Diana Rigg is an English actress who was born on July 20, 1938, in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, the United Kingdom to her parents Louis Rigg and Beryl Hilda. When she was just two months old, Rigg moved with her family to Bikaner, India where they would live for the next eight years. Growing up in India, Rigg learned to speak fluent Hindi. After returning to England, Rigg attended Fulneck Girls School near Pudsey. She went on to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where she studied acting. Her career began with a series of roles in the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1959 to 1964. Rigg went on to play Natasha Abashwilli in "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" which was performed at the York Festival in 1957. She made her television debut as Emma Peel in the British television series "The Avengers" from 1965 to 1968. Rigg made her film debut as Bond girl Tracy Bond, the wife of James Bond in the 1969 film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".
She went on to have a successful acting career and appeared in films like "The Assassination Bureau" in 1969, "The Hospital" in 1971, and "A Little Night Music" in 1977. More recently, Rigg appeared in the HBO television series "Game of Thrones" where plays matriarch Olenna Tyrell. She married Israeli painter Menachem Gueffen in 1973 but divorced three years later. She went on to marry theatrical producer Archibald Stirling in 1982 but divorced in 1990. Riggs had a daughter with Stirling who was born in 1977.
| Birth Date: | 20 Jul, 1938 |
| Age: | 81 yrs |
| Citizenship: | United Kingdom |
| Birth Place: | Doncaster |
| residence: | Hammersmith |
| Education: | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | British actress |
| Spouse: | Menachem Gueffen[1973-1976] Archie Stirling[1982-1990] |
| Net Worth 2020: | 10 million |
| Net Worth 2021: | 10 million |
