Began professional career at age 15

Named Miss Arizona and later Miss U.S.A.

Toured as a singer with the rock group Garfin Gathering

Feature film debut as title character in "Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw"

TV movie debut, "A Matter of Wife...and Death"

Starred as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman in "Wonder Woman" TV series

Repeated title role in TV series, "The New Adventures of Wonder Woman"

Starred as title character in TV movie, "Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess"

Played Carole Stanwyck in TV series, "Partners in Crime"

Became fashion director for Maybelline cosmetics

Instituted the Lynda Carter/Maybelline Tennis Challenge, held annually in Palm Springs California

Cast as Principal Powers in the Walt Disney teen comedy "Sky High" starring Kurt Russell and Kelly Preston

Cast in the big screen adaptation of "The Dukes of Hazzard" with Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott and Jessica Simpson

Returned to her musical roots as prison warden Mama Morton in a London stage production of "Chicago"