She is a humanitarian who supports human rights in Africa and argues for the environment.
Rome, Italy: In the mid-1970s Nike Arrighi married Prince Paolo di Borghese of Italy and retired from filmmaking. Since then she has worked as a visual artist, specializing in copperplate etchings of scenery and architecture around Rome.
She was awarded the Fiorino D'Oro for her art in 1995.
Harpers Bazaar chose her as one of the ten most Beautiful Women in England in 1965.
Began her professional career as a fashion model in Paris, then moved to London, where she studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.