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Elle Macpherson Profile |
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Birth Date: March 29, 1963
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Birth Place: Killara, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Birth Name: Eleanor Nancy Gow
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Height: 6'0"
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Biography |
Eleanor Gow was born March 29, 1964, in Sydney, Australia.
Elle's original plan was to study pre-law at Sydney
University, but when the 18-year old, 6-foot beauty was
discovered in Aspen, Colorado, she was immediately signed to
the Click modeling agency.
She soon became a staple of Elle magazine, posing for the
magazine for 6 years. While her talent as a model was
undeniable, her marriage to the fashion magazine's creative
director, Gilles Bensimon, further secured her relationship
with the magazine.
She ventured into the world of exercise videos, motivating
and teaching people how to stay fit to hopefully end up with
a body like hers (probably something every woman would
love). She showed off her body on the cover of the much
coveted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition in 1994, with
models Kathy Ireland and Rachel Hunter.
Already having achieved supermodel status, Elle knew that
the glamorous modeling industry has high turnover so she set
her sights on other projects. Since the crossover from
modeling to acting is a popular and usually successful one,
Elle decided to perform in front of film cameras as well as
fashion photographers. She first appeared on the silver
screen in the 1990 Woody Allen film Alice (the spectacled
director personally picked her for the part), but the part
required nothing more than a "walk-by."
Still, that was a start, and in 1994, "The Body" was
required to gain 20 pounds for her meatier role in Sirens,
co-staring Hugh Grant. In 1996 she appeared in a remake of
Jane Eyre and starred opposite Ben Stiller in the comedy, If
Lucy Fell. That year she also appeared in The Mirror Has To
Faces, with Barbra Streisand and Jeff Bridges.
Wanting to branch out into other industries, Elle used her
business skills to become chair of a line of lingerie
called, Elle Macpherson Intimates. Based in Australia, the
company has grown into a multimillion-dollar enterprise.
Elle is also associated with Montgomery Ward, a clothing
line ranging from sportswear to intimates.
Finding time somewhere between all these projects, Elle
joined fellow supermodels Claudia Schiffer and Naomi
Campbell in developing the theme restaurant, the Fashion
Caf.
Signed with Miramax, the leggy model/actress was the object
of Batman's affection in 1997's Batman & Robin, and
co-starred with Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin in The
Edge.
Elle was recently seen last season on the sitcom Friends, in
the recurring role of Joey's new roommate.
As for Elle's personal life, she and Gilles Bensimon got
divorced, and Elle has since had two ex-fiancs, Eric Miller
and Tim Jeffries, and has dated Sean Penn. She is now with
her long-time companion, Swiss financier Arpade "Arki"
Busson, the father of her son Flynn. |
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Was quoted in an Australian magazine (Sydney Morning
Herald's Good Weekend magazine) as saying that she did not
like reading things that she had not written.
One of the models who own the Fashion Cafe in New York City,
along with Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell.
She was "discovered" at the age of eighteen while
vacationing in Aspen, Colorado, and was promptly signed to
the Click modeling agency.
Son, Arpad Flynn Busson born in New York, New York, USA.
Father is Arpad "Arkie" Busson, a Swiss financier. [14
February 1998]
Elle claims she put on over 20 pounds in weight so that she
would have a figure more in the tradition of a model of the
day, for the film Sirens (1994)
Home was robbed. Money and photographs were stolen. Ransom
was held for photographs. Elle and husband worked with FBI
and they caught the thieves. One of the thieves claimed that
he was the father of Elle's baby.
became engaged to her partner of six years, French-Swiss
financier Arpad Busson, in the Bahamas. [January 9, 2002]
One of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 1995.
Has own line of lingerie in Australia, planning on extending
it to US (May 2002)
Measurements: 36C-24-35 (early modeling career- 1984),
37D-25-36 (after adding weight to flm "Sirens"), 36D-24-35
1/2 (in 1997), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Gave birth to her second child, a son named Aurelius Cy
Andre [February 4, 2003]
Checked into the Meadows Clinic in Arizona, which offers
treatment for psychological conditions and addictions. She
is suffering from postnatal depression after the birth of
her second child in February. [October 2003]
One of the world's top fashion models.
As a teenager, she ran a mile in 4 minutes, 24 seconds.
Has split with French financier Arpad Busson. [June 2005]
Was ranked #7 in Channel 5's "World's greatest supermodel". |
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