She was the star of “Dynasty” and has a husband 33 years her junior. What does Joan Collins look like now? Amazing!

When Joan Collins started her acting career, Hollywood was steeped in sexism, misogyny and even rape culture. In the document, he says about himself: “As a young girl, I survived in a predator-dominated business”. However, this is not only the story of a steadfast, courageous and beautiful woman, because she also experienced traumatic events that drove her into depression. She dreamed of a career, but also of true love, and unfortunately she attracted the wrong men. She found stability only with her 33-year-younger husband.

She has been involved in the film world since she was a child. Joan was considered a British beauty

Joan Collins is a native British born in 1933 and raised in London. Since childhood, she had to do with acting, because her father was an agent of theater stars. Show business was part of her everyday life, various stars regularly visited her house, which is why she decided quite quickly what she wanted to do in life. And this mission was favored by her beauty, but she did not have her father’s support in all this. She said that:

British photographers voted me Britain’s most beautiful girl. They called my father to comment on the situation. »I am amazed. Yes, she looks good, but she’s not particularly pretty.

She made her theater debut at the age of 12, but she also wanted a solid education, so she attended the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Here she met Roger Moore and Michael Caine. Studying at the academy was opposed by her father, who insisted on sending her to a secretarial course, however Joan Collins was just as beautifulwhat and stubborn. She did not finish her studies, because at the age of 17 she played in the film “Lady Godiva Rides Again”, and after that there were more offers.

First love full of violence. The beginning of his career was fraught with suffering

She gained fame, but privately she was experiencing one of the worst stages in her life. When she was 18, she was invited to a celebrity party, where she met Maxwell Reed, the idol of the English film world. She herself had a crush on him, as did many other teenagers. The then 32-year-old man invited 18-year-old Joan to his apartment, treated her to rum and Coke, to which he added a sleeping pill. And then he raped the unconscious girl. This confession aroused quite a sensation years later, because Reed became her husband two years later. In the document, she said:

If I wasn’t so innocent about sex and how things should be, I wouldn’t have done it, but I felt a strong sense of guilt.

During the four-year marriage, Reed wanted to sell her for £10,000 to an Arab sheikh. Joan Collins finally got a divorce, although she paid for it with a big breakdown and fear of her husband’s influence.

Second husband and two children. The most controversial woman in Hollywood

During this relationship, she moved to the USA and had quite a few roles on her account, but it was not a career with such a flourish that she dreamed of. Over the years, she experienced many affairs, for which she was criticized and judged. They were usually men known from the industry, eg Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, Warren Beatty. Finally, the one with whom she wanted to build a family appeared on her way, and it was singer Anthony Newley. It was with him that she had two children, unfortunately over time it turned out that he was a womanizer and notoriously cheated on his wife. The marriage broke up shortly after the autobiographical film, in which Anthony is looking for a teenage girl ideal for intimate relationships, saw the light of day. Years later, their son said he thought it was a pedophile story. Raising children meant an eight-year break in acting, which was not so easy to return to. So Joan decided to do it on her own terms and filmed erotic stories written by her equally famous sister. And it was a hit, viewers went crazy, film critics crushed these works, calling them pure pornography. On this wave of popularity, in 1972, Joan Collins met her third husband, who turned out to be a drug addict. She had a daughter with him, but not only the marriage but also Joan’s entire career fell apart because of gigantic debts.

The “Dynasty” era. Alexis Carrington brought her megastar status

She was saved by the role of Alexis Carrington in the series “Dynasty”. The series was called a luxury soap opera, and it broke records of popularity around the world. Alexis herself finally brought her the fame Joan Collins always dreamed ofbut it was definitely not a very positive character. Apparently, the actress sometimes worried about whether fans did not see her privately the same way. However, despite everything, she always said that she loved the character of Alexis. The series was recorded for 8 years, for each episode Joan received $ 120,000, which enabled her to live a stable life. In the meantime, she surprised everyone and at the age of 49 she decided to take a bold photo shoot for Playboy and an even bolder decision about her fourth marriage. This time it only lasted a year, and Joan Collins calls it the biggest mistake of her life. Heartbroken, she decided to leave Hollywood and return with the children to their native London.

Love against stereotypes. She has been with her fifth husband for over 20 years

In London, she began to play in the theater again, although these were not ambitious plays. While preparing for one of them, she met her fifth husband and so far everything indicates that this is the kind of love she has been waiting for all her life.

In interviews he says:

I never thought I’d be able to enjoy love so much.

Their marriage has been going on for 21 years, which surprised many because Percy Gibson has been called a fortune hunter, mainly because he is 33 years younger than his wife. A year ago, the BBC produced a documentary about her, This is Joan Collins. It stirred up quite a stir, not only because it exposes the long-standing system in Hollywood, but also because it is a biography that is brutally honest with itself.

Joan Collins is very active on social media. She recently posted a photo of herself in a swimming pool and fans were amazed that it was possible to look so youthful at 89 years old. But Joan says a younger husband rejuvenates.