Agyness Deyn

Agyness Deyn

Deyn in 2007
Born Laura Michelle Hollins
(1983-02-16) 16 February 1983
Littleborough, Greater Manchester, England
Spouse(s) Giovanni Ribisi (m. 2012–15)
Joel McAndrew (m. 2016)

Modelling information

Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Hair colour Blonde
Eye colour Blue

Agyness Deyn /ˈæɡnᵻs diːn/ (born Laura Michelle Hollins;[1][2] 16 February 1983)[3][4] is an English fashion model, actress and singer.[5]

Early life

Deyn is from Littleborough, near Rochdale in Greater Manchester.[6] Deyn later moved to Failsworth near Oldham.[7][8] The second of three children, she moved to Rossendale, Lancashire, and attended All Saints Roman Catholic High School, as well as Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School and Sixth Form, Waterfoot.

Deyn's name was apparently coined to further her modelling career after she consulted her mother's friend, a numerology expert, who advised her of the most 'fortuitous' way to spell the name 'Agnes'.[9] It was reported that her mother Lorraine (a nurse), and her sister Emily both changed their surname to Deyn, while Lorraine has changed the I in her first name to Y.[10][11][12]

Deyn's working life started at a fish and chip shop in Stubbins, Rossendale, where she was a part-time server at the age of 13. Even at an early age she had an eye for style and by 17 she had already had her head shaved. "I've had short hair since I was 13, and when I was 17, I had a skinhead."[13] In 1999, she won the Rossendale Free Press "Face of '99" competition, aged just 16.[14]

She then moved to London, working in a fast-food restaurant during the day and a bar at night but admits: "It didn’t quite work."[15]

Career

Modelling

Deyn for Anna Sui in 2008

Deyn's biography claims that she was "spotted" while shopping with fashion designer Henry Holland in Kentish Town, London.[16] She then signed with SELECT model management.

In May 2007, she was featured on the cover of American Vogue, alongside Doutzen Kroes, Caroline Trentini, Raquel Zimmermann, Sasha Pivovarova, Jessica Stam, Coco Rocha, Hilary Rhoda, Chanel Iman and Lily Donaldson as "The World's Next Top Models."[17] She has also been featured on the covers of: UK Vogue, the Observer Woman supplement, The Sunday Times Style, Pop, Grazia, Time, Style & Life, Vogue Italia and numerous other international publications.[18]

She has walked the runways for Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Burberry, Hermés, Dior, Lanvin, DKNY, Karl Lagerfeld, Moschino, Versace, Michael Kors, Zac Posen, Celine, Roberto Cavalli, Bottega Veneta, Proenza Schouler, Tommy Hilfiger, Stella McCartney, Viktor & Rolf, Max Mara, Oscar De La Renta, Ralph Lauren, Giles Deacon, Alexander Wang, Jean Paul Gaultier, Alberta Ferretti, Carolina Herrera, and Yves Saint Laurent.

Deyn has appeared in advertisements for Dior, Burberry, Emporio Armani, Calvin Klein, Moncler, Anna Sui, Giorgio Armani, John Galliano, Gianfranco Ferré, Blumarine, Vivienne Westwood, Cacharel, Doc Martens, Shiseido, Mulberry, Paul Smith, Adidas, and Reebok.

She has been the face of fragrance The Beat by Burberry, Gold by Giles Deacon at New Look replacing Drew Barrymore, Jean Paul Gaultier's fragrance Ma Dame, Shiseido (replacing Angelina Jolie) and childhood friend Henry Holland's label House of Holland. In 2009, Deyn landed a Uniqlo campaign and appeared in a commercial with Gabriel Aubry.

In May 2008, Deyn was guest editor of i-D magazine. The issue was devoted to her and includes articles written by and about Deyn, as well as interviews she conducted with fashion designers such as Vivienne Westwood. Deyn's was on one of the fourteen covers of V magazine autumn issue. Each cover employs a head shot of a famous model, either from new models or established supermodels; it was photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin.[19]

In June 2009, the Daily Mirror reported that Deyn had quit modelling to spend more time with her then boyfriend, Singer-songwriter Miles Kane. The newspaper quoted a source as saying that modelling had started to bore Deyn and that she had hired an acting agent to pursue an acting career in British independent films.[20]

Vogue Paris described her as one of the top 30 models of the 2000s.[21]

Deyn appeared in the May 2011 British Vogue editorial, photographed by Tim Walker.[22]

In October 2012, Deyn once again announced that she has retired from modelling in an interview with The Independent. She stated, "I suppose I have stopped modelling officially. I've not done any for a good long while now. I think it was about four years ago when my feelings were changing towards the industry. I didn't hate it, but I was yearning to do something different. I was on a gradient. It was a gradual thing." She intends to focus on her acting career.[23]

Music

Deyn provides vocals for the single "Who" by Five O'Clock Heroes as well as featuring in the video. The single was poorly received by NME, who gave it only a 2/10.[24] The single charted at No. 109 in the UK.[25] Until recently she was a member of the now defunct group Lucky Knitwear.[26] Deyn's voice can be heard at the beginning of Rihanna's music video for "We Found Love".

Acting

In the 2010 film Clash of the Titans, Deyn played Aphrodite, Greek goddess of beauty, love, and sex.

In March 2011, Deyn appeared as an owl-bearing warrior in Woodkid's debut music video, "Iron".[27]

In 2012, Deyn starred opposite Richard Coyle in Pusher, an English language remake of Nicolas Winding Refn's Danish film of the same name, where she played Flo, a strong-minded stripper.

On 28 February 2012, Deyn played her first role on the West End stage, as Paula in François Archambault's comedy, The Leisure Society.[28] After receiving excellent reviews for her role in that play, Deyn was cast to play the main female role, Chris Guthrie, in a film adaptation of the Scottish-set novel Sunset Song.[29]

In 2013, Deyn played the lead role in Electricity, a film adaptation of the novel by Ray Robinson, about the journey of a young woman with epilepsy.[30] She also starred 2015 in Sony's horror film Patient Zero.[31]

Design ventures

In 2010, Deyn collaborated with her younger sister Emily to create a line of T-shirts and tank tops for high street chain Uniqlo.[32]

In 2012, Deyn began a design partnership with Dr. Martens called Agyness Deyn for Dr. Martens, [33] a line of accessories, shoes, and clothing. In spring of 2014, she planned to release a third collaboration with the brand.[34]

She currently works with the agencies Elite New York City – New York, Why Not Model Agency in Milan, and Oui Management in Paris.

Personal life

Deyn was married to American actor Giovanni Ribisi from 2012 to 2015.[35]

In August 2016, Deyn married hedge fund manager Joel McAndrew in an intimate ceremony in New York.[36]

References

  1. ↑ Laura Hollins – page 1 – Birth Records Search – Genes Reunited Archived 9 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Day, Elizabeth; Challand, Christine (3 July 2007). "How Laura from the Village Chippy became Agy the Vogue cover girl". Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 4 July 2007.
  3. ↑ Cochlin, Daniel (29 September 2007). "Is model Agyness Deyn – the new Kate Moss – really three years older than she says?". Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 15 November 2007.
  4. ↑ Neville, Simon (28 February 2012). "I'm really 29, admits Agyness Deyn as she confesses she's six years older than her CV suggests". Daily Mail. London.
  5. ↑ Callahan, Maureen (31 March 2008). "Great Deyn". The New York Post.
  6. ↑ Unknown, Unknown (5 December 2007). "Agyness Deyn". AgynessDeyn.org. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  7. ↑ Oliver, George (5 December 2007). "Tomboy Agyness is Britain's top model". Oldham Advertiser. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  8. ↑ Keegan, Mike (11 October 2007). "Chippie girl to conquer the world". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  9. ↑ Vogue May 2007
  10. ↑ Irvine, Chris (27 July 2008). "How Agyness Deyn's name ensures fame and fortune". The Daily Telegraph. London, UK. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  11. ↑ "Cele-bitchy - Agyness Deyn finally admits that she's been lying about her age the whole time". celebitchy.com.
  12. ↑ Aitkenhead, Decca (26 February 2012). "Agyness Deyn: 'Who am I?'". The Guardian. London, UK.
  13. ↑ Wells, Emma (25 March 2008). "Top of the Crops". Sunday Times. London.
  14. ↑ Oliver, George (29 November 2007). "Agyness is Britain's top model". Rossendale Free Press. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  15. ↑ Good, Jenna (13 September 2007). "Agyness is the new Kate Moss". The Sun. London, UK. Retrieved 14 November 2007.
  16. ↑ Craven, Jo (17 April 2009). "Agyness Deyn". vogue.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  17. ↑ "Fashion Shows: Fashion Week, Runway, Designer Collections". Vogue. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008.
  18. ↑ "Agyness Deyn". models.com. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  19. ↑ Lim, James (10 September 2008). "Ogle 'V' Magazine's Fourteen New Cover Models". New York Magazine. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
  20. ↑ "Agyness Deyn to quit modelling and New York for acting". Daily Mirror. 16 June 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
  21. ↑ "Les 30 mannequins des années 2000". vogue.fr. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  22. ↑ "Agyness Deyn". nymag.com. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  23. ↑ Duerden, Nick (14 October 2012). "Agyness Deyn: 'I'm a very private person. That's just the way I roll'". The Independent. London.
  24. ↑ Cashmore, Pete (19 June 2008). "Five O'Clock Heroes Feat Agyness Deyn". NME. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  25. ↑ Osterhout, Jacob (13 August 2009). "Agyness Deyn pays homage to Michael Jackson in Harper's Bazaar spread". NY Daily News. New York. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  26. ↑ "Agyness Deyn". fashionmodeldirectory.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  27. ↑ Xeni Jardin (31 March 2011). "Woodkid: "Iron," dir. Yoann Lemoine, feat. Agyness Deyn (music video)". Boing Boing. Archived from the original on 25 April 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  28. ↑ Matt Trueman (21 December 2011). "Agyness Deyn to make West End debut in The Leisure Society". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  29. ↑ Lauren Milligan (16 May 2012). "Deyn's Big Break". UK: Vogue. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  30. ↑ matthewjac (12 December 2014). "Electricity (2014)". IMDb.
  31. ↑ "Sony Officially Infected By 'Patient Zero' -". bloody-disgusting.com.
  32. ↑ Bergin, Olivia (28 April 2010). "Agyness Deyn and sister Emily collaborate on a T-shirt range for Uniqlo". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 2 May 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  33. ↑ "Official Dr Martens Store - US". dmusastore.com.
  34. ↑ "Footwear News". Footwear News.
  35. ↑ Christie D'Zurilla (21 June 2012). "Giovanni Ribisi, Agyness Deyn get married oh so quietly". LA Times. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  36. ↑ Macon, Alexandra. "Model Agyness Deyn Marries Joel McAndrew in Brooklyn Heights". Vogue.

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