Cara Delevingne

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Cara Delevingne at the Burberry Show (2014)

Cara Jocelyn Delevingne [ dɛləˈviːn ] (born August 12, 1992 in London , England ) is a British model and actress .

Life

Cara Delevingne is the youngest of the three daughters of Charles Delevingne and the former It girl and model Pandora Stevens. She was born in Hammersmith , London , and grew up in the wealthy areas of Mayfair and Belgravia . She attended the Francis Holland School for girls in central London until the age of 16 , after which she switched to Bedales School in Hampshire . Her sisters are Chloe Delevingne and the model Poppy Delevingne . Her grandfather Jocelyn Stevens was the founder of Radio Caroline and former editor of Queen magazine , her grandmother Janie Sheffield was Princess Margaret's maid . British actress Joan Collins is her godmother.

In a statement on June 18, 2019, Cara Delevingne confirmed the long-suspected relationship with American actress Ashley Benson . By his own admission, Delevingne is pansexual .

Career

Delevingne as a model on the catwalk (2013)

Delevingne's modeling career began in 2010 with catalog shoots for ASOS.com's fall / winter collection . She was discovered by Sarah Doukas , the founder of the modeling agency Storm and discoverer of Kate Moss . Shortly afterwards, she was hired by Christopher Bailey for the big runway, six months later she was the new face of Burberry , to this day at Eddie Redmayne's side .

Model acts for Fendi , Rag & Bone , Jason Wu , Victoria's Secret , Oscar de la Renta , Krystof Strozyna , Louise Goldin , Blumarine , Clements Ribeiro , Thakoon , Dsquared² , Stella McCartney and Chanel followed , as well as photos for Vogue and Harper's Bazaar , the V Magazine , DKNY , Louis Vuitton , Dolce & Gabbana , Zara , Ottavio Missoni , Numéro , Emilio Pucci , Mary Katrantzou , Acne and others. She was also seen on the catwalk as " Victoria's Secret Angel ".

She was named "Face of the Year" by Chanel in 2012 and won the British Fashion Award in the Model of the Year category that same year . She has been promoting the La Perla lingerie label since 2013 and the Zalando shopping portal since spring 2015 .

In 2013 published video game Grand Theft Auto V from Rockstar Games Delevingne was as a DJ to listen to the radio station "Non-Stop Pop FM".

In 2015 she played her first leading role as Margo Roth Spiegelman in the film adaptation of the John Green novel Margo's footsteps .

In August of the same year, she announced that she was giving up her modeling career because this job had made her sick. She wants to focus more on acting in the future.

In the 2016 DC Comics film adaptation of Suicide Squad , she played the role of the cartoon character Enchantress . In 2017 she played the leading female role Laureline in Luc Besson's Valerian - The City of a Thousand Planets . Delevingne made her debut as a singer with the song I Feel Everything , which she recorded for the soundtrack for the film and which was also released as a single.

In September 2017 their participation was as the lead actress in the fantasy thriller series Carnival Row alongside Orlando Bloom announced. In the fall of 2017, her book Mirror, Mirror , a novel for young people, was published in collaboration with the writer Rowan Coleman.

Filmography (selection)

Music videos

Video games

Awards and nominations

year Award category Movie Result
2012 British Fashion Awards Model of the Year Won
2013 British Fashion Awards Model of the Year Nominated
2014 Young Hollywood Awards You're so fancy Nominated
2014 British Fashion Awards Model of the Year Won
2014 British Independent Film Awards Most promising newcomer Nominated
2015 Elle Style Awards Breakthrough Actress Won
2015 Melhores do Ano Atrevida Best Actress Margo's footsteps Nominated
2015 Melhores do Ano Atrevida Year look Margo's footsteps Nominated
2015 Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie: Breakout Star Margo's footsteps Won
2015 Teen Choice Awards Choice Summer Movie Star: Female Margo's footsteps Won
2015 Teen Choice Awards Choice Female Hottie Nominated
2015 Teen Choice Awards Choice Model Nominated
2016 Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Actress: AnTEENcipated Suicide Squad Won
2016 People's Choice Awards Seriously Popular Award Nominated
2017 Teen Choice Awards Choice Summer Movie Actress Valerian - the city of a thousand planets Nominated
2017 Teen Choice Awards Choice Style Icon Nominated

Web links

Commons : Cara Delevingne  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. Gavin Haynes: A Moron's Guide to Cara Delevingne . In: Vice.com , April 10, 2013, accessed November 5, 2016.
  2. Alicia Waite: Model siblings: Poppy and Cara Delevingne. In: The Daily Telegraph , March 16, 2011, accessed November 5, 2016.
  3. Attention, here comes our new favorite It-Girl! ( Memento from November 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) In: stylebook.de , May 25, 2012, accessed on November 5, 2016.
  4. Nice to have you here. In: Gala , October 12, 2011, accessed on November 5, 2016.
  5. Cara Delevingne speaks for the first time about her relationship with Ashley Benson. In: Spiegel Online . June 18, 2019, accessed June 18, 2019 .
  6. "I think I will always be pansexual". In: Spiegel Online . June 5, 2020, accessed August 11, 2020 .
  7. ^ Fiona Raisbeck: Eddie Redmayne and Cara Delevingne get flirty in new Burberry ads. In: Marie Claire , December 11, 2011, accessed November 5, 2016.
  8. Model portrait - Cara Delevingne - the model with the distinctive eyebrows. In: Elle . Archived from the original on March 18, 2012 ; Retrieved November 5, 2016 . Anna-Lena Roth: Model Cara Delevingne: The Coronation. In: Spiegel Online , November 28, 2012, accessed November 5, 2016.
  9. Marc Sonderman: La Perla: Lingerie label refuses glamor at Cara Delevingne. In: Europolitan.de. December 12, 2013, archived from the original on January 14, 2014 ; accessed on November 5, 2016 .
  10. Delevingne in a funny spot: Cara now speaks German . ( Memento from June 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: Stylebook.de , April 17, 2015, accessed on November 5, 2016.
  11. GTA 5: Non Stop Pop FM
  12. ^ Maren Keller: Love film "Margos traces": Supermodel, super role . In: Spiegel Online , July 29, 2015, accessed November 5, 2016.
  13. Cara Delevingne quits a model job . In: klatsch-tratsch.de , on August 20, 2015, accessed on November 5, 2016.
  14. Cara Delevingne, starring in Amazon series Carnival Row alongside Orlando Bloom. In: moviepilot.de. September 1, 2017, accessed September 7, 2017 .
  15. Jennifer Wiebking: The Cara Delevingne Phenomenon enters the next round, in: FAS No. 39, October 1, 2017, p. 16.
  16. British Fashion Awards 2012. Accessed December 17, 2016
  17. ^ British Fashion Awards 2013. Accessed April 3, 2018
  18. Young Hollywood Awards 2014. ( Memento April 13, 2017 on the Internet Archive ). Retrieved December 17, 2016
  19. British Fashion Awards 2014. Accessed December 17, 2016
  20. ^ British Independent Film Awards 2014. Retrieved December 17, 2016
  21. Elle Style Awards 2015. Accessed December 17, 2016
  22. a b Melhores do Ano Atrevida 2015. ( Memento of March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved on December 17, 2016
  23. Teen Choice Awards 2015. ( Memento April 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved December 17, 2016
  24. Teen Choice Awards 2016. Accessed December 17, 2016
  25. People's Choice Awards 2016. Accessed December 17, 2016
  26. Teen Choice Awards 2017. Accessed April 3, 2018