How Foreign-Born Actress Jacqueline Bisset Made it in Hollywood

In 2013, she returned to British prestige television with Stephen Poliakoff’s Dancing on the Edge. The series followed a Black jazz band in 1930s London and gave Bisset a polished period setting that matched her long-standing connection to elegant, international drama.

The role arrived at a time when television was becoming a stronger space for veteran film actors. After decades of moving between Hollywood, Europe, and independent projects, she found fresh awards attention in a British production, and that attention soon became unforgettable.