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Audrey Marnay

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    Audrey Marnay View off-the-runway photos
    Nationality
    French
    Birth Date
    October 14, 1980
    Status
    Cover girl, Established, Retired (mostly)
    Known for
    Hair, Height
    Agencies
    DNA
    Muse for
    Steven Meisel
    Friends
    Karolina Kurkova, Liya Kebede, Maggie Rizer, Jacquetta Wheeler, Karen Elson, Erin O‘Connor, Anna Sui, Lou Dillon, Karl Lagerfeld
    Children
    Aidyn (Born 03), Amaël (Born 00)
    Married
    Alexandre de Betak
    Model Turned
    Actress (My Best Friend, 2006)
    Interests
    Buddhism

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    Audrey Marnay's Career Highlights

    14 OCT, 1980
    Born in Chartres, France
    1994
    Begins to model, signing with Viva Models in Paris
    1996
    Steven Meisel requests Marnay
    FEB 1997
    Debuts at the spring Anna Sui show in New York; also walks for Alexander McQueen, Karl Lagerfeld, and Miu Miu shows in Paris
    MAY 1997
    Featured on the cover of Italian Vogue, photographed by Steven Meisel
    1997
    Signs fragrance contract with Nina Ricci’s L’Air Du Temps
    1997
    Enrique Badulescu photographs Marnay for the fall issue of Dutch magazine
    SEP 1997
    Walks the spring Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Dolce & Gabbana, Prada, and Chloé shows in New York, Milan, and Paris
    OCT 1997
    Featured on the cover of i-D
    DEC 1997
    Featured on the covers of French Vogue and French Elle
    1998
    Becomes the face of Miu Miu
    JAN 1998
    Walks the spring Chanel, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Thierry Mugler couture shows in Paris
    JUN 1998
    Featured on the cover of German Vogue
    1998
    Steven Meisel photographs Marnay for Versace, alongside Carolyn Murphy and Maggie Rizer
    1998
    Models for Lanvin ad campaign, with Maggie Rizer
    1998
    Paolo Roversi requests Marnay for an Italian Vogue spread
    OCT 1998
    Featured on the cover of Italian Vogue, photographed by Steven Meisel Video»
    OCT 1998
    Appears in Vogue editorial, photographed by Peter Lindbergh
    23 OCT, 1998
    Featured on CNN as a top model Story»
    1999
    Featured in the Pirelli calendar
    FEB 1999
    Walks the spring Anna Sui, Michael Kors, Prada, Louis Vuitton, and Valentino shows in New York, Milan, and Paris
    1999
    Nominated for Model of the Year by VH1 Fashion Awards
    1999
    Steven Meisel photographs Marnay for Valentino, alongside Isabeli Fontana and Gisele Bündchen
    SEP 1999
    Appears in Vogue editorial, with Karen Elson and Guinevere van Seenus, photographed by Steven Meisel
    OCT 1999
    Walks the spring Christian Dior, Dries Van Noten, Lanvin, and Yohji Yamamoto shows in Paris
    JAN 2000
    Walks the spring Chanel, Christian Dior, Emanuel Ungaro, Valentino, and Versace couture shows in Paris
    FEB 2000
    Walks the spring Marc Jacobs, TSE, D&G, Chanel, and Olivier Theyskens shows in New York, Milan, and Paris
    AUG 2000
    Featured on the cover of French Vogue
    2001
    Lands on the cover of Italian Marie Claire twice (May, July)
    2001
    Lands on the cover of German Vogue twice (March, September)
    JAN 2001
    Featured on the cover of French Elle with son Amaël
    JUL 2001
    Walks the fall Balmain, Chanel, Givenchy, and Versace couture shows in Paris
    JAN 2002
    Walks Yves Saint Laurent’s last couture show in Paris
    MAY 2002
    Featured on the cover of Japanese Vogue
    AUG 2002
    Featured on the cover of German Vogue
    2003
    Gilles Bensimon photographs Marnay for an Elle beauty editorial
    APR 2003
    Featured on the cover of Italian Vogue, photographed by Steven Meisel
    2004
    Photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Ann Taylor’s “I Am Ann Taylor” ad campaign
    SEP 2004
    Makes a runway appearance at the spring Anna Sui and Chanel shows in New York and Paris
    2006
    Signs fragrance contract with Jean Paul Gaultier’s Classique
    2006
    Becomes the face of Yves Saint Laurent, photographed by Juergen Teller
    SEP 2006
    Featured on the cover of L’Officiel
    JUL 2007
    Appears in a twenty-page editorial for Japanese Vogue, photographed by Tim Walker
    2007
    Serge Leblon photographs Marnay for the fall issue of Another Magazine
    2008
    Featured on the fall cover of Lula
    OCT 2010
    Makes runway appearance at the spring John Galliano show in Paris
    MAR 2011
    Appears in Vogue editorial, photographed by Craig McDean
    AUG 2011
    Appears in Vogue editorial, photographed by Steven Meisel
    2011
    Models for the Longchamp fall ad campaign
    OCT 2011
    Appears in Italian Vogue editorial, photographed by Tim Walker
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