Carey Lowell

Carey Lowell

Lowell at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival Vanity Fair party
Born (1961-02-11) February 11, 1961
Huntington, New York, U.S.
Nationality American
Education Bear Creek High School
Alma mater University of Colorado at Boulder
New York University
Occupation Actress, model
Years active 1986–present
Spouse(s) John Stember (m. 1984–88)
Griffin Dunne (m. 1989–95)
Richard Gere (m. 2002; div. 2013)
Children 2
Website Official website

Carey Lowell (born February 11, 1961)[1] is an American actress and former model.

Early life

Lowell was born in Huntington, New York,[1][2] the daughter of geologist James Lowell.[2] She spent her childhood living in various countries, including Libya, the Netherlands, France, and in the US, in Houston, Texas and Denver, Colorado,[3] where her family settled when she was 12.[4] After a year at the University of Colorado at Boulder,[3][4] where she considered majoring in literature,[5] she moved to New York City to pursue modeling, and modeled for such clients as Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein,[4] and at some unspecified time attended New York University.[5] She also studied at Manhattan's Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre.[5]

Career

Lowell broke into acting in the film Dangerously Close followed by a small role in the Robin Williams movie Club Paradise.[4] She went on to roles including those of Bond girl Pam Bouvier in the James Bond movie Licence to Kill (1989) and, starting in 1996, Assistant District Attorney Jamie Ross on the television drama Law & Order, a character she reprised in 2005 for a guest role on its spinoff, Law & Order: Trial by Jury.[6] Immediately before that role, however, she had become frustrated with her acting career and had applied to study documentary filmmaking at New York University.[4]

She left acting after the mid-2000s. In 2012, Lowell lent her likeness and voice while reprising her Licence to Kill role in the video game 007 Legends.[7]

Personal life

Lowell has been married three times. Her first husband was fashion photographer John Stember, to whom she was married from 1984 to 1988.[8][9]

She was married to actor Griffin Dunne from 1989 to 1995 and has a daughter, Hannah, from that marriage.[1]

Lowell married actor Richard Gere in November 2002,[10] following the birth of their child Homer James Jigme Gere, who was born in February 2000.[2]

In September 2013, the two separated after 11 years of marriage. The couple spent three years in highly contested divorce proceedings in Manhattan Supreme Court.[11][12] The case was settled in October, 2016.[13]

Lowell has been dating MTV founder Tom Freston since 2015.[14]

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Carey Lowell Biography (1961-)". FilmReference.com. Retrieved September 25, 2013. Note: Source gives birthplace as "New York, NY (some sources say Huntington, NY)," but few if any sources corroborate this.
  2. 1 2 3 Jewel, Dan (February 21, 2000). "Role Change". People. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Carey Lowell (Assistant DA Jamie Ross, 1996-1998)". Law & Order official site (TNT). Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Gerston, Jill (December 21, 1997). "A Cupcake Grows Into One Tough Cookie". The New York Times. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 "Carey Lowell". Rovi via The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  6. ↑ "Carey Lowell Guest Stars on NBC's "Law & Order: Trial by Jury," Friday April 8th, 10pm ET/PT" (Press release). NBC via TheFutonCritic.com. April 6, 2005. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  7. ↑ http://www.007.com/007-legends-released-today/
  8. ↑ Billups, Andrea (September 25, 2013). "Richard Gere and Carey Lowell Split After 11 Years of Marriage". People Magazine. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  9. ↑ Bucktin, Christopher (September 25, 2013). "Richard Gere and Carey Lowell to divorce after 'growing apart due to different lifestyles'". Mirror. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  10. ↑ Silverman, Stephen M. (November 15, 2002). "Passages: Gere, Lowell Get Married". People. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  11. ↑ Strang, Fay (September 25, 2013). "Richard Gere and wife Carey Lowell set for divorce as they split after 11 years of marriage due to lifestyle differences". Daily Mail. London. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  12. ↑ Ross, Barbara (May 1, 2015). "Richard Gere, Carey Lowell still fighting over money in divorce case". New York Daily News. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  13. ↑ http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/richard-gere-carey-lowell-expected-reach-divorce-settlement-article-1.2835137
  14. ↑ http://pagesix.com/2015/07/10/chris-martin-gives-a-global-citizen-festival-tease/
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