When doctors told Koo Stark she had breast cancer she wanted to know what to expect. They told her she’d need a mastectomy which would leave her with one breast, then chemotherapy which would make her hair fall out.

Information on Koo Stark's charity, Keep Abreast, can be found at www.thehaventrust.org.uk.

Successful freelance photographer

Sometime girlfriend of HRH Prince Andrew, she fell out of favour when her involvment in soft-porn films Emily (1977) and Cruel Passion (1977) became known.

Is the daughter of film producer Wilbur Stark.

Has been a practicing Buddhist since 1994.

Lives in New York and London.

The role of Rost in Doctor Who - Attack Of The Cybermen was meant for her but she allegedly had a disagreement with the production team over her fee and was replaced by Sarah Berger.

Daughter Tatiana born March 17, 1997.

After being diagnosed with breast cancer in August, 2002 and following the emergency mastectomy in America she had to endure weeks of chemotherapy – and the loss of her trademark long hair.

It was her five-year-old daughter, Tatiana, who first noticed the rock in Koo’s breast as the pair hugged.

After doctors in London repeatedly failed to spot the cancer, Koo was diagnosed in America last August and had her breast removed two days later.

In December 2003, underwent her second mastectomy. Although she lives in London, her family still resides in the U.S., so she had the surgery and recovered near them. Has set up a cancer organization called, Keep Abreast.