Sunday, October 18, 2026

Ben Kingsley - ©Theda Bara

The name I highlight in this post is that of British actor Ben Kingsley, who in 1983 won all the major film awards: the Golden Globe, the BAFTA, and the Oscar for Best Actor for his performance as “Mahatma Gandhi” in the film “Gandhi”.

Sir Ben Kingsley was knighted in 2002 by Queen Elizabeth II, née Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (1926-2022).

Ben Kingsley has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 6931 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, in the Film category.

Ben Kingsley was born on December 31, 1943, in Snainton, United Kingdom, and is 82 years old.

The British actor Ben Kingsley married four times throughout his life: first to British actress Angela Morant (1941-2026), from 1966 to 1976. The couple had two children, Thomas and Jasmin; His second marriage was to British theatre director Alison Sutcliffe (1940-), from 1978 to 1992. The couple had two sons, Edmund and actor Ferdinand Kingsley; his third wife was German publicist Alexandra Christmann (1970-), from 2003 to 2005, a marriage that ended after their divorce in Berlin; his current marriage is to Brazilian actress Daniela Lavender, Lady Kingsley, born Daniela Barbosa de Carneiro (1974-), since 2007.

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