Anaïs Gallagher (; born 27 January 2000) is a British model, photographer, presenter and social media personality. The daughter of
Oasis
In ecology, an oasis (; : oases ) is a fertile area of a desert or semi-desert environment[Noel Gallagher
Noel Thomas David Gallagher (born 29 May 1967) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Gallagher is the primary songwriter, lead guitarist and a co-lead vocalist of the rock band Oasis (band), Oasis. After leaving Oasis, he formed Noel ...]
and columnist
Meg Mathews
Meg Mathews (born 14 March 1966) is an English columnist, activist and entrepreneur. She became known through her former marriage to the musician Noel Gallagher and as the mother of the model and photographer Anaïs Gallagher.
Early life
Meg ...
, she modelled for
Accessorize
Monsoon Accessorize is a British private limited company. It operates two international retail clothing chains – Monsoon and Accessorize.[Reebok
Reebok International Limited ( ) is an American footwear and clothing brand that is a part of Authentic Brands Group. It was established in England in 1958 as a companion company to J.W. Foster and Sons, a sporting goods company which had bee ...]
,
H&M and
Dolce & Gabbana
Dolce & Gabbana (), also known by initials D&G, is an Italian Luxury goods, 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 presented ''
Friday Download
''Friday Download'' is a British children's entertainment television programme, produced by Saltbeef Productions on CBBC. It premiered on 6 May 2011. The final presenting team consisted of Molly Rainford, Anaïs Gallagher, Harvey Cantwell, A ...
''. She also filmed the music video for
Inhaler
An inhaler (puffer, asthma pump or allergy spray) is a medical device used for delivering medicines into the lungs through the work of a person's breathing. This allows medicines to be delivered to and absorbed in the lungs, which provides the ...
's "
My Honest Face" and has written for ''
Teen Vogue
''Teen Vogue'' is an American progressive online publication, formerly in print, launched in January 2003, as a sister publication to '' Vogue'', targeted at teenage girls and young women. Like ''Vogue'', it included stories about fashion and ...
'' and ''
Tatler
''Tatler'' (stylised in all caps) is a British magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. It focuses on fashion and lifestyle, as well as coverage of high society and politics. It is targeted towards the British upper and upper-middle c ...
''.
Life and career
Anaïs Gallagher was born on 27 January 2000 at
Worthing Hospital
Worthing Hospital is a medium-sized District General Hospital (DGH) located in Worthing, West Sussex, England. It is managed by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.
History
Worthing's first hospital was a dispensary created in 182 ...
in West Sussex to Oasis musician Noel Gallagher and
Meg Mathews
Meg Mathews (born 14 March 1966) is an English columnist, activist and entrepreneur. She became known through her former marriage to the musician Noel Gallagher and as the mother of the model and photographer Anaïs Gallagher.
Early life
Meg ...
and was named after
Anaïs Nin
Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell ( ; ; February 21, 1903 – January 14, 1977) was a French-born American diarist, essayist, novelist, and writer of short stories and erotica. Born to Cuban parents in France, Nin was the d ...
. She grew up in
Primrose Hill
Primrose Hill is a Grade II listed public park located north of Regent's Park in London, England, first opened to the public in 1842.Mills, A., ''Dictionary of London Place Names'', (2001) It was named after the natural hill in the centre of t ...
, North London. Her parents divorced when she was a toddler in 2001, but she remained close with both of them. She was kept out of the public eye for most of her childhood. She has two younger paternal half-brothers and is the niece of
Liam Gallagher
William John Paul Gallagher (born 21 September 1972) is an English singer and songwriter. He is the lead singer and co-founder of the rock band Oasis (band), Oasis and fronted the rock band Beady Eye from 2010 to 2014, before starting a succes ...
. Gallagher boarded at
Bedales School
Bedales School is a coeducational boarding and day public school, in the village of Steep, near the market town of Petersfield in Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1893 by Amy Garrett Badley and John Haden Badley in reaction to the li ...
in
Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, ...
before switching to a day school in
Hampstead
Hampstead () is an area in London, England, which lies northwest of Charing Cross, located mainly in the London Borough of Camden, with a small part in the London Borough of Barnet. It borders Highgate and Golders Green to the north, Belsiz ...
. Gallagher, like her father, is
dyslexic
Dyslexia (), previously known as word blindness, is a learning disability that affects either reading or writing. Different people are affected to different degrees. Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, reading quickly, writ ...
.
She stated in December 2018 that she had been vegetarian since she was nine or ten
and in October 2020 that she was
teetotal
Teetotalism is the practice of voluntarily abstaining from the consumption of alcohol, specifically in alcoholic drinks. A person who practices (and possibly advocates) teetotalism is called a teetotaler (US) or teetotaller (UK), or said to be ...
owing to her parents' experiences with drugs. She became interested in photography aged six or seven after being given a disposable camera by her mother
and graduated with a degree in photography from the
Camberwell College of Arts
Camberwell College of Arts is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London, a public art and design university in London, England. The college offers further and higher education programmes, including postgraduate and PhD awards. ...
.
In 2013, she modelled for
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA; ) is an American animal rights nonprofit organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president.
Founded in March 1980 by Newkirk and animal rights ...
, having become involved with the charity after her mother began working for them.
She judged a competition for them in 2016 which offered a designer a chance to design a shoe with vegan label Bourgeois Boheme and stated in October 2017 that her modelling career was entirely down to her father.
In 2015, she modelled for fashion brand
Accessorize
Monsoon Accessorize is a British private limited company. It operates two international retail clothing chains – Monsoon and Accessorize.[Reebok
Reebok International Limited ( ) is an American footwear and clothing brand that is a part of Authentic Brands Group. It was established in England in 1958 as a companion company to J.W. Foster and Sons, a sporting goods company which had bee ...]
in their Autumn/Winter campaign, which was photographed in
Hampstead Heath
Hampstead Heath is an ancient heath in London, spanning . This grassy public space sits astride a sandy ridge, one of the highest points in London, running from Hampstead to Highgate, which rests on a band of London Clay. The heath is rambling ...
, and then the following month she modelled for
Dolce & Gabbana
Dolce & Gabbana (), also known by initials D&G, is an Italian Luxury goods, 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, ...
.
In February 2018, Gallagher became the face of
H&M's denim line alongside
Suki Waterhouse
Alice Suki Waterhouse (born 5 January 1992) is an English actress, singer, and model. Waterhouse began a career in modelling at the age of 16, and she went on to model for several major fashion labels such as Burberry, Tommy Hilfiger (company), ...
. Later that year, she collaborated with
Vauxhall Motors
Vauxhall Motors Limited , ;Company No. 00135767. Incorporated 12 May 1914, name changed from Vauxhall Motors Limited to General Motors UK Limited on 16 April 2008, reverted to Vauxhall Motors Limited on 18 September 2017. is a British Automoti ...
for their film "Twentyfive", celebrating twenty-five years of the Vauxhall Corsa.
In 2014, she began presenting ''
Friday Download
''Friday Download'' is a British children's entertainment television programme, produced by Saltbeef Productions on CBBC. It premiered on 6 May 2011. The final presenting team consisted of Molly Rainford, Anaïs Gallagher, Harvey Cantwell, A ...
''. She stated in a November 2016 interview with
''The Cut'' that she had soured on TV presenting as she felt she could do it with her eyes closed. In June 2017, she wrote a column for ''
Teen Vogue
''Teen Vogue'' is an American progressive online publication, formerly in print, launched in January 2003, as a sister publication to '' Vogue'', targeted at teenage girls and young women. Like ''Vogue'', it included stories about fashion and ...
'' lamenting that people her age were unable to vote in the
2017 United Kingdom general election
The 2017 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 8 June 2017, two years after the 2015 United Kingdom general election, previous general election in 2015; it was the first since 1992 United Kingdom general election, 1992 to be held ...
. She was hired in May 2018 as fashion editor for ''
Tatler
''Tatler'' (stylised in all caps) is a British magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. It focuses on fashion and lifestyle, as well as coverage of high society and politics. It is targeted towards the British upper and upper-middle c ...
''.
In 2019, Gallagher filmed the music video for
Inhaler
An inhaler (puffer, asthma pump or allergy spray) is a medical device used for delivering medicines into the lungs through the work of a person's breathing. This allows medicines to be delivered to and absorbed in the lungs, which provides the ...
's song "
My Honest Face".
In 2020, after meeting him on a dating site, Gallagher moved into
Instagram
Instagram is an American photo sharing, photo and Short-form content, short-form video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. It allows users to upload media that can be edited with Social media camera filter, filters, be ...
farmer Julius Roberts' farm for
lockdown
A lockdown () is a restriction policy for people, community or a country to stay where they are, usually due to specific risks that could possibly harm the people if they move and interact freely.
The term is used for a prison protocol that us ...
; she later featured on his 2022 programme ''A Taste of the Country''.
In 2021, she shot several celebrities for a
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a cola soft drink manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company. In 2013, Coke products were sold in over 200 countries and territories worldwide, with consumers drinking more than 1.8 billion company beverage servings ...
campaign.
On 4 June 2024, Noel Gallagher announced a four-episode docu-series, "The Making of the Council Skies", would be released on
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in ...
. It focused on the making of
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are an English Rock music, rock band formed in 2010 as the solo moniker of Oasis (band), Oasis songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist Noel Gallagher. The touring band consists of former Oasis members Gem Archer ( ...
fourth album, ''
Council Skies
''Council Skies'' is the fourth studio album by English rock band Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. Produced by Noel Gallagher and longtime engineer Paul Stacey, it was released on 2 June 2023, through Gallagher's label Sour Mash Records. It is ...
'', coinciding with its first birthday. The series was filmed entirely by Anaïs and released on 25 June.
In August 2024, Gallagher attracted press attention for a
TikTok
TikTok, known in mainland China and Hong Kong as Douyin (), is a social media and Short-form content, short-form online video platform owned by Chinese Internet company ByteDance. It hosts user-submitted videos, which may range in duration f ...
post accusing some long-term Oasis fans of ageism and sexism for complaining that they were losing out on tickets to
Oasis Live '25 Tour
The Oasis Live '25 Tour is an upcoming concert tour by the English rock band Oasis (band), Oasis currently scheduled to begin on 4 July 2025 at the Millennium Stadium, Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales and to end on 23 November at the Est� ...
to younger female fans.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gallagher, Anais
2000 births
Living people
21st-century English photographers
Alumni of Camberwell College of Arts
BBC television presenters
British people of Guernsey descent
English children's television presenters
English Internet celebrities
English people of Irish descent
English women photographers
English women television presenters
Models from the London Borough of Camden
Models with dyslexia
People educated at Bedales School
People from Marylebone
Photographers from the London Borough of Camden
Television presenters with dyslexia