Noémie Lenoir

Noémie Lenoir born 19 September 1979 is a French model and actress She is known for her work with Gucci LOréal Next Gap Tommy Hilfiger Victorias Secret Balmain Paris Hair Couture and Marks and Spencer Lenoir was born in Les Ulis Essonne France Her mother is a cleaning lady and comes from the French island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean while her father is from mainland France and an electrician When she was 17 Lenoir was spotted by the Ford modelling agency and began modelling in New York Growing up in a banlieue district near Paris which she describes as a ghetto Lenoir was first spotted at the age of 17 in 1997 when she was approached by a Ford booker in a post office She signed with LOréal in 1997 and has since appeared in their advertisements alongside Laetitia Casta and longterm model and actress Andie MacDowell She has also worked for Victorias Secret Gap Next and many others Lenoir was the face of UK highstreet retailer Marks Spencer for four years until Christmas 2009 and was seen in various British TV adverts magazines and billboards alongside fellow models Erin OConnor Twiggy and Laura Bailey Lenoir returned to Marks Spencer advertising in 2012 where she is seen enjoying a selection of quintessentially British pastimes In 2007 Lenoir featured in the hit film Rush Hour 3 alongside actors Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker In 2009 Lenoir featured in the music video for Ushers single Hey Daddy Daddys Home She is represented by Models 1 After a relationship with rapper Stomy Bugsy she lived with international football player Claude Makélélé They have a son The couple split in early 2009 Lenoir gave birth to a daughter in August 2015 On 9 May 2010 Lenoir was found unconscious after a suspected suicide attempt in a park near her Paris home by a man walking his dog She was taken to hospital where large quantities of drugs and alcohol were found in her system She spoke about the suicide attempt in a February 2011 interview with Britains Guardian Weekend magazine admitting she had done something really really stupid Some have referred to the incident as a case in a series of suicidal tragedies ongoing in the fashion industry at the time along with the suicides of Ambrose Olsen Daul Kim Tom Nicon Hayley Kohle and Ruslana Korshunova She hosted a show on Trace TV for two years She appears in all three Marks and Spencer Christmas TV adverts for 2009 broadcast in both Ireland and the United Kingdom Source Article Noémie Lenoir from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30