Cara Delevingne(I)
- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Cara Jocelyn Delevingne was born in London, England, to Pandora Anne (Stevens) and Charles Hamar Delevingne, a property developer. Her parents are both from prominent upper-class families, with her ancestors including Viscounts (Greenwood), Baronets (Hulton, Faudel-Phillips), Majors and Lord Mayors of London.
She began her career as a fashion model, previously the face of Burberry's Spring/Summer 2011 and 2012 campaigns. She also walked down the catwalk as a model at the 2012 Victoria's Secret fashion show and won Model of the Year 2012 at the British Fashion Awards. Delevingne was on the covers of Vogue UK, Vogue Korea, i-D, Love, Russh, Jalouse, and Style Spring 2013 issue. She was ranked #17 on models 50 Top Models (2013). Cara also appeared on the catwalk for brands such as Moschino, Jason Wu, Oscar de la Renta, Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, and Stella McCartney. Cara has been featured in advertising campaigns for high-end brands including H&M, Zara, Chanel, and the face of Burberry's Beauty campaign.
In 2012, she began her career as an actress, starring in the Focus Feature's drama romance Anna Karenina (2012) as Princess Sorokina alongside Keira Knightley and Jude Law. By 2015, she was a leading lady in the 20th Century Fox adventure-comedy film Paper Towns (2015), which won her two Teen Choice Awards as a Breakout Star and Choice Summer Movie Star, as well as a Rising Star from CinemaCon. She won her second Teen Choice Award for her role of June Moone in Warner Bros.'s Suicide Squad (2016), which starred Margot Robbie, Ben Affleck, Will Smith, and David Harbour.
She has also played a wide variety of characters in art-driven indies and large-scale television series, such as Annetje in Tulip Fever (2017) (2017) with Alicia Vikander and Christoph Waltz, Sergeant Laureline in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)(2017) with Ethan Hawke, recurring as Alice Banks in Only Murders in the Building (2021) (2022) for which she was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award, series regular on Carnival Row (2019) (2019 and 2023) playing a refugee faerie with an Irish accent alongside Orlando Bloom, series regular on American Horror Story (2011) Season 12 (2023-2024), and voiceover work on Futurama (1999) playing herself (2023-2024).
Cara has additionally been a force on stage, playing Sally Bowles in Cabaret at the Playhouse Theatre in London in 2024 to rave reviews. The role required her to sing and dance on stage, as well as showcase her acting, in what was written as a stunning display of talent.
She began her career as a fashion model, previously the face of Burberry's Spring/Summer 2011 and 2012 campaigns. She also walked down the catwalk as a model at the 2012 Victoria's Secret fashion show and won Model of the Year 2012 at the British Fashion Awards. Delevingne was on the covers of Vogue UK, Vogue Korea, i-D, Love, Russh, Jalouse, and Style Spring 2013 issue. She was ranked #17 on models 50 Top Models (2013). Cara also appeared on the catwalk for brands such as Moschino, Jason Wu, Oscar de la Renta, Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, and Stella McCartney. Cara has been featured in advertising campaigns for high-end brands including H&M, Zara, Chanel, and the face of Burberry's Beauty campaign.
In 2012, she began her career as an actress, starring in the Focus Feature's drama romance Anna Karenina (2012) as Princess Sorokina alongside Keira Knightley and Jude Law. By 2015, she was a leading lady in the 20th Century Fox adventure-comedy film Paper Towns (2015), which won her two Teen Choice Awards as a Breakout Star and Choice Summer Movie Star, as well as a Rising Star from CinemaCon. She won her second Teen Choice Award for her role of June Moone in Warner Bros.'s Suicide Squad (2016), which starred Margot Robbie, Ben Affleck, Will Smith, and David Harbour.
She has also played a wide variety of characters in art-driven indies and large-scale television series, such as Annetje in Tulip Fever (2017) (2017) with Alicia Vikander and Christoph Waltz, Sergeant Laureline in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)(2017) with Ethan Hawke, recurring as Alice Banks in Only Murders in the Building (2021) (2022) for which she was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award, series regular on Carnival Row (2019) (2019 and 2023) playing a refugee faerie with an Irish accent alongside Orlando Bloom, series regular on American Horror Story (2011) Season 12 (2023-2024), and voiceover work on Futurama (1999) playing herself (2023-2024).
Cara has additionally been a force on stage, playing Sally Bowles in Cabaret at the Playhouse Theatre in London in 2024 to rave reviews. The role required her to sing and dance on stage, as well as showcase her acting, in what was written as a stunning display of talent.
