Revealed: Darcey Bussell & Career Highlights Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets

As one of the most talked-about figures, Darcey Bussell has built a significant fortune. In this article, we dive deep into the assets and career highlights.

What Is Darcey Bussell's Net Worth?

Dame Darcey Bussell DBE is an English retired ballerina, television personality, and writer who has a net worth of $10 million. Darcey Bussell trained at the Arts Educational School and the Royal Ballet School. She started her professional ballet career with Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet and then became a principal dancer for The Royal Ballet at just 20 years old. Darcey is considered one of the greatest British ballerinas. She stayed with The Royal Ballet through her entire professional career while also performing as a guest artist for many leading ballet companies such as the Kirov, NYCB, the Australian Ballet, and Hamburg Ballet. Bussell retired from ballet in 2007 but is still involved in the world of dance.

Darcey was named President of the Royal Academy of Dance in 2012 and has also served as a Patron of the Sydney Dance Company and the Du Boisson Foundation and the President of the Birmingham Royal ballet's fundraising appeal. Bussell has also served as a judge on the BBC's "Strictly Come Dancing." She received a gold medal from theJohn F. KennedyCenter for the Performing Arts in 2006. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1995, Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2006, and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2018.

Early Life

Darcey Bussell was born Marnie Mercedes Darcey Pemberton Crittle on April 27, 1969, in London, England. She is the daughter of Australian businessman John Crittle and English actress/model Andrea Williams. When Darcey was three years old, her parents divorced, and her mother later married Philip Bussell, an Australian dentist who became Darcey's adoptive father. While the family lived in Australia, Bussell attended school there, then they moved back to London, where she studied at Kensington's Fox Primary School. When Darcey was nine years old, she was diagnosed with dyslexia. She excelled at physical activity at school, which influenced her future career.

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Career

While attending the Arts Educational School, Darcey studied "all forms of stagecraft." In 1982, 13-year-old Bussell began studying at the Royal Ballet Lower School, followed by the Royal Ballet Upper School at age 16. In 1987, she joined the Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, and in 1988, she landed a leading role in choreographer Kenneth MacMillan's ballet "The Prince of the Pagodas," which resulted in Darcey moving to the Royal Ballet. A year later, Bussell, then 20 years old, was promoted to principal dancer, the youngest in the company's history. During her ballet career, Darcey played roles such as Princess Aurora in "The Sleeping Beauty," the Sugar Plum Fairy in "The Nutcracker," and Odette/Odile in "Swan Lake." She played over 80 different roles, and 17 roles were created specifically for Bussell. In June 2007, she retired, ending her ballet career with a performance of MacMillan's "Song of the Earth" at London's Royal Opera House that was broadcast on BBC Two live. In 2012, she served as a jury member at the Prix de Lausanne ballet competition, and she took part in the closing ceremony at the Summer Olympics. In 2021, Darcey played the mayor in the ballet film "Coppelia," and in 2023, it was announced that she would be the first female chair of the Plymouth Theatre Royal's Board of Trustees.

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