Rigg played Bond girl Countess Teresa di Vicenzo in the sixth 007 film, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.
She also appeared in the iconic Sixties series The Avengers as Emma Peel.
She trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company after graduating.
She won an Emmy for her role as Mrs Danvers in a TV adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca and gained an Emmy nomination for her role as Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones.