Joan Collins

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Summary

Joan Collins is an English actor, author, and columnist, best known for playing Alexis Carrington on Dynasty and for a long career in film and television. Her screen work often features glamorous, assertive women and melodramatic stories of ambition, rivalry, and family power. She has publicly called herself a feminist, supported #MeToo, and spoken about women’s equality, while also criticizing what she describes as politically correct restrictions on female-only spaces and language. She has voiced support for Margaret Thatcher and UKIP and backed Brexit; no public record of race-focused or LGBTQ advocacy is prominent.