Clio Goldsmith was born on June 16, 1957, in France, and is a former actress who gained recognition for her roles as a femme fatale in several films during the early 1980s.
As a member of the prominent Goldsmith family, her father was the renowned ecologist Edward Goldsmith. This connection also made her a former sister-in-law to Queen Camilla, as she was married to Mark Shand, a British travel writer and Queen Camilla's brother.
Clio Goldsmith began her acting career in the 1980 film "The Cricket" directed by Alberto Lattuada, alongside Virna Lisi and Anthony Franciosa. She played the role of a fun-loving girl who ends up becoming a prostitute. The following year, she appeared in "The Lady of the Camellias" alongside Isabelle Huppert, playing the role of prostitute Clemence.
In the 1982 film "Plein sud", Goldsmith's character vows to take up with the first fool she sees and seduces Patrick Dewaere. The same year, she starred in the comedy "Bankers Also Have Souls" in the title role, earning her international recognition. The film was produced by her cousin Gilbert de Goldschmidt and featured Pierre Mondy and Claudia Cardinale.
In the film, Goldsmith played the role of a beautiful call girl who is given to a retiring banker as a gift from his colleagues. After two more roles and appearances in the Italian adult entertainment magazine Playmen, she retired from acting.
Clio Goldsmith was married twice. Her first marriage was to Italian entrepreneur Carlo Alessandro Puri Negri, an heir of the Pirelli family, from 1982 to 1985. The couple had a daughter named Talita. In 1990, she married British author Mark Shand, and they had a daughter named Ayesha. However, the couple divorced in 2010, as confirmed by Shand himself.
