Nike Arrighi

Nike Arrighi (born March 9, 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. She 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]

Nike Arrighi
Born (1947-03-09) March 9, 1947
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
NationalityFrench
Other namesPrincess Niké Arrighi Borghese, Nikki Arrighi, Niké Arrighi
OccupationActress, Visual artist
Years active1966–1974 (as actress)
Known forThe Devil Rides Out, Day for Night, Women in Love
Websitehttp://www.nikearrighi.com

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. 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][3] she won First Prize for Graphic Art at the 1976 Hong Kong Art Biennial.

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
1967Many Happy ReturnsGypsy GirlEpisode: The Prisoner
1967The Gentle LibertineAimee / Mitsou
1968Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the RiverPortuguese Waitress
1968The Devil Rides OutTanith Carlisle(AKA The Devil's Bride)
1969Women in LoveContessa
1971Countess DraculaGypsy Girl
1971Bubù
1971Sunday Bloody SundayParty Guest #5
1971A Season in Hell
1972Trois milliards sans ascenseurMinouche
1973Day for NightOdile, la maquilleuse
1973The Last TrainMonique Maroyeur
1974The Perfume of the Lady in BlackOrchidea
1974StaviskyEdith Boréal(final film role)

References
  1. Cilento, Jeanne-Marie (September 22, 2014). "10 Question Column: Artist Princess Niké Arrighi Borghese". Design and Art Magazine. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  2. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0037316/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm IMDB
  3. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/5963%7C117610/Nike-Arrighi/filmography.html TCM bio
  4. Shetty, Deepika (October 1, 2014). "Glamour girl turned artist". Asia One Woman. Singapore Press Holdings Ltd . The Strait Times. Retrieved 12 May 2016.


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