That's right - one of the Bond girls used to be a man! Carolyn Cossey
began her life with the name Barry until deciding to get a sex change in
1972. This required female hormone pills, breast augmentation, and
surgery to alter her "plumbing." For nearly a decade after the
procedure, she worked as a model under the name "Tula."
In 1980 Carolyn caught a big break when she was cast in the new James
Bond film. Shortly after the movie was released, a British tabloid
exposed her as a transsexual, which derailed her modeling and acting
career. You can still catch her in a brief moment in the Bond film,
though! She is one of ten actresses credited as "girl at pool". Happy
hunting!
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