We wrote the biography of model Cara Delevingne, who started modeling at the age of ten and is now one of the most famous models in the world, and has made her name known in many successful productions in her acting career.
Her full name is Cara Jocelyn Delevingne, she was born on August 12, 1992 in Hammersmith, London. She was born the daughter of her father, real estate developer Charles Hamar Delevingne, and her mother, Pandora. Cara has two older sisters, one of whom is named Poppy Delevingne, and a half-brother from her father's side. Growing up in Belgravia, London, Cara also has many well-known family members.
She studied at the Francis Holland Girls' School in London until the age of 16. Later, Cara continued her education with Bedales School in Steep, Hampshire. Cara, who has dyspraxia, struggled at school and struggled with depression. At the age of 16, she enrolled at Bedales School in Hampshire to focus on drama and music, but dropped out a year later.
Cara made her modeling job at the age of ten, including an editorial shot by photographer Bruce Weber for Vogue magazine Italia, where she appeared with model Lady Eloise Anson. She started her career by signing a contract with the modeling agency Storm Management in 2009. Then, after working in the industry for a year, she was able to find a paid job. She went through the acting cast for two seasons before walking on her first fashion show.
Delevingne was discovered in 2012 by designer Christopher Bailey, president of luxury fashion house Burberry, while working part-time in the office of a fashion website. Bailey commissioned Delevingne for the fashion house's spring/summer 2011 campaign. In February 2011, she walked the runway at London Fashion Week for the "Burberry Prorsum A/W" collection and the "Burberry Prorsum S/S 2012" collection.
She started the first season of 2012 by walking the runway of the luxury fashion house Chanel's "Haute-Couture" spring fashion show in the Grand Palais. New York Fashion Week was the first of the "big four" fashion weeks, with Delevingne appearing in nine fashion shows for luxury fashion houses including Jason Wu, Rag & Bone, Donna Karan, Tory Burch, Oscar de la Renta and Carolina Herrera. During London Fashion Week, she specially walked the runway for the "Burberry Prorsum Womenswear A/W 2012" fashion show. She also walked the runway at six fashion shows during Milan Fashion Week.
In the final week of "Fashion Month," Delevingne walked in seven fashion shows during Paris Fashion Week, primarily for fashion houses and designers Nina Ricci, Sonia Rykiel, Cacharel, Stella McCartney, Kenzo and Chanel. This walk marked the beginning of what would turn into a long professional relationship with Karl Lagerfeld, chief designer and creative director of luxury fashion house Chanel. She was also honored with the 2012 Model of the Year Award at the British Fashion Awards.
International "Fashion Month" decided to start again in September 2012 to showcase the 2013 spring/summer collections. During New York Fashion Week, designers and brands such as Marc Jacobs, Oscar de la Renta and Marchesa took part on the runway. She only walked the runway for the Burberry brand at London Fashion Week. She continued this success by walking in shows for designers and fashion houses such as Sass & Bide, Issa, Topshop, Mary Katrantzou, Giles and Matthew Williamson.
For Milan Fashion Week, she walked the runway of fashion houses and designers such as Moschino, Emilio Pucci, Ermanno Scervino, Ports 1961, Gabriele Colangelo and Just Cavalli. During Paris Fashion Week, Cacharel walked for the shows of famous designers such as Louis Vuitton and Costume National. Having appeared in more than 50 shows during this season, Delevingne has continued to rise rapidly and increase her success. Then, on November 7, 2012, she took the podium during the performance of singer Justin Bieber's "Beauty And A Beat" in the "Pink is US" episode of the underwear brand "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show".
She attended the 2013 pre-autumn show of Chanel, the luxury fashion house in Scotland, which used the runway around the courtyard of Linlithgow Palace as a runway. She named her collection "Paris-Edimbourg", designed by designer Karl Lagerfeld, and was inspired by the Scottish style using plaid fabrics. Thanks to the show, it increased media interest in the possibility of restoring the roof of the palace. Later, Delevingne took part in the Chanel Haute-Cuture spring fashion show and then walked the runway at luxury fashion house Valentino's Haute Couture fashion show. After these walks, she flew to New York to attend New York Fashion Week, the first fashion week of the year.
She made her first appearance in New York for designer Jason Wu. This was followed by catwalk shows where she walked for Rag & Bone, Diane von Furstenberg, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Rodarte, Derek Lam, Carolina Herrera, Tory Burch, Jeremy Scott, Oscar de la Renta and Anna Sui. Finally, February 2013 was on the podium for designer Marc Jacobs, who was remodeled due to a delay in transporting goods for the show due to a snowstorm.
She walked many runways during London Fashion Week, notably Sister by Sibling, Issa, Topshop, Mulberry, Peter Pilotto, Burberry and Giles. Her next performance came in Milan Fashion Week by appearing in seven runway shows for Fendi, Ports 1961, DSquared2, Etro, Versace, Iceberg and Pucci. In Paris, Delevingne appeared in eleven runway shows in collaboration with Katie Grand's Tod's Hogan brand, as well as with designers and fashion houses such as Lanvin, Vanessa Bruno, Jean Paul Gaultier, John Galliano, Stella McCartney, Yves Saint Laurent, and Louis Vuitton. Katie Grand's relationship with her collection went further than a runway show when Delevingne sang the single "I Want Candy" in the mini-film 'Gang', the title of Katie Grand's collection "Loves Hogan 2013" and the large-format collection. Between two international runway seasons, Delevingne appeared on luxury fashion house Chanel's show "Cruise" in Singapore. Chanel did this by organizing it for the first time in Asia at the Loewen Cluster in Dempsey Hill.
International fashion weeks restarted in September 2013 to showcase the spring/summer 2014 collections that Delevingne also walked on. She performed in five shows during London Fashion Week. It opened the runway for luxury fashion house Mulberry and closed the catwalk for luxury fashion houses Burberry and Topshop. She also walked the podium in Peter Pilotto and Giles. During Milan Fashion Week, Delevingne took the runway exclusively for the Fendi brand. In Paris, she took part in only three shows, mainly Stella McCartney, Chanel and Valentino. She wrapped up the year by appearing again at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
Delevingne made her film debut as Princess Sorokina, Count Vronsky's marital interest, with Keira Knightley in the domantic drama "Anna Karenina" (2012), a film adaptation of the novel of the same name. In August 2013, Delevingne voiced a pop radio station DJ in the action-adventure video game "Grand Theft Auto V", which became the fastest-selling entertainment product in history at release.
Delevingne played the role of Melanie in the British psychological thriller "The Face of an Angel" (2014), accompanied by Daniel Brühl and Kate Beckinsale. Although the film received mixed reviews, many critics liked Delevingne's performance. On October 24, 2014, she starred in the social media campaign "The Feeling Nuts Comedy Night", which aired on Channel 4 and was designed to raise awareness about testicular cancer. The following month, she appeared in the music video for the single "Ugly Boy" by South African band Die Antwoord. Then, in December 2014, Delevingne appeared with Pharrell Williams and Geraldine Chaplin in Karl Lagerfeld's short film "Reencarnation" for the Chanel brand.
Delevingne first opened Fendi's F/W 2014 collection for Karl Lagerfeld in Milan. Then, she modeled for Stella McCartney in Paris. Delevingne's reputation for walking in almost every show in New York City has come a long way when she only appeared on the Marc Jacobs show in 2013. In January 2014, Delevingne opened and closed the Chanel brand's "Haute Couture Spring 2014" fashion show. Later, she closed her runway show at Burberry's "A/W 2014" collection showcases at London Fashion Week and walked for British designer Giles' collection. In June 2014, Delevingne made her television debut opposite actress Sylvia Syms in the final episode of the TV game anthology series "Playhouse Presents" produced by Sky Arts.
Around this time, Delevingne posed alongside supermodel Kate Moss in a fragrance commercial for luxury fashion house Burberry. In her second international fashion month, she opened and closed the runway of Topshop's 'Unique S/S 15' collection in London before heading to Milan. Later, she took part in the opening of the 'Fendi S/S 15' fashion show here. She gave four performances in Paris, mainly for Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel and Stella McCartney. She finished 2014 with the showcase of the Metiers d'Art Pre-Autumn 2015/2016 collection held at the Hotel Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg, Austria. On March 10, Delevingne closed the Paris-Salzberg collection of the Chanel brand and later took part in the closing of the re-exhibition of the collection on March 31 in New York.
In February 2015, Delevingne appeared in the music video for ASAP Ferg's single "Dope Walk" and in May 2015 in Taylor Swift's star-studded music video for "Bad Blood". Later in the year, Delevingne appeared in "YSL Beauté" commercials with model Cindy Bruna. In addition, Delevingne and Kate reunited for the advertisements of many designers and fashion houses, notably DKNY, Tag Heuer, Penshoppe, Pepe Jeans, Burberry, Alexander Wang and Mango.
Delevingne co-starred with Nat Wolff as Margo Roth Spiegelman in the romantic mystery comedy-drama film "Paper Towns" (2015), based on the novel by John Green. Despite mixed reviews, the film managed to make a healthy commercial profit at the box office. In the same year, she appeared as a mermaid in the fantasy film "Pan". The following year, she played the Enchantress, a villain with magical abilities, in the superhero movie "Suicide Squad," an action movie based on DC's comic book series of the same name. Despite being a box office success, it garnered generally negative reviews from critics. Likewise, Delevingne's performance received mixed reviews from critics.
Later in the year, she landed the role of Viola in the British coming-of-age drama "Kids in Love" (2016), co-starring with Will Poulter, Alma Jodorowsky and Sebastian de Souza. Delevingne has appeared on the solo cover of Vogue magazine, The Wall Street Journal daily, and the song "Love" with Kendall Jenner. In 2016, Delevingne was named the face of cosmetics brand Rimmel, along with Kate Moss and Georgia May Jagger. In the same year, Cara continued to appear in advertisements for brands such as Burberry, Tag Heuer, Chanel, Marc Jacobs, YSL and Puma.
In 2017, Delevingne posed for the cover of The Edit, the online magazine of luxury fashion retailer Net-a-Porter. She has also posed for the covers of famous and well-known magazines such as Glamor, V, British GQ, Vogue Paris, Elle UK, Elle Australia and Glamor Germany. In addition to this, she has appeared in advertisements for the Dior Beauty brand.
Delevingne appeared with Dane DeHaan and Rihanna in the space opera movie "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" (2017), directed by Luc Besson, based on the comic book series of the same name. In the same year, she appeared as Annetje in the romantic drama film "Tulip Fever" based on the novel of the same name. She also played the role of Kath Talent in the neo-noir movie "London Fields" (2018) based on the novel of the same name. Later that year, she appeared in the drama film "Her Smell" directed by Alex Ross Perry.
She then starred opposite Orlando Bloom, the female lead Vignette Stonemoss, a fairy war refugee, in the Amazon Prime Video fantasy TV series "Carnival Row." At the time, she co-starred with Jaden Smith in the romantic drama movie "Life in a Year" directed by Mitja Okorn. In 2022, she was cast for the second season of the mystery comedy-drama TV series "Only Murders in the Building". That same year, she got the lead role in the anthology movie "Tell It Like a Woman" as Validation. It was announced that she will appear in the horror anthology series "American Horror Story: Delicate" in 2023.
Personal life
Delevingn, who describes herself as bisexual and pansexual, started a relationship with musician St.Vincent in June 2015. The couple decided to separate in September 2016. In June 2019, Delevingn, who was in a relationship with actress and model Ashley Benson, broke up in April 2020, ending their relationship.
Delevingn, who is also an animal lover, has 16 tattoos on her body. She said that of all her tattoos, her most important tattoo is the elephant on her right arm in memory of her late grandmother. In addition, Delevingne was singing and playing the guitar.
In 2011 and 2012, Delevingne wrote and sang two music albums under artist manager Simon Fuller. Afterwards, Delevingne, who was offered a record contract, turned it down on the grounds that her name would be changed. In 2013 she recorded an acoustic duet version of the song "Sonnentanz" with British singer-songwriter Will Heard. In October 2017, Delevingne made her debut as a young adult fiction novelist with a new book she co-wrote with British author Rowan Coleman, "Mirror, Mirror," featuring an LGBT theme.
In 2020, Delevigne launched "Della Vite", a vegan Prosecco line with her sisters Chloe and Poppy. In December 2022, Delevingne starred in more than six episodes on the BBC's "Planet Sex for Three".
Delevingne has designed two fashion collections for luxury fashion houses DKNY and Mulberry. The DKNY brand's capsule collection featured a variety of sporty street style items, from beret hats to leather jackets, and described the collection as "mostly unisex". She designed four collections for the Mulberry brand, consisting of backpacks and handbags, as well as wallets, iPad cases, phone cases, zipper pouches and passport holders.
Delevingne was listed among London's "1,000 Most Influential People of 2011" in the Most Invited category by the Evening Standard. In 2013, the Evening Standard newspaper was ranked 20th in the "Power 1000" list. That same year, Delevingne also made her name as the most searched fashion figure on Google and the most reblog on Tumblr.
In March 2014, Delevingne was named by The Sunday Times Magazine as one of the "100 Creators of the 21st Century", a list of influential British people. That year, she was featured on the "World's Highest Paid Models" list by Forbes magazine. In 2015, it took the second place in this list. She was also featured in the "99 Most Desirable Women" list in 2014 by the AskMen web portal and in the "List of Falling in Love: 99 Best Women" in 2016.