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(who served as a parental figure during his long-term partnership with Polak). Morrone made her acting debut in the

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film ''Bukowski'' (2013). In 2016, she posed in the

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lookbook; and walked the runway for

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, the following year. Since then, she has made appearances in the

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'' (2018), as well as the independent films ''

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'' (2018) and '' Mickey and the Bear'' (2019). Her role as Camila Alvarez-Dunne in the

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limited series '' Daisy Jones & the Six'' (2023), earned her a nomination for a

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Early life and education

Morrone was born in Los Angeles, California, to Argentine actors Maximo Morrone and Lucila Polak (who goes by the stage name Lucila Solá). They moved to Los Angeles shortly before Morrone's birth, and divorced in 2006. Camila's mother, Lucila, dated actor

for several years; she still considers him her step-father. Morrone graduated from

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in 2015. Her maternal grand-aunt is Argentine-Polish pathologist Julia Polak. Her mother is of Slovenian descent.

Career

Modeling

She started her career as a model and appeared on the cover page of the Turkish edition of ''

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'' in 2016. She made her runway debut modeling for

's 2017 resort collection.

Acting

Morrone made her acting debut in

's 2013 film ''Bukowski''. In 2018, she returned to acting in the action film ''

'', and co-starred in

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's directorial debut ''

''. The latter film premiered at the

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and was released by

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. After being cast in '' Daisy Jones & the Six'', Morrone indicated that she would focus her career on acting rather than modeling. On October 18, 2019, Morrone received the Rising Star Award at the

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Personal life

Morrone was in a relationship with actor Leonardo DiCaprio for five years until 2022.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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