Ina Skriver (born March 16, 1945) is a Danish-born actress and model who worked mostly in British films and television. She is now retired and lives in Somerset. Born in

Sorø Sorø () is a town in Sorø municipality in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in east Denmark. The population is 7,999 (2022).

, Denmark, the daughter of Johan Frederik Utke Meincke and Janine Teslack, her original name was Ina Merete Meincke.'' Burke's Peerage'', volume 2 (2003), page 1501 She has also worked as Christina World. In 1972, Ina was working as a model through Marianne Models of Copenhagen and had already begun to use the surname of her first husband, Jørgen Skriver. In 1976 she first appeared in television drama in an episode of '' The New Avengers'', going on to appear in several films, and played the lead in ''

The Golden Lady ''The Golden Lady'' is a British thriller film directed by José Ramón Larraz and starring Christina World, June Chadwick, Suzanne Danielle and Desmond Llewelyn. Filmed in 1978, it was released in 1979. Plot Julia Hemingway ( Ina Skriver, cre ...

'' (1979), working for the first time as Christina World. On 19 October 1983 she married as his second wife Thomas Ælla Godfrey Gage, a scion of the

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Gage family of County Kerry, gaining two step-sons and two step-daughters. They settled at

Withypool Withypool (formerly Widepolle, Widipol, Withypoole) is a small village in Somerset, England, near the centre of Exmoor National Park and close to the border with Devon. The word Withy means "willow". The civil parish, known as Withypool and Hawk ...

, Somerset. In an unusual libel case in 1984, Skriver sued the ''

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'' for claiming that she had been to Balmoral with the Prince of Wales and Prince Andrew.

Films

*'' The New Avengers'', ''House of Cards'' (1976): Olga *'' Emily'' (1976) : Augustine Wain *'' Voyage of the Damned'' (1976) : Singer *'' Space: 1999'' ''The AB Chrysalis'' (1976) : "A" *''

'' (1979) : Julia Hemingway (as Christina World) *'' Victor/Victoria'' (1982) : Simone Kallisto ×′′ The Professionals (TV series)′′, ′′Servant of Two Masters''(1978): Jutta (as Christina World)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Skriver, Ina 1945 births Danish actresses Danish female models Living people People from Sorø Municipality