Sometimes life can be just as compelling as fiction – and best-selling author Jackie Collins was proof of that.The late star, who passed away from breast cancer in 2015, aged 77, became an icon thanks to her fabulously raunchy romantic novels, unashamed ambition and penchant for all things leopard-print. While her motto “Girls can do anything” and strong female characters inspired a generation of women to grab life by the horns.