Career
Professionally, before her marriage, Goldsmith was identified varyingly as Sheherazade Ventura, which was how she was credited in her work as an actress, and Sheherazade Bentley, the name she used as the byline for her columns in newspapers such as The Sunday Times. Goldsmith's work in the 1990s was focused on fashion and acting. She portrayed the lead role in Italian director Franco Zeffirelli's 1993 film Storia di una capinera aka Sparrow, which was shot in Sicily. When she got married in 1999, she commented, "I want several children but I will still work when I get married." Since then, she has been most prominent as a writer and spokesperson for environmental issues and causes.
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