Caprice Bourret

Caprice Bourret

Caprice Bourret in July 2011
Born Caprice Bourret
October 24, 1971 (1971-10-24) (age 40)
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Hair color Blonde
Eye color Blue
Dress size 8
Website
http://www.bycaprice.com/

Caprice Bourret (born October 24, 1971)[1] is an American model,[2] actress, television personality and businesswoman. She currently resides in the United Kingdom where she runs her company By Caprice Lingerie Ltd[2][2].

Contents

Biography

Early life

Born of Jewish ancestry [3] Bourret grew up in Hacienda Heights, California. However, in 1996 she moved to the United Kingdom to launch her modelling career.[4]

Career

Modelling

Bourret has appeared on over 250 covers[5][6] which have included Vogue, GQ, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Maxim, FHM and the Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated.[7] She was voted worlds sexiest woman by the News of the World, GQ magazine's Woman of the Year and Maxim's International Woman of the Year for three consecutive years.[8] She has been featured in television ad campaigns for Diet Coke and Pizza Hut alongside Jonathan Ross.[9]

Lingerie line

In 2000, Bourret entered into a licensing agreement with Debenhams, giving her name to a lingerie range. However, in 2006, Bourret bought back her license, invested her own money into the business and subsequently founded 'By Caprice Lingerie'. Since then she has expanded into swimwear, sleepwear and bedding, amongst other products[10][11]

Film and TV

Alongside her main profession of business woman and model, she has done a variety of film and television work. She starred in the HBO film Hollywood Flies[12] and has also appeared in Nailing Vienna,[13] and Jinxed In Love also for HBO. Bourret has also appeared in the soap operas Hollyoaks, Dream Team (TV series) for Sky 1 and in the English comedy show Hospital.

In 1998, Bourret hosted the UK television series, Caprice's Travels. The series followed Bourret's tour through several major holiday destinations around the world. Bourret has appeared on Friday Night's All Wright as well as several award shows, including the European MTV awards and the World Music Awards, the British National Television Awards in 1996, 1997 and 1998, and several series for the television channels VH1 and E! Entertainment Television. In 2000, she filmed the Channel 4 documentary Being Caprice, in which a camera hidden on her person recorded her life for ten days.[14] Also that year she hosted an evening at The Oscars and hosted the red carpet event for the American Music Awards both live on ABC Network.[15]

In early 2005, she appeared on Celebrity Big Brother. She continued to make appearances on companion show Big Brother's Little Brother until it switched channels in 2010.[16]

She was a cast member on the fifth season of the VH1 reality series The Surreal Life and also appeared in the reality shows Celebrities Under Pressure, Celebrities Disfigured, Three Celebrities and a Baby, and Road Raja.

In June 2006, she starred in the English independent movie Perfect Woman, produced by Olympus Productions Limited. This followed an earlier appearance in the film The Man with Rain in His Shoes alongside Penelope Cruz.[14]

In 2007, Bourret was a judge on Sky 1's Project Catwalk and Britain's Next Top Model.[17] Three years later she took the role of head judge on TV3's show Style Wars in Ireland.[18]

On November 13, 2008 she came joint second with Jimmy Osmond in a Celebrity Come Dine with Me episode that also featured Nicky Clarke and Nancy Sorrell.[19]

Theatre

Bourret starred on stage in the hit musical Rent playing the lead 'Maureen' at The Prince of Wales Theatre on the West End and also performed in The Vagina Monologues at the Arts Theatre in London's West End.[20]

In South Africa, Bourret produced and starred in the off-Broadway production Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical playing the lead 'Lisa' at the Tesson Theatre in Johannesburg in 2007.[21]

Other work

In 1999, Bourret was signed to Virgin Records and subsequently released her first pop single, "Oh Yeah"[22] (UK #24), and then the 2001 follow-up single, "Once Around the Sun" (also UK #24).[23][24]

Business Speeches & Talks

2008
Sammons Associates 10th Annual Heads of Equity Research Awards [25]
The Business Start Up Conference, Excel Centre
Oxford Union
Drapers Magazine VIP Club
2009
The London School of Economics Enterprise International Challenge [26]
2010
Fresh Business Thinking LIVE![27] Event UK, Birmingham NEC
Financial Mail on Sunday’s ‘Breaking the Mould’ Conference

2011
Cambridge Union Society
Financial Mail on Sunday’s 'Breaking the Mould' Conference [28]

Filmography

Acting
Year Title Role Notes
1997 Hospital! Cassandra Channel 5 one-off comedy
1999 Dream Team, TheThe Dream Team Dani West Series regular, US TV series
2001 Bubbles American woman Short film
2001 Baywatch Jackie Love One-off episode
2002 Nailing Vienna Crystal British film
2004 Hollywood Flies Cherie Film
2004 Hollyoaks: After Hours Saskia Spin-off
2009 Untitled sitcom[29] TBA Television series
Reality television
Year Title Role Notes
1998 Friday Night's All Wight Herself Co-Presenter, TV series
1999 Bang Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer Herself Interviewed by Reeves and Mortimer as their characters "The Stotts".
2000 Being Caprice Herself Documentary
2002 Stars in Their Eyes Herself/Nancy Sinatra Celebrity Christmas Special
2002 Open House with Gloria Hunniford Herself 1 episode
2003 Importance of Being Famous, TheThe Importance of Being Famous Herself Single guest interview series with Piers Morgan
2004 Road Raja Herself Driving reality show
2004 Loose Women Herself 2 episodes, ITV
2004 GMTV Herself 1 episode, ITV
2004 Celebrities Under Pressure Herself 1 episode
2004 Sports Relief Herself 1 episode
2005 Celebrity Big Brother 2005 (UK) Herself
2005 Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, TheThe Big Idea with Donny Deutsch Herself 2 episodes, CNBC
2005 Surreal Life, TheThe Surreal Life Herself US reality series
2005 Dirty Tricks Herself 1 episode
2005 Ireland AM Herself 1 episode
2005 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Herself 1 episode
2006 Prince's Trust 30th Birthday: Live, TheThe Prince's Trust 30th Birthday: Live Herself One-off event
2007 Xposé Herself Entertainment series
2008 Come Dine With Me Herself 1 episode, Channel 4 culinary reality show
2008 Cooking the Books Herself 1 episode, Channel 5
2009 Hole in the Wall Herself 1 episode
2009 Live from Studio Five Herself 1 episode, Channel 5 live chat show
2009 9th Meteor Ireland Music Awards, TheThe 9th Meteor Ireland Music Awards Herself – Presenter Music Awards show
2010 Real Hustle, TheThe Real Hustle Herself 1 episode, BBC
2010 Big Brother's Little Brother Herself – Guest Panelist Multiple episodes, E4
2010 Style Wars Herself Judge of Irish Reality Show
2010 The King is Dead Herself – Guest Panelist 1 episode, BBC
2010 The King is Dead Herself Contestant
2010 Celebrity Juice Herself Closerer Magazine Head
2010 The Panel Herself Guest
2010 Live from Studio Five Herself Guest
2011 Celebrity Juice Herself Guest
2011 OK! TV Herself Guest
2011 Xposé Herself Guest
2011 Daybreak (ITV) Herself Guest
2011 5 News Herself Guest

References

  1. ^ According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com
  2. ^ a b c http://realbusiness.co.uk/news/how_caprice_went_from_supermodel_to_lingerie_entrepreneur
  3. ^ Bloom, Nate (2005-07-29). "Celebrity Jews". Jweekly.com (The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California). http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/26655/celebrity-jews/. Retrieved 2010-08-02. 
  4. ^ The Independent (London). http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/the-5minute-interview-caprice-bourret-model-446253.html". 
  5. ^ http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/starinterviews/article-23958879-how-caprice-became-a-model-businesswoman.do
  6. ^ http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/02/14/supermodel-caprice-stars-alongside-rhys-ifans-in-new-show-91466-22926207/
  7. ^ "Most Popular". CNN. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/swimsuit/modelfeatured/caprice/1998/model/4/5/index.htm. 
  8. ^ http://www.obesitycampaign.co.uk/weight-loss-resources/42-interviews/103-caprice-bourret-136.html
  9. ^ http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news/191704/Caprice-steals-forklift-truck-new-Diet-Coke-promotion/
  10. ^ http://www.rawbusiness.com/interviews/caprice-bourett-interviewed-by-bradley-chapman-84.php
  11. ^ http://www.lingerieinsight.com/article-719-interview-caprice-bourret/
  12. ^ http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4252144640/tt0377070
  13. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293444/
  14. ^ a b "Too close for comfort". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,343148,00.html. 
  15. ^ http://www.shalomlife.com/culture/15506/exclusive-interviews-with-top-jewish-models-caprice--page1/
  16. ^ Burchill, Julie (13 January 2005). "My feminist hero has become a rancid bore". London: The Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/article411516.ece. Retrieved 19 August 2009. 
  17. ^ http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/reality-tv/project-catwalk-team-work-on-caprice-lingerie-line/
  18. ^ http://www.showbiz.ie/news/june10/30-caprice-launches-tv3-style-wars.shtml
  19. ^ Jeffries, Stuart (2008-11-14). "Stuart Jeffries: Watch celebrities hold dinner parties for charity? I'd rather reverse over a puppy". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/nov/14/television2. 
  20. ^ http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8821037871480/Model+Caprice+Makes+Musical+Stage+Debut+in+Rent.html
  21. ^ http://www.allabouthype.com/celebrity-fashion-models/index.php?id=1
  22. ^ "Aiming to be a model singer". BBC News. 1999-08-17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/419518.stm. Retrieved 2010-08-02. 
  23. ^ music (2010-07-12). "Caprice Entertainment MSN". Entertainment.uk.msn.com. http://entertainment.uk.msn.com/music/features/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=8697540&imageindex=20. Retrieved 2010-08-02. 
  24. ^ "Chart positions Every Hit". Everyhit.com. http://www.everyhit.com/searchsec.php. Retrieved 2010-08-02. 
  25. ^ http://www.sammons.co.uk/jobs/news-stories/id/10;display-details/sammons-associates-10th-annual-heads-of-research-awards?web-page-id=54
  26. ^ http://seeducation.org/london-school-of-economics-international-challenge
  27. ^ http://www.freshbusinessthinking.com/business_advice.php?AID=8680&Title=By+Caprice+-+Interview+with+Caprice+Bourret
  28. ^ http://www.fmwf.com/media-type/news/2011/03/caprice-is-a-model-for-young-women/
  29. ^ Bevan, Nathan (2009-02-15). "Caprice to star in sitcom with Rhys Ifans". Wales Online. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/news/2009/02/15/caprice-to-star-in-sitcom-with-rhys-ifans-91466-22929881/. Retrieved 2010-08-02. 

External links

Interviews