| Lily Cole | |
 Lily Cole, February 2007 |
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| Date of birth | May 19, 1988 |
| Place of birth | England |
| Height | 1. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland 79 m (5 ft 101⁄2 in)[1] |
| Hair color | red |
| Eye color | Blue |
| Measurements | 34-25-35 (US); 86-64-89 (EU)[1] |
| Dress size | 34 (EU), 4 (US), 6 (UK)[1] |
| Shoe size | 40 (EU), 9 (US), 6. 5 (UK)[1] |
| Agency | Storm Models, London (mother Agency)
IMG Models, New York |
Lily Cole (born May 19, 1988[2]) is an English model and actress. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A model is a person who is posed or displayed for the purpose of Art, Fashion, or other products and Advertising. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works
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Biography
Cole was born in England, and raised in London with her sister Elvie. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. A chance encounter began her modeling career when she was fourteen. She was walking through the streets of Soho after a hamburger with friends when scout-turned actor Benjamin Hart approached her. This article is about an area of Manhattan, New York City. For the area in London UK see Soho. A hamburger (or burger) is a Sandwich consisting of a cooked ground Meat Patty, usually Beef, placed in a sliced bun or between Benjamin Hart (born October 17 1977) is an English Actor best known for his roles as Foz in British soap Hollyoaks Cole ran, fearing she was being chased by 'some dodgy guy' but after being asked to consider modeling, she accepted and was signed on with Storm Models, the mother agency of supermodels such as Kate Moss. Storm Model Management is a major international Modeling agency with offices in London and South Africa A supermodel is a highly-paid élite fashion model who usually has a worldwide reputation and often a background in Haute couture and commercial modeling Kate Moss (born January 16 1974) is an English model who has appeared on over 300 magazine covers.
Lily is a vegetarian. Vegetarianism is the practice of a diet that excludes Meat (including game and slaughter by-products Fish (including Shellfish and other sea
Career
Modeling career
Cole's big break came in 2003 when her long limbs, pale skin and fiery red hair caught photographer Steven Meisel's eye. Steven Meisel (born 1954 is an American Photographer, who obtained popular acclaim with his work in US and Italian Vogue and his photographs It was on that photoshoot, her first 'only girl' story for Italian Vogue, that Cole was catapulted into the spotlight as one of the leading new faces of the year. Vogue is a Fashion and lifestyle Magazine published in eighteen countries by Condé Nast Publications. Since then, Cole has worked with many other prominent photographers, including Craig McDean, Nick Knight, Juergen Teller, Arthur Elgort, and Irving Penn. Craig McDean (b 1964 England) is a British Fashion photographer originally from Middlewich near Manchester, but now based in Nicholas Verity Knight (born Watford, Hertfordshire, England on 28 November 1969) is a former England Cricketer Juergen Teller (born 1964, Erlangen, Germany) is a German fashion Photographer, based in England. Arthur Elgort (b 1940 in New York is a fashion photographer who has become especially known for his work as a Vogue photographer Irving Penn (born 16 June 1917) is an American Photographer known for his portraiture and Fashion photography.
Cole is featured in top fashion magazines such as Vogue (American, Italian, British, Japanese and Korean), Citizen K, and V. Vogue is a Fashion and lifestyle Magazine published in eighteen countries by Condé Nast Publications. V is a monthly wide-circulation Magazine that began as a more mass market version of the high art publication Visionaire. She has also appeared on the cover of Numero and twice for British Vogue. The Numero sign (U+2116 or Number sign is used in many languages to indicate ordinal numeration especially in names and titles for example instead of writing the long " In November 2004, the British Fashion Awards named her 'Model of the Year'. Additionally, Cole has appeared in advertising campaigns for designers such as Chanel, Christian Lacroix, Hermès, Longchamp, Cacharel, Topshop, and Anna Sui Cosmetics, as well as being the face for Moschino's perfume 'I Love Love. Chanel SA ʃəˈnɛɫ) is a Parisian fashion house created by Coco Chanel. Christian Marie Marc Lacroix ( May 16 1951 in Trinquetaille, France) is a high-end French Fashion designer. Hermès International SA, or simply Hermès ( IPA: French, American English, typical British English) is a French Cacharel is a French brand of Ready-to-wear clothing Perfume and accessories Topshop is a chain of clothing stores that operates in over 100 countries including the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Anna Sui ( Chinese: 蕭志美 Pinyin: Xiao Zhimei (born in 1964 Moschino is a part of the Aeffe fashion group and a design house and manufacturer of women's men's and Children's Fashion. '
She is a common sight on the catwalks of the international runway circuit and has walked many top shows- Chanel, DKNY, Jean Paul Gaultier, Versace, Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, and Louis Vuitton, to name a few. Chanel SA ʃəˈnɛɫ) is a Parisian fashion house created by Coco Chanel. DKNY ( D onna K aran N ew Y ork is the Label of Fashion designer Donna Karan. Jean-Paul Gaultier (born April 24 1952, in Arcueil, Val-de-Marne) is a French Fashion designer and past television Gianni Versace SpA (ˈdʒɑnːi verˈsatʃe usually referred to as Versace, is an Italian clothier founded by Gianni Versace in 1978 Alexander McQueen CBE (born Lee Alexander McQueen, 17 March 1969) is an English Fashion designer. Juan Carlos Antonio Galliano Guillén, CBE, RDI (born November 28 1960) professionally known as John Galliano, is a Gibraltarian Louis Vuitton Malletier, commonly referred to as Louis Vuitton ( pronounced /lwi vɥitɔ̃/ or sometimes shortened to LV, is a French luxury fashion People who worked with her say she is warm and friendly in person.
Cole is part of the group of supermodels who have "doll-like" or "elfin" features along with Heather Marks, Gemma Ward, and Devon Aoki. Heather Marks (born July 25, 1988) is a Canadian Supermodel. Marks was born in Calgary, Alberta, and was discovered at Gemma Louise Ward (born 3 November 1987 is an Australian model and Actress. Devon Edwenna Aoki (born August 10 1982 is an American Supermodel and actress. She is also one of the few red-headed models with very successful careers, others being Cintia Dicker, Jessica Stam (who currently sports blond hair), Karen Elson, and Alice Burdeu. Cintia Dicker (born June 12 1986) is a Brazilian model. She was born in Campo Bom, Rio Grande do Sul, and is of German Jessica Stam (born April 23, 1986) also known simply as Stam, is a Canadian model. Karen Elson (born January 14, 1979 in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England) is a British model. Alice Burdeu (born 27 January 1988 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian model, who won the third cycle of the Reality
Cole was announced as the follow up model for Accessorize, taking the place of model Claudia Schiffer. Cole also designed a line of handbags for the collection. She also appears in the video for Girls Aloud and Sugababes' cover of "Walk This Way" in aid of comic relief. Girls Aloud are a British Girl group created by ITV1 Talent show Popstars The Rivals in 2002 Sugababes are a BRIT Award -winning English pop group trio from London. " Walk This Way " is a Song by American Hard rock group Aerosmith.
Most recently British Fashion Awards nominated Cole for 'Model of the Year' for the second time, but the award was given to Agyness Deyn. Agyness Deyn (born Laura Hollins on 16 February, 1983) is an English model.
Cole was on the Sunday Times Rich List in 2007 with an estimated net worth of £6 million. The Sunday Times Rich List is a list of the 1000 wealthiest people or families in the United Kingdom, updated annually in April and published as a magazine supplement She ranked 83rd richest young person in Britain.
She is now one of the models in the Marks and Spencer clothes advertising campaign, becoming the youngest model to ever do a campaign for the line. Marks & Spencer Group plc (also M&S, Marks and Sparks, and Marks) is a British Retailer with 843 stores in more than 30
Film career
In February 2006, Indiewire. com broke the news that Marilyn Manson planned to star Cole in his upcoming movie Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll as Alice. Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969) better known by his Stage name Marilyn Manson, is an American Musician and Phantasmagoria The Visions of Lewis Carroll is an upcoming Fantasy Horror film by Marilyn Manson with Geoffrey Cox and Anthony de Silva Shorts from the movie have been featured on his website and a feature length film is also planned. Feature length is a film term that refers to the length of a Feature film.
In April 2007, it was announced that she would play the role of Polly in the new St. Trinian's film, alongside Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Jodie Whittaker and Stephen Fry. St Trinian's is a fictional girls' Boarding school, the creation of British cartoonist Ronald Searle, that later became the subject of a popular Rupert James Hector Everett (born May 29, 1959) is a two-time Golden Globe -nominated English film Actor and ex- Singer Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September, 1960) is an English film television and stage Actor. Jodie Auckland Whittaker (born c January 1, 1982) is an award-winning English actress perhaps best known for her work in the film Venus Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957 is an English Humorist, Writer, Wit, Actor, Novelist, filmmaker [3]
Cole was signed to play the role of Valentina in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, directed by Terry Gilliam and scripted by Gilliam and his regular writing partner Charles McKeown. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is an upcoming fantasy - adventure Mystery film directed by Terry Gilliam and written by Gilliam Terrence Vance Gilliam (born 22 November 1940) is an American -born British Writer, Filmmaker, Animator and member Charles McKeown (b1946 is a British actor and writer perhaps best known for his collaborations with Terry Gilliam. Co-stars included Christopher Plummer, Heath Ledger, Tom Waits, and Verne Troyer. Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer, CC (born December 13 1929 is a Canadian Theater, Film and Television actor. Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008 was an Australian television and film actor Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor. Verne Troyer (born January 1 1969 ] is an American Actor and Stunt man. The film was due out in 2009, but after Ledger's death, production was postponed.
Charity work
Cole is an Ambassador for Global Angels Children's Charity that helps unfortunate children around the world. Global Angels an international children's charity founded by Molly Bedingfield The organisation uses celebrity concerts, powerful documentaries, and partnerships within the business world, that will increase a vast resource of professionals, volunteers, and financial support. Cole also supports the organisation WaterAid which use practical solutions to provide safe water, sanitation and hygiene education to the world's poorest people and the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) a UK based NGO working internationally whose objective is to ‘Protect People and Planet’ by resolving environmental destruction and associated abuses of basic human rights . WaterAid is an international Non-profit organisation dedicated to helping people escape the Poverty and Disease Most recently Cole has put a plaster cast bust of her torso on the auction site eBay to raise money for Comic Relief, an organisation that uses comedy to raise money for charities. eBay Inc is an American Internet company that manages eBaycom an Online auction and shopping Website in which people and businesses buy and Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work often to relieve tension Cole has modelled a T-shirt with the slogan "Save the Future" to fight child labour in the fashion industry for the Environmental Justice Foundation.
Education
Despite her successful modelling career, Cole retains a commitment to her education, achieving As in her A-level examinations in English, politics, drama, history and philosophy and ethics at Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith where she was awarded the Mikdadi Prize for Politics in 2006. The A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education qualification in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, Latymer Upper School, founded in 1624 by Edward Latymer, is a selective independent school in Hammersmith, west London, lying between King Street Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London, approximately 5 miles (8km west of Charing Cross on Before that she attended The St Marylebone Secondary School. She gained a place to read Social and Political Sciences at King's College, Cambridge, but deferred entry until 2007[4] and then 2008. King's College Cambridge is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. [5]
Environmental knowledge
Cole is an ally for Western Shoshone an environmental organization. Western Shoshone is comprised of several Native American Tribes that are indigenous to the Great Basin and have lands identified in the Treaty They specialize in the ongoing struggle to halt gold and diamond mining, which displaces indigenous peoples worldwide and creates excessive amounts of mining waste and toxins. For this reason Cole declined to be in any further De Beers jewellery campaigns, along with models Iman and Erin O'Connor, activist Gloria Steinem, and actress Julie Christie. De Beers and the various companies within the De Beers Family of Companies engage in exploration for diamonds, diamond mining diamond trading and industrial diamond manufacture Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid ( Cimaan Maxamed Cabdimajiid, إيمان محمد عبد ماجد (born July 25, 1955) professionally known as Iman Erin O'Connor (born February 9 1978) is an English Fashion model. Gloria Marie Steinem (born March 25, 1934) is an American feminist icon Journalist and women's rights advocate Julie Frances Christie (born April 14, 1941) is a British actress. Recently, however, she has been on the cover of and featured in a spread of a magazine whose issue was entitled 'Lily'. In it, she is only wearing diamonds.
She has been seen wearing the £5 eco friendly Anya Hindmarch handbag with the slogan "I'm Not A Plastic Bag. Anya Hindmarch (born 1968) is an English Fashion accessories designer. "
She wrote the foreword for Tamsin Blanchard's book Green Is The New Black. She also attended the primary school, Hallfield School. (Bayswater,London)
References
- ^ a b c d LILY COLE. IMG Models. IMG Models is a top international Modeling agency. It's mother office is in New York City, and branches in Paris, London, Milan and Retrieved on 2008-01-17. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca
- ^ Lily Cole - Model Profile. nymag.com. New York is a weekly magazine concerned with the life culture politics and style of New York City. Retrieved on 2008-01-07. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental
- ^ Model Cole joins Trinian's film. BBC (2007-04-11). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Retrieved on 2007-04-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.
- ^ LILY PROVES SHE'S GOT BRAINS AS WELL AS BEAUTY. Hello Magazine (2006-08-18). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Retrieved on 2007-04-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.
- ^ Marre, Oliver (2007-07-15). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Pendennis. The Observer. The Observer is a British Newspaper published on Sundays In about the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Retrieved on 2007-07-16. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and
External links
- Lily Cole in the Fashion Model Directory
- Lily Cole at the Internet Movie Database
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| NAME | Cole, Lily |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | English model |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Torquay, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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