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Emily Sandberg |
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| Born | Emily Sandberg May 26, 1981 Rochester, Minnesota, United States |
| Spouse | Gary Gold (2005 - present) |
Emily Sandberg Gold (born May 26, 1981) is an American model and actress.
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Sandberg was born Emily Margaret Sandberg in Rochester, Minnesota, to a nurse/stage-actress mother and an attorney father. At 13 she joined a mime troupe and performed at Renaissance festivals and area schools; on weekends she mimed on her own at local malls. Sandberg went on to act in regional productions of Thornton Wilder's Our Town and Shakespeare's The Tempest and A Midsummer Night's Dream. After appearing in an off-Broadway production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Unabridged, she moved to New York City, where she was discovered by NEXT Model Management and convinced to sign with the agency.[1]
From 2000 to 2003, Sandberg was an international runway fixture, walking for fashion houses such as Marc Jacobs, Calvin Klein, Narciso Rodriguez, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix and Dolce & Gabbana.[2] She has starred in ad campaigns for the likes of Versace, Fendi, DKNY and Marni. A favorite of photographers Annie Leibovitz, Steven Meisel, Mario Testino, Craig McDean and Peter Lindbergh, she has appeared on the covers of Harper's Bazaar, Elle, and the French, Italian and Japanese editions of Vogue.[3]
In 2001 Sandberg moved to Los Angeles, where she trained at the Meisner Playhouse in Hollywood for two years. Soon after, she landed her first big-screen role in the independent film Desperate. An appearance as a snooty Runway staffer in The Devil Wears Prada followed, as did a small role in Employee of the Month.
Sandberg stars opposite John Travolta and Robin Williams in the upcoming feature film Old Dogs, where she plays a mother named Sara.
Sandberg's personal blog, supermodelblogger, chronicles her life as model and mother.
In 2005 Sandberg married music producer Gary Gold. The couple divides their time between a loft in New York City's Chinatown and a 1929 Mediterranean-style house in Beachwood Canyon, Los Angeles.