You know her as Doctor Ouinn, Medicine Woman, a role she played for six years on television. Her starring roles have been quite varied. She starred with Christopher Reeve in Somewhere in Time, she was Lady Marguerite in The Scarlet Pimpernel and she starred in the epic television series War and Remembrance. These are just a very few of the many roles mastered by travelgirl covergirl Jane Seymour.

This very gifted, legendary beauty hails from England. Spirited and determined even as a youngster, her parents enrolled her in dance class, and she fell in love with the ballet. At the age of 12, Jane traveled as an exchange student to Hungary, where she learned to speak Hungarian and was offered a place in the Hungarian State Ballet School. Her parents, unhappy with the idea of a future in dance, insisted she return to England, where she enrolled in the Arts Educational Trust in London, studying not only ballet, but also music, opera, musical comedy, tap, design and drama.

At 15, sophisticated and dedicated to dance, she performed with the famed Kirov Ballet from Russia and the London Festival Ballet. Fate was to intervene: Seymour fell and sustained an injury so severe, she would never be able to dance again.

Dancing through the early years

Jane Seymour was destined for the big screen. A meeting with famed director Franco Zeffirelli led to a screen test, and she was on her way to stardom. In 1973, Jane was chosen to play Solitaire, the "Bond beauty" in Live and Let Die. This blockbuster hit catapulted her to fame and she has been sought-after for acting roles ever since.

However, acting isn't her only profession. This leading lady is an accomplished writer and fashion designer whose work is for sale throughout the country at Saks and Parisian stores. She's also a noted speaker who spends as much time as possible working on behalf of various charities such as the American Red Cross and Childhelp USA, a nonprofit dedicated to the prevention of child abuse. She's also an accomplished artist.

She values her time and spends it in the profession most important to her- mother to her beloved twins John and Kristopher, son Sean, daughter Katie, stepdaughter Jenni and stepson Kalen. They are the single most important part of her life. She takes great pride in their achievements, choosing her film roles by what fits best into her family priorities.

This elegant travelgirl divides her time between her homes in the United States and her home in England, St. Catherine's Court, a Grade 1 listed Elizabethan Manor House. Seymour offers her cherished home as a rental to the public when she's not enjoying it herself. It offers modern conveniences in a setting that is both ancient and graceful, five miles from the city of Bath.

Jane Seymour is quite a role model for today's women. She has a way of accomplishing so much and making it seem effortless, from motherhood to her multitude of professions. It's an honor to welcome Jane Seymour to the pages of travelgirl.