An American film actress and model. An aspiring model, 16-year-old Bo Derek was introduced to actor/director/cinematographer John Derek who moulded her into a highly desirable superstar and married her. In her first film, the Jaws rip-off Orca, she showed up long enough to have her leg chewed off by a killer whale. Her next film was far more rewarding: Blake Edwards' 10 (1979). An overnight pinup favourite, she followed with a brace of adventure films directed by her husband: Tarzan the Ape Man (1981) and Bolero (1984).