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Elle Macpherson

Australian model and actress (born )

Eleanor Nancy Macpherson (mək-FUR-sən; née&#;Gow; born ()29 March ) is an Australian model, businesswoman, television host, and actress.

She is known for her record five cover appearances for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue beginning in the s, leading to her nickname "The Body", coined by Time in She is the founder, primary model, and creative director for a series of business ventures, including Elle Macpherson Intimates, a lingerie line, and The Body, a line of skin care products.

She was the host and executive producer of Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model from to She is an executive producer of NBC's Fashion Star and was the host for the first season.

As an actress, Macpherson appeared in supporting roles in Sirens (), The Mirror Has Two Faces () and as Julie Madison in Batman and Robin () as well as lead roles in The Edge () and South Kensington ().

She had a recurring role on Friends and hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live.

Early life

Macpherson was born Eleanor Nancy Gow in Killara, New South Wales, on 29 March , the daughter of entrepreneur and sound engineer Peter Gow, a former president of the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, a Sydney rugby league team, and Frances Gow, a nurse.[6] She is of Scottish descent.[citation needed] Macpherson's parents divorced when she was 10 years old, and she moved with her mother and two siblings.

Her mother later remarried, and a clerical mistake in registering at her new school meant that her surname was changed from Gow to Macpherson, her stepfather's surname.[7][8]

Macpherson grew up in East Lindfield, a suburb in Sydney's North Shore, and attended Killara High School, completing her Higher School Certificate in She briefly studied law for one year at the University of Sydney.

Her sister is businesswoman and environmentalist Mimi Macpherson, born Miriam Frances Gow.[9]

Career

Rise to fame as model

Macpherson enrolled to study law at the University of Sydney. Before beginning her university studies, she visited the United States to spend one year doing modelling work to earn money to pay for her law books.[10] She travelled to New York City, where she initially signed up with Click Model Management.

Her modelling career began in with a television commercial for Tab which established her as a "girl next door" figure in Australia.[11]

During the s, Macpherson's profile quickly rose, and she appeared on the cover and in the pages of major magazines including Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Tatler, GQ, Allure, Mademoiselle, Glamour, Time, L'Officiel, Flare, Maxim and New York.[12] She cemented her high-profile image through frequent appearances in Elle; she was featured on numerous covers and appeared in every issue for six straight years.

During that time, at the age of 21, she married Gilles Bensimon, the creative director of Elle.[13] In , Macpherson became the longtime face of luxury French skin care company Biotherm.[14]

Eventually she garnered more exposure through Sports Illustrated magazine's annual Swimsuit Issue.

She appeared on the cover a record five times: , , , , and

She has walked the runways for Louis Vuitton, Ralph Lauren, Azzedine Alaïa, Donna Karan, Christian Dior, Thierry Mugler, Nicole Miller, Michael Kors, Perry Ellis, Kenzo, Todd Oldham, Calvin Klein, John Galliano, and Valentino.[15][16][17]

She has appeared in advertising campaigns for Christian Dior, Escada, Enrico Coveri, Azzedine Alaïa, Guy Laroche, Ralph Lauren, Victorio & Lucchino, Omega, Pinko, H&M, Victoria's Secret, ModelCo and Revlon.

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    • She also appeared in non-fashion advertising campaigns for Diet Coke, Chrysler, Miller Lite, Impulse, Budweiser, Tab, KFC, Garuda Airlines, and the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group.

    After appearing nude in the film Sirens, Macpherson learned that the media had begun searching for nude photos of her, including contacting her ex-boyfriends.

    To address this, Macpherson appeared in a nude pictorial in the May issue of Playboy magazine, shot by Herb Ritts, to produce nude photos "on her own terms".[18] In , the twin island nation of Antigua and Barbuda honoured Macpherson by using her face on a series of postage stamps, the first model to appear on legal tender.[19] Macpherson appeared among other Australian icons during the Summer Olympics closing ceremony, her elaborate float resembling a camera lens and featuring a runway.[20] Along with Naomi Campbell, she co-hosted the Miss Universe pageant.

    Her popularity had reached such a level that Australian government offered her a position on its tourist commission as an unofficial ambassador.[21]

    During her career, Macpherson has worked with fashion photographers including Francesco Scavullo, Mario Testino,[22]Mert and Marcus, Ellen von Unwerth[23] and Steven Meisel.

    Portraits of Macpherson, shot by Bob Carlos Clarke, were among those donated to the National Portrait Gallery, London by his family following his death.[24] Macpherson received the Style Icon award at the Elle Style Awards presented by fashion magazine Elle.[25] In March , she signed a three-year deal with Revlon Cosmetics, which named her a Global Brand Ambassador.[26] She has since been featured in print and advertising campaigns for the company.

    She returned to the runway in to close the fall Louis Vuitton show for Marc Jacobs in Paris.[27]

    Business career

    In the s, together with Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Tatjana Patitz, Naomi Campbell, Pavlína Pořízková, and Cindy Crawford, Macpherson became part of the new generation of supermodels.

    In , she was given the nickname Elle "The Body" Macpherson by Time magazine after she appeared on their cover. She went on to use the name in a number of business ventures.[28] In , Frank DeCaro of The New York Times cited Macpherson, along with Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Helena Christensen and Claudia Schiffer as "The Magnificent Seven".

    DeCaro reflected, "Known by their first names to legions of fans, they are the legends of the modern catwalk, the girl next door pretty underneath all the paint".[29]

    In , she left her agency, Ford Models, to form her own company, Elle Macpherson Inc., which would serve as the financial organizational base for her later endeavours.

    She soon went on to produce her own series of calendars, each of which was accompanied by a "making of" television program in , , and She used this as a springboard to create the "Your Personal Best – The Body" series of workout videos.[citation needed]

    She later diversified her portfolio of businesses, and in launched her lingerie collection 'Elle Macpherson Intimates' in partnership with Bendon Limited Apparel.

    Intimates became the single best-selling lingerie line in both Great Britain[30] and Australia.[31]

    The partnership was among the first instances of a crossover between a model and a fashion label. In , when she was first approached by Bendon to promote their lingerie in Australia, Macpherson saw an opportunity to reverse their strategy and suggested a licensing arrangement, with products bearing her name and designs created in partnership with Bendon's team.

    Though commonplace now, the idea was unorthodox at the time.[32]

    Macpherson took a significant role in the development and management of the company, serving as chief marketing officer and later Creative Director. In January , Macpherson expanded the line, launching Obsidian as a sub-brand.[33] While nursing her second child, she spearheaded the development of a signature maternity bra line.[34] Intimates has retained a high brand recognition into the s, appearing as a featured brand on America's Next Top Model; last year, the brand celebrated 10&#;years of being stocked at Selfridges.

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    Macpherson has also created her own line of beauty products: "Elle Macpherson – The Body". The line was carried at Boots,[35] and Australian suncare brand Invisible Zinc.[36] She spent a year on the board of directors at Hot Tuna Clothing, advising on product development, brand positioning and sales strategy.[37]

    In , the BBC TV series The Money Programme aired a documentary which followed Macpherson through her day-to-day business as she continued to develop her international lingerie business.

    In Macpherson delivered the Keynote Address at the annual meeting of the International Trademark Association.[38]

    In , Macpherson co-founded WelleCo, and released its flagship product, an alkalising wellness supplement, The Super Elixir. The product, sold at retailers including Selfridges in London and the premium online retailer, Net-A-Porter has celebrity fans including Kate Moss.[39]

    Awards

    Macpherson has received a number of awards recognising her business acumen and the success of Elle Macpherson Intimates.

    In , she was named Glamour Magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year;[40] in , she received an Everywoman Ambassador Award recognising her success as a businesswoman;[41] in , the Underfashion Club's Femmy Awards crowned her Lingerie Designer of the Year and in , she received a World Career Award from the Women's World Awards.

    Acting career

    Macpherson made her film debut playing an artist's model in the film Sirens, which starred Hugh Grant, Sam Neill, and Tara FitzGerald. She followed with a two-year sequence of film roles, appearing in films such as Woody Allen's Alice, Batman & Robin alongside George Clooney, The Edge with Anthony Hopkins, and The Mirror Has Two Faces with Barbra Streisand.

    In Macpherson hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live.[42]

    In , Macpherson appeared in five episodes of the American TV series Friends as Joey Tribbiani's roommate and eventual girlfriend, Janine Lecroix. Macpherson went on to act in the movie Jane Eyre with William Hurt, and she has also appeared alongside Ben Stiller and Sarah Jessica Parker in If Lucy Fell.

    Her most controversial acting role was in the Showtime cable network miniseries, A Girl Thing, as a woman experimenting with bisexuality. In , she appeared in the Italian movie South Kensington. She played agent Claudia Foster in The Beautiful Life, appearing with Mischa Barton, Sara Paxton and Corbin Bleu. The show centred on aspiring models working for a modelling agency, trying to make it big in New York City and in the fashion world.[43] In April , she starred with Gary Lineker in an advertisement for Walkers Crinkles.[44]

    Hosting career

    Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model

    In July , Macpherson became the new host of Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model, taking over from Lisa Snowdon.

    She also serves as executive producer on the show. The revamped show's panellists now include OBE-winning fashion designer Julien Macdonald, designer Whitney Port and male model Tyson Beckford.[45]

    Fashion Star

    Macpherson hosts and executive produces NBC's reality competition series Fashion Star. The series gives 14 unknown designers, mentored by celebrities such as Jessica Simpson, Nicole Richie, and John Varvatos, the chance to launch their collections in three of America's largest clothing retailers, including Macy's, H&M, and Saks Fifth Avenue.

    Its first season was sold to 75 countries.[46]

    Extortion attempt

    According to a police statement reproduced online, between 11 and 22 July William Ryan Holt and Michael Mischler broke into Macpherson's Los Angeles home while she was away on business in Chicago.[47] They stole an estimated $, worth of jewellery, $6, in cash, and several photographs.

    The two were arrested on 4 August Mischler, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted extortion and one count of burglary. He received a six-year and eight-month prison sentence. Holt, 26, a former US Air Force enlisted man and a military-justice convict out on parole, pleaded guilty to one count of extortion, and was sentenced to a year in prison.[48]

    Personal life

    Macpherson dated Billy Joel during the early s.

    Mulgrave castle elle macpherson biography photos What I see when I look in the mirror The partnership was among the first instances of a crossover between a model and a fashion label. On modeling: "I'm too old for that. Gilles Bensimon.

    Joel has said that the songs "This Night" and "And So It Goes" were written about his relationship with Macpherson.[49] Macpherson is also believed to be at least part of the inspiration for Joel's track "Uptown Girl".[50]

    Macpherson met French fashion photographer Gilles Bensimon in on a photo session for Elle magazine.

    They wed in May , and divorced three years later.[51][52]

    Macpherson began a relationship with financier Arpad Busson in [53] They have two sons.[54][55] The family lived together in London until their separation in July [53]

    Macpherson subsequently began dating Miami, Florida-based hotel heir and billionaire Jeffrey Soffer, son of Donald Soffer, in early [56] They broke up in March ,[57] but reconciled following his injury in a helicopter accident in November [57] They became engaged in March ,[57] and married in July at the Laucala Resort in Fiji.[58][59]

    In , Macpherson and Soffer announced that they were getting a divorce.[60] That same year, Macpherson underwent treatment for breast cancer, specifically HER2 positive estrogen receptor positive ductal carcinoma in situ.

    Her doctors recommended a mastectomy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and breast reconstruction surgery, but she decided to have a lumpectomy instead of mastectomy, followed by holistic medicine instead of chemotherapy.[61][62]

    From to , Macpherson dated the British anti-vaccine activist and discredited academic Andrew Wakefield.[63][64][65][66]

    Besides English, Macpherson speaks French, Italian and Spanish.[34][failed verification]

    Philanthropy

    Macpherson is a European Ambassador for Product Red, an initiative set up by Bono and Bobby Shriver to raise money and awareness for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria[67] and to help eradicate AIDS for women and children in Africa.

    She is also an ambassador for UNICEF.[68]

    In Australia, she is an ambassador for the Smile Foundation, which helps the families of children with rare diseases and organises government research grants.[7][8] She has also modelled for charitable causes including fundraising for British flood victims,[69] and child welfare group Absolute Return for Kids.[70]

    In , Macpherson led Sky's campaign for International Women's Day.[71]

    Macpherson is a patron for the National Association for the Children of Alcoholics (Nacoa UK).[72]

    Filmography

    Film

    Television

    See also

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