones is known for Retribution (2022), Party Bus (2022) and More Than Meets the Eye (2022).- Additional Crew
Abbigail Grace Jones is known for American Experience (1987).