Iconic 1970s movie star, 80, looks effortlessly glamorous ahead of her return to the West End - but can YOU guess who it is?
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She grew up in New York City where she began her career as a stage actress, performing in a slew of shows through the Theater Company of Boston. The actress, now 80, started acting on Broadway in the early 1970s before making her break onto the big screen.
![[It is none other than Grease superstar Stockard Channing, who played the iconic role of Betty Rizzo in the 1978 high-school flick]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/09/94424813-14316403-It_is_none_other_than_Grease_superstar_Stockard_Channing_who_pla-a-10_1737623511859.jpg)
She landed her first breakout role in the TV movie The Girl Most Likely To... in 1973 alongside Joan Rivers, before starring in The Fortune with Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty. Her success has seen her receive three Golden Globe nominations, a whopping 13 Emmy nods, winning three, as well as clinching a Tony Award from the seven she was up for.
![[The actress is also well known for her role as First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC television series The West Wing, alongside Martin Sheen]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/09/94424795-14316403-image-m-5_1737623113817.jpg)
The glamorous actress's relocation to London in 2019 saw her return to the stage as she embarked on a slew of UK theatre roles - and she is soon back on the West End in director Daniel Fish's new production of Elektra alongside Marvel's Brie Larson. But can YOU guess who it is?.
![[Stockard shared her disbelief at the eternal cultural hit Grease became over the years, describing its impact as 'bizarre' to The Times (Pictured in 2023)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/09/94424801-14316403-image-a-7_1737623262324.jpg)
This glamorous actress's success has seen her receive three Golden Globe nominations, a whopping 13 Emmy nods, winning three, as well as winning a Tony Award from the seven she was up for - but can YOU guess who it is?. It is none other than Grease superstar Stockard Channing, who played the iconic role of Betty Rizzo in the 1978 high-school flick.
![[She met her long term partner, cinematographer Daniel Gillam, in 1990. The pair were together until his death in 2014]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/09/94424999-14316403-She_met_her_long_term_partner_cinematographer_Daniel_Gillam_in_1-m-9_1737623383991.jpg)
The actress is also well known for her role as First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC television series The West Wing, alongside Martin Sheen. Stockard shared her disbelief at the eternal cultural hit Grease became over the years, describing its impact as 'bizarre' to The Times.
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