Tuesday, 7 August 2012

A woman in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only used to be a man.

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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