Amanda de Cadenet

Amanda de Cadenet
Born 19 May 1972 (1972-05-19) (age 39)
England
Spouse John Taylor (m. 1991–1997) «start: (1991)–end+1: (1998)»"Marriage: John Taylor to Amanda de Cadenet" Location: (linkback:http://localhost../../../../articles/a/m/a/Amanda_de_Cadenet_6fca.html)[1]
Nick Valensi (m. 2006–present) «start: (2006)»"Marriage: Nick Valensi to Amanda de Cadenet" Location: (linkback:http://localhost../../../../articles/a/m/a/Amanda_de_Cadenet_6fca.html)[2][3]

Amanda de Cadenet (born 19 May 1972) is a British photographer and former actress.

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Biography

De Cadenet is the daughter of racing car driver Alain de Cadenet.[4][5] She began her career as a co-presenter for The Word, a late-night Channel 4 magazine show.[6][7] She also co-hosted The Big Breakfast.

Her first marriage was in 1991 to Duran Duran bassist John Taylor by whom she had a daughter, Atlanta.[8][9][10][11] The following year, de Cadenet moved from the U.K. to Los Angeles. The marriage lasted until 1997.[4]

Upon arrival in L.A., de Cadenet embarked upon a short film career, appearing in Four Rooms by independent film maker Allison Anders, Fall, and Brokedown Palace. But her career then turned to photography.[12] She worked for magazines such as Spin,[13] Jane and Harper’s Bazaar,[14] among others. In 2005, she published a book entitled Rare Birds.[6][4] Her other celebrity popular culture subjects have included Drew Barrymore, Sofia Coppola, Demi Moore, Olivia Wilde, Mary J Blige, Keanu Reeves, Beck Hansen, and the members of The Strokes.[6]

In 2006 she married Strokes' guitarist Nick Valensi,[10][11] with whom she has twins.[1][11]

In 2010 de Cadenet photographed the American reality TV star Kim Kardashian for the 22 November cover of People magazine, who profiled Kardashian for her thirtieth birthday.[15]

In 2011 it was announced that de Cadenet will be the host of a new television interview series called "The Conversation", airing on the Lifetime Channel, with Demi Moore as a co-executive producer.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b Midler & Lehner 2006.
  2. ^ Contact 2006
  3. ^ Reardanz 2006.
  4. ^ a b c Lusher 2010.
  5. ^ Nolan 2006.
  6. ^ a b c Lee 2010.
  7. ^ BBC 2005a
  8. ^ SPIN 2007, pp. 44
  9. ^ Thompson 1997, pp. 230.
  10. ^ a b Examiner 2006
  11. ^ a b c People 2006
  12. ^ Kay 2007.
  13. ^ SPIN 2003, pp. 73
  14. ^ HarpersBazaar 2006
  15. ^ People. 22 November 2010. 
  16. ^ Daily Mail article on The Conversation

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