Kim Matulova (born 4 February 1980) is an American fashion model and actress. Her father, Wayne Rogers, was a former sports wear designer and her mother was a civil engineer.
She grew up in Sag Harbor, New York and was discovered by photographer
Arthur Elgort at the age of 9.
As a child she modelled for
J Crew
J.Crew Group, Inc., is an American multi-brand, multi-channel, specialty retailer. The company offers an assortment of women's, men's, and children's apparel and accessories, including swimwear, outerwear, lounge-wear, bags, sweaters, denim, dre ...
with
Matthew Barney
Matthew Barney (born March 25, 1967) is an American contemporary artist and film director who works in the fields of sculpture, film, photography and drawing. His works explore connections among geography, biology, geology and mythology as well ...
and she played the role of Young Angelique in a 1992 episode (Season 1, Episode 5,733) of the TV series ''
All My Children
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''.
She starred in the
James Toback
James Toback (; born November 23, 1944) is an American film director and screenwriter. His screenplay for '' Bugsy'' won the 1991 Los Angeles Film Critics Association award for best screenplay of the year and was nominated for both the Academy Aw ...
NYC feature ''Black & White'' (1999) and the
Nemo Librizzi film ''A Night at the Opera'' (2009). She also appeared in the 2003 TV movie ''
Undefeated'' and in the pilot episode (2009) of the TV series ''
Royal Pains
''Royal Pains'' (stylized ā„˛oyalPains) is an American comedy-drama television series that ran on the USA Network from 2009 to 2016. The series was based in part on actual concierge medicine practices of independent doctors and companies. The ca ...
''.
She has modeled for
Levis,
Banana Republic
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,
Kangol
Kangol is a British clothing company famous for its headwear. The name Kangol reflects the original materials for production, the K coming from the word 'silK' (a recent attribution to 'Knitting' is incorrect), the ANG from 'ANGora', and the ...
,
Supreme,
Seventeen Magazine,
Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson (born 1942) is an American fashion designer best known for her feminine and whimsical designs. Many of her designs are considered "over the top" and embellished. She also is known for doing a cartwheel ending in a split at the ...
,
DELiA*s
Delia's, Inc. (stylized as dELiA*s) is a lifestyle brand of apparel & accessories, primarily targeting girls and young women.
From its founding in 1993 through the early 2010s, Delia's was an independent retailer and direct marketer, and in i ...
(for which she modeled from 15 to 21 years old and is considered as one of their most recognizable models) and appeared in every issue of
Missbehave Magazine
''Missbehave'' was a Brooklyn-based women's magazine that was produced from 2006 until March 2009. It covered fashion, music, art and pop culture. Columnists included Kelis, Matt Goias, Sarah Morrison and Lesley Arfin and regularly featured model ...
. She is known for being
Ricky Powell
Ricky Powell (November 20, 1961February 1, 2021) was an American photographer who documented popular culture including hip hop, punk rock, graffiti, and pop art. His photographs have been featured in ''The New York Times'', the ''New York Post' ...
's muse.
She is also known for being the face of Melody Logan on the
V. C. Andrews Logan book series.
On September 13, 2010, she was asked by
Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson (born 1942) is an American fashion designer best known for her feminine and whimsical designs. Many of her designs are considered "over the top" and embellished. She also is known for doing a cartwheel ending in a split at the ...
to be one of the star models of her Spring/Summer 2011 Ready-to-Wear fashion show, during which she came down carrying a skateboard and was instructed to ride it while wearing open-toed platform heels. However, she found herself falling to the ground and losing one of her shoes, and she had to get off and shoulder her skateboard all the way back up the catwalk.
In 2012 she began working for the women's collection of the contemporary fashion and
streetwear
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brand Black Scale VV.
Kim currently lives in New York and she works in the design aspect of jewellery and fashion.
References
External links
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Levis 2011 "The Art in Craft" campaign featuring Kim MatulovaWESC activist profile
Living people
Female models from New York (state)
American film actresses
Actresses from New York City
1980 births
21st-century American women
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