Naomi Campbell

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Naomi Campbell at the Cannes Film Festival 2017

Naomi Elaine Campbell (born May 22, 1970 in Lambeth , London ) is a British model and actress .

biography

First years

Naomi Campbell was born as the daughter of the Jamaican ballet dancer Valerie Campbell (née Morris). The identity of her Jamaican-Chinese father, whom she never met, is not named by the mother. She had her first public appearance in 1978 at the age of seven in a music video by Bob Marley for his song Is This Love? . She dropped out of school without a degree and began training at the London drama school Italia Conti Academy of Theater Arts when she was fourteen . She attended the London Academy of Performing Arts .

1980s

In 1985, Campbell was discovered by Beth Boldt, an agent for women's magazine Elle , in Covent Garden , London . Then she was signed by the modeling agency Synchro Models .

In 1986 Campbell had her first photo shoots for the UK edition of Elle . In 1987 she was photographed by the English photographer Terence Donovan together with the newly discovered Somali model Waris Dirie for the Pirelli calendar. Her breakthrough as a photo model came in 1988 when she was the first black model on the covers of French Vogue and the US news magazine TIME. Since then, Campbell has been one of the most famous and sought-after models in the industry.

1990s

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In 1991 she was voted one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine . In 1999 she posed naked for Playboy . Campbell has since worked with the most famous photographers, including a. the German photographer Ellen von Unwerth and the German star photographer Peter Lindbergh count.

In addition to her catwalk career, Campbell tried her hand as an actress and singer . In 1995 her first CD was released with the title Baby Woman . The CD was sold over a million times worldwide. Her La La La love song with the Japanese singer Kubota Toshinobu (久保 田 利 伸) made it to number 1 on the Oricon charts in Japan.

Campbell appeared in the music videos Freedom by George Michael (along with other models such as Cindy Crawford , Christy Turlington , Tatjana Patitz and Linda Evangelista ), Erotica by Madonna , In the Closet by Michael Jackson , Change Clothes by Jay-Z and on the single Cool as Ice from Vanilla Ice.

In 1991, Campbell was in the movie Cool as Ice at the side of Vanilla Ice her film debut. The film flopped at the box office and received negative reviews from critics. Two years later she had a smaller role as a French cheese seller in the comedy The Night We Never Met at the side of Matthew Broderick . In 1996 she starred in two films: In the drama Girl 6 by the American director Spike Lee , she was only seen briefly. She played her first leading role in the film Invasion of Privacy by screenwriter Larry Cohen. In the same year she took part in the documentary “Catwalk” .

In 1996 she founded the Fashion Café in New York City together with five other top models (Cindy Crawford, Kate Moss , Elle Macpherson , Christy Turlington and Claudia Schiffer ) . A year later, a novel called Swan was published under her name . The novel became a bestseller and hit the headlines because it was ghostwritten and Campbell had hardly written a word herself. In the same year an illustrated book with the title Naomi was published , which is also considered an autobiography. The pictures were selected by the photographers Herb Ritts , Steven Meisel , Richard Avedon , Ellen von Unwerth and Peter Lindbergh.

Campbell donated the proceeds from the sale of the two books to the Red Cross Somalia Relief Fund . She supports other organizations, including the Nelson Mandela Children Fund and the Fidel Castro Cuban Children Fund . Like many other celebrities, she supports the UNESCO organization . She is particularly committed to Jamaica (her mother's home country) and has kindergartens and houses built there in her name.

2000s

In October 2007, Campbell's plans for a six-star hotel with a casino in the seaside resort of Malindi ( Kenya ) - the “Billionaire Resort” - met with criticism from environmentalists. They warned that the noise and light would affect the turtle brood.

In 2007 and 2008, Campbell came into conflict with the law. In 2007 she was sentenced to criminal service for throwing a phone at a housemaid. In 2008, a London court sentenced her to community service for attacking police officers at Heathrow Airport and insulting cabin crew.

Campbell launched over 20 perfumes by 2018, she continues to model on the catwalk. In April 2016, she announced the continuation of her role in the television series Empire and the publication of a book retrospective on her modeling career.

Campbell's role in the Taylor trial

In August 2010 Campbell testified as a witness in the case before the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague against the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor , on the question of the transfer of so-called blood diamonds . She stated that in September 1997 she was given several "dirty looking stones" in South Africa. But she could not say whether these had been sent to her by Taylor. Campbell had initially refused to testify in The Hague because she feared for her safety and that of her family. However, the court ordered her to appear under threat of coercion. Campbell's testimony did not coincide with that of Mia Farrow and Campbell's former agent Carol White, who also testified in court. After that, Campbell is said to have known that the gift came from Taylor. Farrow also stated that it was not several rough diamonds, but one large diamond.

Filmography

Movies

Series

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Love and Tears
  UK 40 09/24/1994 (3 weeks)

album

EP

  • 2015: Led By My Heart
  • 2017: Days In Between

Singles

Awards

Publications

  • Naomi Campbell, Allen Jones , Josh Baker: Naomi Campbell. Hardcover with 4 fold-outs, signed by Naomi Campbell, 496 pages, 33 × 46.2 cm, with accompanying volume, 368 pages, in a multiple by Allen Jones. TASCHEN , Cologne 2016, ISBN 978-3-8365-4911-0 .

Web links

Commons : Naomi Campbell  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
 Wikinews: Naomi Campbell  - on the news

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Angry Supermodel - Naomi Campbell beats up her chauffeur , Spiegel online, March 3, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  2. ↑ Janelle Okwodu: Naomi Campbell Isn't Even Close to Done: The Supermodel Looks Back on 30 Years in the Spotlight , in Vogue , April 4, 2016, accessed April 6, 2016
  3. ↑ The Model and the Diamond , FAZ, August 5, 2010.
  4. ↑ Naomi Campbell Confirms Diamond Gift , Focus, August 5, 2010.
  5. ↑ NZZ : Mia Farrow contradicts Naomi Campbell , NZZ, August 9, 2010.
  6. ↑ NZZ : Campbell also contradicts the former agent , August 10, 2010.
  7. ↑ Chart sources: UK
personal data
SURNAME Campbell, Naomi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Campbell, Naomi Elaine (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British photo model
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH London