Antonia Pettyfer ( née Garrn; ; born 7 July 1992) is a German fashion model and actress. She rose to prominence in the fashion industry after signing an exclusive contract with Calvin Klein in 2008. In October 2020, Garrn married British actor

Alex Pettyfer Alexander Richard Pettyfer (born 10 April 1990) is a British actor and model. He appeared in school plays and on television before being cast as Alex Rider, the main character in the 2006 film version of ''Stormbreaker''. Pettyfer was nominated ...

. Their daughter was born in 2021.

Early life

Garrn was born in

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. Her father works for an

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and her mother is a businesswoman. She has an older brother, Niklas (born 1990), who is also a model. When Garrn was two years old, she moved to London with her family, and later to Athens when she was six, where she studied at Campion School (Athens). By the age of 10, she moved back to Hamburg with her family. Garrn can play classical piano, having taken lessons since age 6. When Garrn was 13, she was discovered during the

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in her hometown Hamburg, and then signed with New York agency Women Management. Garrn's native languages are English (from having lived in England as a child) and German; she can also speak French.

Career

Garrn debuted on the runway at age 15 as an exclusive for the Calvin Klein Spring/Summer 2008 runway show in New York. She then went on to be featured in the designer's ad campaign. The following season, she again walked exclusively for Calvin Klein. In the 2009-seasons, she walked over 60 shows for prestigious designers such as

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, Dior,

Louis Vuitton Louis Vuitton Malletier, commonly known as Louis Vuitton (, ), is a French high-end luxury fashion house and company founded in 1854 by Louis Vuitton. The label's LV monogram appears on most of its products, ranging from luxury bags and leather ...

, Chanel,

Hermès Hermès International S.A., or simply Hermès ( , ), is a French luxury design house established in 1837. It specializes in leather goods, lifestyle accessories, home furnishings, perfumery, jewelry, watches and ready-to-wear. Its logo, since ...

Dolce & Gabbana Dolce & Gabbana (), also known by initials D&G, is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in 1985 in Legnano by Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. The house specializes in ready-to-wear, handbags, accessories, and cosmet ...

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and others during fashion week. She has appeared in ''Vogue'' (Paris, Italy, Germany, Russia, China, Spain, Mexico, Japan, Korea, US), ''Muse'', ''Elle'' (US, Italy, France), ''Numéro'' (France, Tokyo), ''Glamour'' (US), ''Marie-Claire'' (Italy), ''Another Magazine'', ''Harper's Bazaar'' (US), ''i-D'', and on the covers of ''Tush'' magazine and ''V'' magazine as the eighth ranked model of spring 2008. She also covered the February 2009 edition of ''

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 ...

'' for their #100 issue. In early 2012, she re-entered the ''Top 50 Models Women''-list of the international modelling site models.com, ranking in 20th place. She was first featured on the list in 2009, eventually peaking in 11th place. In 2014, she collaborated with German denim label Closed and designs her own line of jeans. Proceeds from the sales of her Closed T-shirt, her "Toni" jeans for women are donated to a charity that focuses on the education of young girls in Africa. Garrn's résumé includes covers for French, Japanese, Chinese, German and Russian ''

'', German, Italian, Mexican, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Korean, Russian, Portuguese, and Thai ''

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'', German and South African '' GQ'', '' W'', French, German and Italian ''

Elle ''Elle'' (stylized ''ELLE'') is a worldwide women's magazine of French origin that offers a mix of fashion and beauty content, together with culture, society and lifestyle. The title means "she" or "her" in French. ''Elle'' is considered the w ...

'', ''

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'', ''Muse'', '' Harper's Bazaar'', '' Allure'', '' Glamour'', ''The Edit'' and '' Grazia''. She appeared in advertisements for Calvin Klein, Prada,

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, Cartier (fragrance),

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Chloé Chloé () is a French luxury fashion house founded in 1952 by Gaby Aghion. During the next year of 1953 Aghion joined forces with Jacques Lenoir, formally managing the business side of the brand, allowing Aghion to purely pursue the creative ...

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Hugo Boss Hugo Boss AG, often styled as BOSS, is a luxury fashion house headquartered in Metzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The company sells clothing, accessories, footwear, and fragrances. Hugo Boss is one of the largest German clothing companies, ...

, Zara, H&M, Dior,

Donna Karan Donna Karan (, born Donna Ivy Faske), also known as "DK", is an American fashion designer and the creator of the Donna Karan New York and DKNY clothing labels. Early life Karan was born Donna Ivy Faske to mother Helen "Queenie" Faske (née Rabin ...

, JOOP!, Shiseido, Filippa K,

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, dr ...

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(makeup),

Tommy Hilfiger Thomas Jacob Hilfiger ( /hɪlˈfɪgər/; born March 24, 1951) is an American fashion designer and the founder of Tommy Hilfiger Corporation. After starting his career by co-founding a chain of jeans/fashion stores called People's Place in upst ...

Juicy Couture Juicy Couture is an American casualwear and dress clothing brand based in Arleta, Los Angeles, California. Best known for their iconic velour tracksuits which became a luxury staple in the 2000s, the company was founded by Pamela Skaist-Levy and ...

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Peek & Cloppenburg Peek & Cloppenburg is an international chain of department stores from Germany. The chain is operated by two separate and independent companies, Peek & Cloppenburg KG Düsseldorf (known as P&C West) and Peek & Cloppenburg KG Hamburg (know ...

, Express, Ralph Lauren,

Burberry Burberry is a British luxury fashion house established in 1856 by Thomas Burberry headquartered in London, England. It currently designs and distributes ready to wear, including trench coats (for which it is most famous), leather accessorie ...

L'Oréal L'Oréal S.A. () is a French personal care company headquartered in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine with a registered office in Paris. It is the world's largest cosmetics company and has developed activities in the field concentrating on hair color, ...

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, NARS Cosmetics, Mango,

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, Blumarine,

Aigner Aigner is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Andreas Aigner (born 1984), Austrian rally driver *Barbara Aigner (born 2005), Austrian para alpine skier *Chrystian Piotr Aigner (1756–1841), Polish architect *Ernst Aigner (b ...

, Lancel,

Alexandre Vauthier Alexandre Vauthier (born 30 November 1971) is a French haute couture fashion designer. Career He was a student at fashion school ESMOD from 1991 to 1994. After being a trainee for Thierry Mugler Couture in 2013, he became an assistant. In 1997 ...

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Calzedonia Calzedonia () is an Italian fashion group founded in Verona by Sandro Veronesi in 1986, with over 5,000 shops worldwide as of 2021. Besides the Calzedonia brand, the group also owns the Intimissimi, Tezenis, Falconeri, Atelier Emé, Progetto Q ...

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and Schwarzkopf. Garrn has worked with photographers like Steven Meisel,

Peter Lindbergh Peter Lindbergh (born Peter Brodbeck; 23 November 1944 – 3 September 2019) was a German fashion photographer and film director. He had studied arts in Berlin and Krefeld, and exhibited his works before graduation. In 1971, he turned to photo ...

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, Manfred Baumann, Paolo Roversi, Mariano Vivanco,

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Craig McDean Craig McDean (born 1964 in England) is a British fashion photographer, originally from Middlewich, now based in New York City. Life McDean originally trained and worked as a car mechanic before studying photography at Mid Cheshire College (OND ...

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, Camilla Åkrans, Ellen von Unwerth,

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, Victor Demarchelier, David Bellemere,

Greg Kadel Greg Kadel is an American fashion photographer and filmmaker based in New York City. Biography Kadel was born and raised in Pennsylvania. He moved to New York to study marine biology and fine art. It was only after graduation he realized his p ...

and

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 crea ...

Victoria's Secret

In 2011, Garrn started modeling for

Victoria's Secret Victoria's Secret is an American lingerie, clothing, and beauty retailer known for high visibility marketing and branding, starting with a popular catalog and followed by an annual fashion show with supermodels dubbed Angels. As the largest ...

, firstly appearing in their catalogs doing the clothing line. Soon after she walked in the 2011

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, and did a photo-shoot for the PINK-line with fellow model Shanina Shaik. Her first Victoria's Secret fashion show casting was actually in 2010, but she was ultimately not cast for that year's show. In April 2012, Garrn was reported incorrectly by the media to have been chosen to become an official Victoria's Secret Angel. Soon after it was revealed that Garrn was merely chosen to star in a Victoria's Secret campaign for the "Dream Angel" line alongside

Erin Heatherton Erin Heather Bubley (born March 4, 1989), known professionally as Erin Heatherton, is an American model. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2010 to 2013. Early life Heatherton was born and raised in Skokie, Illinois, the daughter of Laura ( ...

and Lindsay Ellingson as well as the "Angels in Love" commercial starring Elyse Taylor. On 17 April 2012, Garrn and the Victoria's Secret Angels,

and Lindsay Ellingson, launched the Victoria's Secret "Love Is Heavenly" fragrance in a Victoria's Secret store in

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. In November 2012, she returned to the catwalk of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show for the second time, closing the show. She also walked the show in 2013 and again in the 2018 show after a hiatus.

Acting

Garrn was cast to play the role of

Reeva Steenkamp Reeva Rebecca Steenkamp (; 19 August 1983 – 14 February 2013) was a South African model and paralegal. She modeled for ''FHM'' magazine and was the first face of Avon cosmetics in South Africa. Steenkamp once worked as the live roaming presen ...

in the 2017 Lifetime movie ''Oscar Pistorius: Blade Runner Killer''. The film chronicles Oscar Pistorius'

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of culpable homicide after fatally shooting Steenkamp on 14 February 2013 in his

Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends eastward into the foot ...

home. In the same year Garrn appeared in the first two episodes of the German drama series ''

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''. In 2018, she appeared in '' Head Full of Honey'' by

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and in

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's music video " La Cintura". In 2019, she appeared in a minor role in the superhero film '' Spider-Man: Far from Home''.

Charity work

In 2014, Garrn became an ambassador for

Plan International Plan International is a development and humanitarian organisation which works in over 75 countries across Africa, the Americas, and Asia to advance children’s rights and equality for girls. Its focus is on child protection, education, child par ...

's global

Because I Am a Girl Because I Am a Girl is an international movement by the aid organization Plan. The campaign is made to address the issue of gender discrimination around the world."Discrimination against girls 'still deeply entrenched'", ''The Independent'', 15 May ...

campaign and has hosted and co-hosted several fundraising events in support of Plan. In February 2016, Garrn established the Toni Garrn Foundation, which aims to raise money for projects advocating for and advancing girls' access to education in Burundi,

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

, Rwanda and

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...

. She has hosted an annual fundraiser for her charity aptly titled "Supermodel Flea Market" in which donated clothes from celebrities and models are sold.

Personal life

Garrn lived in an apartment in

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in New York City with her best friend

Ali Stephens Alison F. Stephens (born May 10, 1991) is an American model. Early life Stephens was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. She participated in cross country running at East High School, placing second in her region in 2006. Personal life Stephens h ...

. She skipped fashion week in February 2010 in order to focus on the final exams of the Abitur. Garrn was in a relationship with actor Leonardo DiCaprio from 2013 to 2014. Garrn was engaged to English actor

on 24 December 2019. They married in Hamburg, Germany on 2 October 2020. The couple has a daughter who was born in July 2021. On 19 June 2022, she and Pettyfer held a second wedding ceremony on the island of Paros, Greece.

Filmography

References

External links

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