Caroline Cossey was born on 31 August 1954 and is a British model and actress who often worked under the name Tula, which she used for two memoirs.
16 Facts About Caroline Cossey
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Caroline Cossey appeared in the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only as an extra.
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Caroline Cossey was born in Brooke, Norfolk and assigned male at birth.
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Caroline Cossey left formal schooling when she was fifteen and found work in a clothing store and as a butcher's apprentice.
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Caroline Cossey started transitioning while working as an usherette in London's West End.
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Caroline Cossey began an active social life as a woman, concealing her transition.
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Caroline Cossey appeared in top magazines such as Australian Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, and worked extensively as a glamour model.
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Caroline Cossey was a Page Three Girl for the British tabloid The Sun and appeared in Playboy in 1991.
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Caroline Cossey dropped out of the show, convincing the producers to release her from her contract.
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Caroline Cossey was cast as an extra in the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only.
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Caroline Cossey then responded by releasing I Am a Woman, which was her first autobiography.
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In 1985, Caroline Cossey appeared extensively in the videos for The Power Station's "Some Like It Hot" and "Get It On".
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Caroline Cossey was featured in the September 1991 issue of Playboy in the pictorial "The Transformation of Tula", as an acknowledged transgender person.
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In 1991, Caroline Cossey released My Story, which was her second and final autobiography.
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Caroline Cossey became engaged to Count Glauco Lasinio, an Italian advertising executive, who was the first man to date her knowing of her past.
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Caroline Cossey encouraged her to petition for changes in the British law concerning transsexuals.