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Nationality: British
Birth Date: May 19, 1988
Status: Established, Good girl
Known for: Hair
Agencies: IMG, Marilyn Agency
Dated: Jude Law
Friends: Gemma Ward, Caroline Winberg, Hilary Rhoda, Erin O'Connor, Jade Parfitt, Tasha Tilberg, Rosie Huntington, Yasmin Warsame
Model Turned: Actress (Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll, 2007; St. Trinians, 2007)

Quoted

“Modelling is great, but studies came first.”
—FemaleFirst.co.uk

Lily Cole's Career Highlights

19 MAY, 1988: Born in Torquay, England

2002: Discovered by model scout while walking through Covent Garden in London

2003: Steven Meisel shoots her for an editorial in Italian Vogue

SEP 2003: Debuts at spring Fashion Week opening for Anna Sui in New York

2004: Appears in Prada ad campaign

NOV 2004: Named Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards

2005: Appears in Moschino print ads

JUL 2005: Appears on the cover of British Vogue

SEP 2005: Profiled by World Fashion TV; talks about splitting her time between school and the modeling industry Video»

DEC 2005: Makes the Vogue Best-Dressed List

7 DEC, 2005: Named one of New York’s Movers and Shakers in Time Out, which also calls her the “face of the future”

2006: Appears in print ads for Max Studio

4 MAY, 2006: Co-hosts the after-dinner dance for the Costume Institute gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with Lily Donaldson and Gemma Ward

JUL 2006: Ends spokesmodel gig for De Beers due to eviction of Kalahari bushmen to free up land for diamond mining

JUL 2006: Opens the fall Jean Paul Gaultier couture show and closes the fall Christian Lacroix couture show in Paris

4 JUL, 2006: Hosts party with fellow model Agyness Deyn at the Hotel Marais to celebrate the opening of Mulberry’s Paris store

AUG 2006: Accepted by Cambridge University for Social and Political Sciences

OCT 2006: Awarded the Mikdadi Prize for Politics by Latymer Upper School

7 OCT, 2006: Stars in Jean Paul Gaultier’s 30th-anniversary show in Paris; Vogue Creative Director Grace Coddington appears on the runway inside of a cage with a velvet curtain draped over it, and seconds later Cole appears holding a cat

2007: Speaks out for WaterAid’s End Water Poverty campaign Video»

FEB 2007: Opens and closes Christian Lacroix fall show

12 FEB, 2007: Announces plans to star in a modern version of Alice in Wonderland in the film Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll, directed by Marilyn Manson

MAR 2007: Signs a plaster cast of her torso for an eBay auction to raise money for charity organization Comic Relief

APR 2007: Makes the Sunday Times Rich List as the 83rd richest young person in Britain with an estimated net worth of 6 million pounds

MAY 2007: Names Christy Turlington as her all-time favorite model in Vogue

DEC 2007: Plays Poly, a mischievous pupil, in the film St. Trinnian’s

OCT 2007: Opens the spring Akris show in Paris

DEC 2007: Appears in British Vogue editorial

JAN 2008: Appears in British Vogue editorial, photographed by Arthur Elgort

JUL 2008: Dates Jude Law Story»

2008: Becomes one of the faces of Tiffanys & Co. alongside Hye Park and Shalom Harlow

SEP 2008: Appears in i-D editorial, photographed by Pierre Bailey

OCT 2008: Featured on the cover of French Playboy, photographed by Xevi Muntané

MAR 2009: Appears in editorials for W and i-D

2009: Paolo Roversi photographs Cole for the fall issue of Pop

OCT 2009: Featured on the cover of British Harper's Bazaaar, photographed by Guy Aroch

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