Willy Cartier is a French fashion model, dancer, and actor best known for his work with

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Early life

Willy Cartier is the son of writer and painter Jack Servoz and dancer Léa Cartier. He describes his ethnic background as Vietnamese,

Senegalese Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

, and

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. Originally hoping for a career in acting, he attended the prestigious

Cours Florent The Cours Florent is a private French drama school in Paris established in 1967 by François Florent. The school is located on three nearby sites in the XIXe arrondissement, 19th Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissement of Paris, France: rue Arc ...

, a private drama school in Paris. He also attended the International Dance Academy, where he studied dance (classic, contemporary, and jazz) and theatre.

Career

Cartier began modeling in 2009, and was one of the faces for Givenchy's 2010 Fall/Winter campaign. Cartier has modeled for

Chanel Chanel ( , ) is a French high-end luxury fashion house founded in 1910 by Coco Chanel in Paris. Chanel specializes in women's ready-to-wear, luxury goods, and accessories and licenses its name and branding to Luxottica for eyewear. Chanel is ...

Karl Lagerfeld Karl Otto Lagerfeld (; 10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019) was a German fashion designer, creative director, artist and photographer. He was known as the creative director of the French fashion house Chanel, a position held from 1983 ...

, Jean-Paul Gaultier,

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, and Benetton. He has appeared in the magazines ''

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'', ''

Marie Claire ''Marie Claire'' is a French international monthly magazine first published in France in 1937, followed by the United Kingdom in 1941. Since then various editions are published in many countries and languages. The feature editions focus on wo ...

'', ''Apollo Novo'', '' Elle Man'', ''WAD magazine'', '' V'' and ''

Numéro ''Numéro'' is an international fashion magazine published by Paul-Emmanuel Reiffers. It has a circulation of 80,000, and the French edition reached its 100th issue in February 2009. The magazine covers international fashion, beauty, design, h ...

''. As an actor, Willy Cartier has appeared in promotional materials for perfumes by Guerlain and Diesel, and in music videos for several artists, including

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Woodkid Yoann Lemoine (; born 16 March 1983), known professionally as Woodkid, is a French music video director, graphic designer and singer-songwriter. His most notable works include his music video direction for Katy Perry's " Teenage Dream", Taylor S ...

, Shy'm, Laurent Voulzy, and Alain Souchon. He has also had small roles in French films and television series. He had the titular role in the 2018 Bolivian film ''Søren''. He played the role of Attila The Hun on Science Channel’s “ Attila's Forbidden Tomb” in March, 2020. He had the titular role in the 2021 French TV Serie “FUGUEUSE”.

Personal life

Cartier lives in

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Filmography

Feature films

References

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