Lily Cole
English model and actress (born 1987) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lily Luahana Cole (born 27 December 1987)[2][3] is a British model, author, film director, actress and entrepreneur.[4] Cole pursued a modelling career as a teenager and was listed in 2009 by Vogue Paris as one of the top 30 models of the 2000s.[5] She was booked for her first British Vogue cover at age 16, named "Model of the Year" at the 2004 British Fashion Awards, and worked with many well-known brands, including Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Jean Paul Gaultier and Moschino. Her advertising campaigns have included Longchamp, Anna Sui,[6] Rimmel and Cacharel.[7][8] In 2020, Lily published Who Cares Wins, a book about how our lives impact the planet and how we can respond to the climate emergency challenges we face. In 2021, the book was turned into a podcast in which Lily invites guests with different perspectives to explore critical issues - and their relationship to the environment - from technology, food, to mental health and capitalism.
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Born | Lily Luahana Cole (1987-12-27) 27 December 1987 (age 36) Torquay, Devon, England |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
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Years active | 2001–present |
Organisation | Impossible.com |
Children | 1 |
Awards | Honorary degree for contribution to humanitarian and environmental causes, Glasgow Caledonian University, 2013.[1] |
Modelling information | |
Hair colour | Red |
Eye colour | Blue |
Agency | IMG Models (worldwide) CAA |
Website | www |
Cole's first leading role as an actress was as Valentina in the 2009 film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Her other film work includes Passages, a short directed by Shekhar Kapur, and There Be Dragons directed by Roland Joffé.[9] In 2013, Cole founded impossible.com, an innovation group and incubator (previously a gift economy social network, now renamed Impossible People).[10][11]