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Nike Arrighi (born 9 March 1947) is a French visual artist and former actress, known for roles in several European horror and art house films in the 1960s and 1970s in addition to work in television.

Nike Arrighi
Born	(1947-03-09) 9 March 1947 (age 75) Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Nationality	French
Other names	Princess Niké Arrighi Borghese, Nikki Arrighi, Niké Arrighi
Occupation	Actress, Visual artist
Years active	1966–1974 (as actress)
Known for	The Devil Rides Out, Day for Night, Women in Love
Website	http://www.nikearrighi.com

Early life

Daughter of Italian diplomat and former journalist Count Ernesto Arrighi and Australian Eleanor ("Nellie"), daughter of grazier Douglas Cox, Arrighi was raised in the Vaucluse neighborhood of Sydney, Australia, her family having moved there because her father was the Italian consul. He died when she was young.[1]

Career

Arrighi began her professional career as a fashion model in Paris, then moved to London, where she studied art at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She played the part of Corinne in The Champions (Reply Box No.666 episode, 1967). After a ten-year career in film and television she retired in the early 1970s to return to art, which she had studied as a young woman. Specializing in copperplate etching and oil painting,[2]^{[unreliable source?]}[3] she won First Prize for Graphic Art at the 1976 Hong Kong Art Biennial.

Personal life

In 1977 she married Prince Paolo Borghese. They lived in Hong Kong, where he was an engineer, before moving in 1984 to Italy, where she still resides at Palazzo Borghese in Artena.[1] Her husband died in 1999.[4] They had a daughter, Flavia.

Her sister is Luciana Arrighi.[1]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1967	Many Happy Returns	Gypsy Girl	Episode: The Prisoner
1967	The Gentle Libertine	Aimee / Mitsou
1968	Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River	Portuguese Waitress
1968	The Devil Rides Out	Tanith Carlisle	(AKA The Devil's Bride)
1969	Women in Love	Contessa
1971	Countess Dracula	Gypsy Girl
1971	Bubù
1971	Sunday Bloody Sunday	Party Guest #5
1971	A Season in Hell
1972	Trois milliards sans ascenseur	Minouche
1973	Day for Night	Odile, la maquilleuse
1973	The Last Train	Monique Maroyeur
1974	The Perfume of the Lady in Black	Orchidea
1974	Stavisky	Edith Boréal	(final film role)

References

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