Lily Luahana Cole, excellently known as Lily Cole is a British actress, model, & entrepreneur. She is famous for being the model assigned the contract with "Storm Models" in 2003 and was photographed by Steven Meisel. She was named "Model of the Year" at the 2004 British Fashion Awards and nominated the second time for the "Model of the Year" Award at the 2007 British Fashion Awards. She worked with famous photographers such as Craig McDean, Nick Knight, Juergen Teller, Arther Elgort, Irving Penn, & Tim Walker. She featured in many popular magazines including "France", "Italian Vogue", "V", "Citizen K", "Playboy", "Harper's Bazaar" as well as she featured on Vogue's "best dressed" list in 2005, the top 30 models of the 2000s list in 2009, and had cover appearances on "Numero", & "interview". She made a cover appearance in the 2010 issue of the Canadian "Elle" with opened Hermes's winter 2010/2011 collection at Paris Fashion Week and then she featured in a documentary chronicling the career of Rolf Harris in which he painted her dressing up as Titania from A Midsummer Night's Dream. She was one of the British models wearing fashions created by British designers especially at the Closing Ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. She is well known for her role as Valentina in the film "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" (2009) and other appearances in the films like "St. Trinians" as Polly (2007), "Rage" as Lettuce Leaf (2009), "There Be Dragons" as Aline (2011), "Passage" as Tania".
As a Charity work, Lily Cole was an ambassador for children's charity Global Angels and supports the charity WaterAid speaking for the organization's "End Water Poverty" campaign. She has modeled a T-shirt with the slogan "Save the Future" to fight child labor in the fashion industry for the "Environmental Justice Foundation" and help to raise money for British telethon charity Comic Relief as she put a plaster cast bust of her torso on the auction as well as she helped launch the World Land Trust's Emerald for Elephant Exhibition in 2012, which raise funds for the protection of the critically endangered Asian elephant. In 2018, she co-wrote Balls a short film exploring the connection between the Founding Hospital Story and Emily Bronte's much-loved novel Wuthering Heights and she later wrote the book "Green Is The New Black" for Tamsin Blanchard's 2007. She was appointed a Fellow of the Foundling Museum in 2016. She was part of the judging panel at the Festival of Code, held at the culmination of Young Rewired State 2012, and her efforts to make consumers aware of animal products in cosmetics in 2013 PETA cited. She has endorsed the parliamentary candidacy of the Green Party's Caroline Lucas at the 2015 general election and she received the Doctor of Letters for her "Outstanding contribution to humanitarian and environmental caused" from the chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University in 2013.
Additionally, Lily Cole was found of Impossible.com an innovation group and incubator, and also a part-owner of a London bookshop and an advisor to Wikitribune. She launched a womenswear range for the company in February 2010. She was involved in creating an environmentally friendly knitwear company "The North Circular" which launched in 2009 and she donated her 5% of all profit to the Environmental Justice Foundation. She launched a campaign in 2010 at Gatwick Airport for the modeling agency, Storm Model Management which campaign aims to find new modeling talent with the agency hoping to re-create the discovery of Kate Moss, who was spotted at JFK Airport in 1988 by the agency's founder. She has been modeling for cosmetics company Rimmel London in 2009 as well as featuring in advertisements for jewelers Tiffany & Co. and became a "face" of Marks and Spencer clothes advertising campaign along with Twiggy and others. In March 2012 The Body Ship launched its Beauty With Heart Campaign, naming Cole as its first ambassador. She has appeared in the advertising campaigns for Chanel, Christian Lacroix, Hermes, & more as well as being the face for Moschino's perfume "I Love Love".
On 17 August 2021, Lily Cole had faced criticism on social media after posting the photos in the same week as Kabul fell to the Taliban, and encouraging her 95000 followers to "embrace diversity" to announce the release of her climate change book "who Cares Wins". On Tuesday, she has apologized for posting a photograph online in which she is wearing a burqa as part of an attempt to promote her new book, and she saying photos were old and that when she posted them she was unaware of the situation in Afghanistan. Her Instagram Story, which has been deleted, contained two images: one of her in a blue burqa covering her face and body, and another in which the garment was pulled up to show her face. Later, she original post had been used to promote her new book "Who Cares Wins". Its publisher, the Penguin, bills it as providing "a Plethora of solutions guaranteed to inspire and create lasting global change."
Lily Cole Early Life: Parents & Birth Chart
Born on 27 December 1987, Lily Cole grabs British nationality as her birthplace is Torquay, Devon, the United Kingdom. She came from British-White ethnic background. Similarly, her religious belief is unknown. Her star sign is Taurus and her race is white. She celebrated her 33 birthday as of 2020 which is her present age.
Lily Cole took birth in the lap of her father, Chris Cole, and her mother, Patience Owen. Her mother is an artist and writer while her father was a bodybuilder and fisherman. She has two siblings.
Moving towards Lily Cole's education, she attended Hallfield Primary School, the Sylvia Young Theatre School, & St Marylebone School. Later, she completed her sixth with A-levels in English, Politics, Philosophy, & ethics from Latymer Upper School. She went to King's College to study social and political sciences in 2006. Further, she has also an interest in arts.
Lily Cole Married Life: Husband & Children
Unmarried lady, Lily Cole is currently in a relationship with Kwame Ferreira, who is a businessperson. They met each other at Cambridge in 2012 and grew close as he helped her build the platform for her website "Impossible". On 28 February 2015, she announced she was expecting her first child with boyfriend Kwame Ferreira and gave birth to a daughter Wylde Cole Ferreira in September 2015. By sexuality, she is straight.
Previously, Lily Cole was in a relationship with singer-songwriter Bryan Ferry after they were spotted out on a date night in July 2008 but they broke up their relationship. Later, she was in a relationship with actor Jude Law in 2008. She had an affair with American actor Enrique Murciano (2008-2011) but they ended their relationship due to long-distance & the pressure of conflicting work schedules in 2011. In 2012, she started dating Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey and their relationship was confirmed in 2013. The couple had ended their relationship as Jack was pictured holidaying in Japan with another woman.
Lily Cole Net Worth
The multi-talented actress, Lily Cole has an estimated net worth of $14 million as of 2021 whereas Her exact salary income has not been disclosed yet but possibly she earns almost millions of dollars in salary income. She makes money from her professional work as a model, entrepreneur, and actress. She is represented by United Agents Ltd., & Management 360. She has promoted brand endorsement like Accessorize, I Love Love perfume range from Moschino, Longchamp, Hermes, Christian Lacroix, Body Shop, Topshop, Tiffany & CO.
Body Measurement: Height & weight
A slim body builds, Lily Cole stands at the height of 5 feet 10½ inches (179 cm) tall with a balanced body weight of around 60 Kg (132 Ibs). She maintains her body with a healthy diet and regular exercise. She has a pair of blue eyes color and her hair color is reddish. Further, her body measurement is 36-27-32 inches and used to wears 8 US dress size, 32B bra size, 10 US shoe size.
Book Lists
- 2020- Who Cares Wins: Reasons For Optimism in Our Changing World
- 2014 A Good Yarn: 30 Timeless Hats, Scarves, Socks & Gloves Lily Cole
- 2014- Gabriel Orozco: Impossible Utopias
Filmography
- 2007- "St. Trinians"
- 2009- "Rage"
- 2009- "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus", "Passage"
- 2011- "There Be Dragons", "Doctor Who", "The Moth Diaries"
- 2012- "Confession of a Child of the Century", "Snow White and the Huntsman"
- 2013- "The Zero Theorem", "Red Shoe"
- 2015- "The Messenger", "Orion", "Gravy"
- 2016- "Absolutely Fabulous: The Movies"
- 2017- "Elizabeth I", "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"
- 2018- "London Fields"
- 2019- "Icons-Artists"
Music Videos
- 2012- "UK Shanty"
- 2013- "Sacrilege"
- 2013- "Queenie Eye"
- 2018- "Selfies in the Sunset"
