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Shakira, Lady Caine (née Baksh; born 23 February 1947) is a British-Guyanese former actress, fashion model and beauty pageant titleholder who competed at Miss World 1967, where she was 2nd runner-up. She is married to English actor Michael Caine.
- She Was Miss Guyana
- She's A Former Actress
- Michael Got Her Number from An Ad Agency
- She and Michael Wed in Las Vegas in 1973
- They Share A Daughter and Two Grandchildren
- They Posed For The Cover of People in 1976
- She Travels with Michael For Work
When Shakira was 16, she quit school and began working as a secretaryin a U.S. Information Service office in Guyana, as she told PEOPLE in 1976. The office was bombed leaving her eardrum ruptured and her cheek scarred. The incident led her to enter a beauty contest in hopes of being able to leave Guyana. "My main concern was just to get out," she s...
Shakira made her acting debut in 1969 in Carry on Again Doctor. In 1975, Shakira played Roxanne in The Man Who Would Be King, alongside herhusband Michael, Sean Connery, Saeed Jaffrey and Christopher Plummer.
After seeing Shakira in a 1970s Maxwell House coffee commercial, Michael knew he had to meet her. A friend arranged a date and they've been together ever since. "She was the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen," Michael told PEOPLE in 1976. Shakira added, "He was everything I didn't expect. I had just seen him in Get Carterand he seemed so aggressive...
On Jan. 8, 1973, Michael and Shakira got married in Las Vegas at the Candlelight Wedding Chapel. "Oh we're so romantic," Michael later said of their marriage in a 2012 interview with The Mirror. "We go off on little honeymoons. Every now and again we go off to a lovely hotel called the George V in Paris and have a weekend honeymoon away from everyb...
Michael and Shakira welcomed their daughter Natasha Cainein 1973. "I'm a big family man. I've got two grandsons … and I love 'em to bits," Caine told the Radio Times. "I became a bit of a hero to them. I was watching cartoons with the eldest and a trailer for one of the Batmanfilms came on and there's me with Batman. He said, 'Do you know Batman?' ...
In 1976, Michael and Shakira were featured on the coverof PEOPLE. In their cover story, the couple opened up about how they met, hosting dinner parties at their ornately decorated home and their working-class upbringings. "While I don't regret my past, I would not want to change the present," Michael shared. "When a man has got a missus like mine, ...
While speaking to The Mirror, Michael said being on location can cause strain on a relationship. "If you go away on location for three months and your wife stays at home, you've made a whole new load of friends and she's made a whole new load of friends and you get home and you're kind of strangers," he explained. For the Caines, however, this isn'...
Jul 2, 2024 · Michael poses with Shakira, who he would marry in 1973. In a 1976 interview with PEOPLE , Shakira recalled, “ He was everything I didn’t expect . I had just seen him in Get Carter (1971) and he seemed so aggressive and ruthless.
May 15, 2024 · The story of Michael Caine and Shakira Baksh begins in the early 1970s. Michael first saw Shakira in a Maxwell House coffee advert on British TV in 1971. Struck by her beauty, he became determined to meet her.
- Tom Eames
Aug 8, 2019 · Caine has been married to Guyanese actress and model Shakira Caine (previously Shakira Baksh) since 1973, and the way they met is straight out of a Hollywood showbiz rom-com.
- Amanda Prahl
Mar 21, 2023 · After the couple split in 1958, Michael would soon meet Shakira Baksh, 76, with whom he has been married to for 50 years. The actor just celebrated his 90th birthday on March 14, 2023.
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May 15, 2024 · Michael poses with Shakira, who he would marry in 1973. In a 1976 interview with PEOPLE , Shakira recalled, " He was everything I didn’t expect . I had just seen him in Get Carter (1971) and he...
