Forty years after shooting to fame as Sue Charlton in the 1986 blockbuster Crocodile Dundee, Linda Kozlowski has spoken about why she walked away from Hollywood. The 68-year-old actress, who starred opposite Paul Hogan in the franchise, has since built a new life in Morocco with her second husband.
Kozlowski and Hogan, now 86, married in 1990 at his Byron Bay home after falling in love on set. The couple had one son, Chance, before divorcing in 2014. She later met Moroccan tour guide Moulay Hafid Baba during a holiday to Marrakech and they tied the knot in 2017.
Reflecting on her acting career, Kozlowski said she felt typecast after Crocodile Dundee. 'I turned down lots of stuff, most of it where I'd play the girlfriend of some funny man,' she told the Los Angeles Times in 1988. She retired in 2001, citing the poor quality of straight-to-video films and a lack of passion. 'Between that and my biological clock, I decided to give it all away,' she stated.
Kozlowski now co-runs a Marrakech-based company called Dream My Destiny with Baba, offering tours and location scouting services. The couple splits their time between Los Angeles and Morocco, and recently purchased a $2 million home in Ojai, California. She said of her new life: 'I feel good now to be out on my own and be doing my own things.'
