Her mother, Irina Baronova, was a Russian-born prima ballerina who appeared with the Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo. She gave up her career after marriage.
She has a sister, Irina, and a brother, Robert, both of whom were seriously hurt in a car accident that claimed their father, Cecil Tennant, in 1967.
A distant relative of British silent film actress Barbara Tennant (1892-1982).
In her youth she auditioned for a role in the Denmark-based production Ballerina: Part 1 (1966) but fellow British actress Jenny Agutter was ultimately chosen from the audition in Berlin, Germany.
Daughter of prima ballerina Irina Baronova and talent agent Cecil
Tennant.