Noémie Lenoir

Noémie Lenoir

Lenoir at Paris Chocolate Show in 2013
Born (1979-09-19) 19 September 1979
Les Ulis, France

Modelling information

Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1]
Hair colour Black[1]
Eye colour Green[1]
Manager

Elite Model Management: New York City

AMT Models: Vienna

Models 1: London

Option Model Agency: Zurich

Model Management: Hamburg

Elite Model Management: Milan, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Paris, Cape Town

Noémie Lenoir (born 19 September 1979 in Les Ulis)[2] is a French model and actress.

She is known for her work with Gucci, L'Oréal, Next, Gap, Tommy Hilfiger, Victoria's Secret, and Marks and Spencer. She has been featured in a line-up of the world's most successful black models by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz.[3]

Early life

Noémie Lenoir at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival

Lenoir was born in Les Ulis, Essonne, France. Her mother comes from the French island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean, and has Malagasy ancestry. Her father is a retired French electrician who later divorced her mother.[4] Her family moved first to Gif-sur-Yvette and then to Palaiseau where she was discovered and started her career in modelling.

Noémie Lenoir in 2015

Career

Growing up in a banlieue district near Paris, which she describes as a "ghetto", Lenoir was first spotted at the age of 17 in 1997 when she was approached by a Ford booker in a post office.[5] She signed with L'Oréal in 1997, and has since appeared in their advertisements alongside Laetitia Casta and long-term model and actress Andie MacDowell. She has also worked for Victoria's Secret, Gap, Next, and many others.

Lenoir was the face of UK high-street retailer Marks & Spencer, for four years until Christmas 2009[6] and was seen in various British magazines and billboards alongside fellow models Twiggy and Laura Bailey. Lenoir returned to Marks & Spencer advertising in 2012 where she is seen "enjoying a selection of quintessentially British pastimes".[7]

In 2007, Lenoir featured in the hit film Rush Hour 3 alongside actors Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. In 2009, Lenoir featured in the music video for Usher's single "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)". As of April 2011 she was represented by Models 1.[8]

Personal life

Noémie Lenoir at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival

After a relationship with rapper Stomy Bugsy, she lived with international football player Claude Makélélé of Paris Saint-Germain. They have a son, Kelyan Makélélé (born 2 February 2005). The couple split in early 2009.[9] Despite widespread reports Lenoir was married to Makélélé, she wrote a blog in 2009 clarifying their former relationship, saying: "I’m not and have never been married. I do have a son. I have a wonderful baby’s father and have a great relationship with him, however I’ve been single for some time now."[10]

Suicide attempt

On 9 May 2010, Lenoir was found unconscious, after a suspected suicide attempt in a park near her Paris home, by a man walking his dog. She was rushed to hospital where large quantities of drugs and alcohol were found in her system.[11][12][13][14] She spoke about the suicide attempt in a February 2011 interview with Britain's Guardian Weekend magazine, admitting she had done "something really, really stupid".[5] Some have referred to the incident as a case in a "series of suicidal tragedies" ongoing in the fashion industry at the time, along with the suicides of Ambrose Olsen, Daul Kim, Hayley Kohle, and Ruslana Korshunova.[15]

Television

She hosted a show on Trace TV for two years. She appears in all three Marks and Spencer Christmas TV adverts for 2009, broadcast in both Ireland and the United Kingdom.[16]

Filmography

Year Title Role Director Notes
2002 Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra Chamandra Alain Chabat
2003 Gomez & Tavarès Gina Gilles Paquet-Brenner
2004 After the Sunset Mooré's Girl Brett Ratner
Jeff et Léo, flics et jumeaux Anna Étienne Dhaene TV Series (1 Episode)
2006 The Valet Karine Francis Veber
2007 Rush Hour 3 Genevieve Brett Ratner (2)
Gomez vs. Tavarès Gina Gilles Paquet-Brenner (2) & Cyril Sebas
2013 What Ze Teuf Herself Benjamin Euvrard TV Series (1 Episode)
2014 Scènes de ménages Isabelle Francis Duquet TV Series (1 Episode)
2015 The Transporter Refueled Maissa Camille Delamarre

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Noemie Lenoir" Fashion Model Directory
  2. ↑ "Noémie Lenoir", 18 March 2009, NRJ (French)
  3. ↑ "The truth about why M&S model Noemie Lenoir tried to take her own life" 15 May 2010, Mail Online
  4. ↑ "Suicide-bid M&S model Noemie Lenoir goes home after drugs and alcohol overdose". Mail Online. 15 May 2010.
  5. 1 2 "Noémie Lenoir: 'Last May I did something really stupid'", 19 February 2011, The Guardian
  6. ↑ "Former M&S model Noemie Lenoir looks the picture of health as she soaks up the sun in Miami". Daily Mail. London. 3 March 2011.
  7. ↑ http://corporate.marksandspencer.com/page.aspx?pointerid=6b808befce164cfcb0d901765d9f3806
  8. ↑ "Models 1: Noemie Lenoir – Portfolio". Models 1. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  9. ↑ "Claude Makelele enjoys first holiday with new WAG after splitting from M&S lingerie model Noemie Lenoir". Daily Mail. London. 19 June 2009.
  10. ↑ "M&S lingerie model Noemie Lenoir falls for rap mogul Russell Simmons after love split". Daily Mail. London. 24 June 2009.
  11. ↑ Hodge, Katie; Clarke, Josie (13 May 2010). "M&S model Noemie Lenoir recovers after 'suicide bid'". The Independent.
  12. ↑ "Marks and Spencer's model Noemie Lenoir 'attempts suicide'". The Telegraph. 12 May 2010.
  13. ↑ "Model Noemie Lenoir Attempts Suicide in Paris". Indiavision news. May 12, 2010.
  14. ↑ news=386 "Top model Noemie Lenoir 'attempts suicide' in Paris", peoplestar.co.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  15. ↑ "Why are so many models attempting suicide? Lives of top catwalkers fraught with pressure: experts", NY Daily News, 18 May 2010.
  16. ↑ Marks & Spencer Christmas advert 2009

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