Kiera Chaplin (born 1 July 1982) is a model, entrepreneur and actress from
Northern Ireland
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. She is the granddaughter of the English filmmaker
Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is consider ...
and the great-granddaughter of the American dramatist
Eugene O'Neill
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.S. the drama techniques of realism, earlier ...
.
Biography
Chaplin was born in
Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...
, the eldest daughter of
Eugene Chaplin
Eugene Anthony Chaplin (born August 23, 1953) is a Swiss recording engineer and documentary filmmaker. He is the fifth child of Oona O'Neill and Charlie Chaplin, the grandson of playwright Eugene O'Neill, and the father of film actress Kiera Cha ...
and his wife, Bernadette. She grew up in the same town as her father, in
Corsier-sur-Vevey
Corsier-sur-Vevey is a municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Corsier-sur-Vevey is first mentioned in 1079 as ''Corise''. Until 1953 it was known as ''Corsier''.
Geography
Corsier-s ...
, Switzerland, until her parents' divorce in the mid-1990s.
In 2018 Kiera Chaplin created the Chaplin Awards in Asia. It is an award that goes to an actor or filmmaker whose work embodies Charlie Chaplin's qualities of realism, diversity and courage within their craft. So far recipients have been
Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Tony Leung Chiu-wai ( zh , c=梁朝偉, born 27 June 1962) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. He is one of Asia's most successful and internationally recognized actors, and was named as "Small Tiger" among the Five Tiger Generals of TVB. He has won ...
and
Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou (; born 2 April 1950) is a Chinese film director, producer, writer, actor and former cinematographer.Tasker, Yvonne (2002). "Zhang Yimou" i''Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers'' Routledge Publishing, p. 412. . Google Book Search. Retriev ...
.
In 2018 Kiera Chaplin along with
Jazmin Grimaldi were among the first participants to take part on The Rally Aicha des Gazelles in
Morocco
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in an electric car to promote sustainability and prove this is the way of the future.
Kiera Chaplin also uses her popularity to campaign repeatedly for the rights of women and children. Since March 2019 she has been
president
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*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
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Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
of the Fondation Fleur du Désert in Paris, founded by human rights activist, model and bestselling author
Waris Dirie Waris may refer to:
People
*Abdul Majeed Waris (born 1991), Ghanaian footballer
*Manmohan Waris (born 1967), Indian Punjabi folk/pop singer
* Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood (born 1942), British author
* Syed Mohammad Waris Hasan Naqvi (died 2008), India ...
. On 10 January 2020 Chaplin opened the first ''Kiera Chaplin Desert Flower School'' for 400 children in
Sierra Leone
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(West Africa)..
Career
Aged 16, Kiera Chaplin moved to Paris, where she was signed by the modelling agency
NEXT Model Management
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Fashion models
Notable models currently re ...
.
At the age of 17 she moved to New York, two years later to Los Angeles, and back to New York in 2006.
Kiera first gained attention through her modeling career in New York as a teenager, where she appeared in the pages of high fashion magazines such as
Vogue
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Business
* ''Vogue'' (magazine), a US fashion magazine
** British ''Vogue'', a British fashion magazine
** ''Vogue Arabia'', an Arab fashion magazine
** ''Vogue Australia'', an Australian fashion magazine
** ''Vogue China'', ...
,
Vanity Fair and
InStyle
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. She has graced the covers of Town and Country,
Elle
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,
Harper's Bazaar
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and has been in various ad campaigns such as
United Colors of Benetton
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,
Tommy Hilfiger
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After starting his career by co-founding a chain of jeans/fashion stores called People's Place in upst ...
,
Asprey
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, Hogan by
Karl Lagerfeld
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He was known as the creative director of the French fashion house Chanel, a position held from 1983 ...
,
Armani Exchange
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. She spent her teenage years working as a model and being photographed by the then most prestigious names in fashion photography, such as
Mario Testino
Mario Eduardo Testino Silva OBE HonFRPS (born 30 October 1954) is a Peruvian fashion and portrait photographer.
His work has featured internationally in magazines such as ''Vogue, V Magazine,'' '' Vanity Fair'' and '' GQ.'' He has also cre ...
,
Bruce Weber,
Herb Ritts
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or
Terry Richardson
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. In 2002 Kiera also has appeared in the
Pirelli Calendar
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shot by photographer
Peter Lindbergh
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He had studied arts in Berlin and Krefeld, and exhibited his works before graduation. In 1971, he turned to photo ...
.
Kiera Chaplin was awarded a "Lifestyle Icon" award by the Vienna Awards for Fashion and Lifestyle in 2010. But Kiera also became involved as a designer when she designed her own sneakers in 2013 in a collaboration with the Italian brand Hogan.
Chaplin had a 30% stake in the Hollywood-based film company Limelight Productions, named after her grandfather's last American film, and has appeared in supporting roles in films such as ''
The Importance of Being Earnest
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'' (2002), the
Bollywood
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productions ''Yatna'' (2005) and
Chaurahen
''Chaurahen'' is an Indian drama film directed by Rajshree Ojha, starring Zeenat Aman, Roopa Ganguly, Soha Ali Khan and Kiera Chaplin in the leading roles. The film was based on four short stories of eminent Hindi novelist Nirmal Verma. Shootin ...
(2012), the biopic ''
Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story'' (2006), the
Peter Fonda
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film ''
Japan
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'' (2008) and the Italian comedic drama ''Interno Giorno'' by Tommaso Rossellini (2011) in which she had a prominent role in both French and English.
She was also a judge on
Project Runway All Stars
''Project Runway All Stars'' is a spin-off of ''Project Runway'', featuring returning designers competing for grand prizes. Angela Lindvall and Carolyn Murphy have each hosted one season before Alyssa Milano became the staple host of the past fiv ...
2019 edition.
Kiera has been voted 17th-"most eligible woman in the world" by ''
FHM
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'' magazine in the US as well as being voted the seventh sexiest woman in the world by ''
GQ'' magazine.
In the summer of 2020, Kiera released her first single "Not Easy But Crazy" after a duet with Italian singer
Simone Tomassini
Simone Tomassini (born 11 May 1974) is an Italian cantautori who has toured widely in Italy and appeared at the Sanremo Music Festival.
Biography
Simone Tomassini (who often performs simply as Simone) was born in Vertemate con Minoprio, in t ...
for his hit single "Charlot".
Ancestry
Award
*2010
Vienna Fashion Award
The Vienna Awards for Fashion and Lifestyle are dedicated to special achievements in Austrian fashion and fashion design. The awards were initiated by Marjan Firouz in 2009. Each year the ceremony constitutes a prestigious event in the center of V ...
, category ''Style Icon''
References
External links
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1982 births
Living people
British film actresses
British people of American descent
British people of Irish descent
Kiera
Kiera is a female given name. It is an Anglicized version of ''Ciara'', the name of a 7th-century saint, and means 'dark' or 'dark haired ' in Irish.
People with this name
*Kiera Aitken (born 1983), swimmer from Bermuda
* Kiera Allen (born 1997), ...
Actresses from Belfast
21st-century actresses from Northern Ireland
Film actresses from Northern Ireland
Female models from Belfast
Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute alumni