| Carré Otis | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 28, 1968 (age 56) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Model, actress |
| Spouses |
(m. 2005) |
| Children | 2 |
Carré Brennan Otis (born September 28, 1968) is an American model and actress.
Early life
Carré Otis was born in San Francisco, and raised in Marin County, California, along with her older sister Chrisse and her younger brother Jordan. She attended Marin Academy in San Rafael, California, and the John Woolman School in Nevada City, California.
Career
Early modeling
Otis ran away from home at 16. A year later, while living with an abusive boyfriend in San Francisco, Otis was scouted, by Look Model Agency and was initially signed to Elite Model Management in New York by John Casablancas. She first achieved fame after being sent to Elite in Paris, when she appeared on the cover of French Elle in April 1986. Over the next several years, she appeared on covers in the American and foreign editions of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Allure, Mirabella, and Marie Claire. In 1991, Bruce Weber photographed Carré Otis, in San Francisco, California.
Otis appeared in ads for Guess jeans (1988), Calvin Klein jeans (1991), the 1996 Pirelli calendar, and also posed for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition (2000). Otis is the model on the poster above the character Rusty Griswald's bed in the 1989 film National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Otis was also featured in 1990 and 2000 issues of Playboy magazine. Otis has walked the runway for Max Mara, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Ermanno Scervino, Todd Oldham and Donna Karan.
Acting
In 1989, Otis made her acting debut in the film Wild Orchid opposite future husband Mickey Rourke. Stills from the film's climactic sex scene were sold to Playboy, and were the subject of a lawsuit filed by Otis. Otis would later appear in another Rourke film, Exit in Red.
Later modeling
After the end of her marriage to Rourke, Otis gradually resumed modeling. In 2000, she became one of the oldest models to appear in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, although Christie Brinkley at 34 and Cheryl Tiegs at 42 were featured prominently in the 25th Anniversary edition of Sports Illustrated, released in 1989. Shortly thereafter, Otis began recovering from anorexia nervosa. As part of her recovery, she experienced a weight gain that offered her the opportunity to work as a plus-size model, most notably as the face for Marina Rinaldi and editorials for Mode Magazine; in 2003, Otis became a spokesperson for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. She also appeared periodically as a correspondent on Channel 4 News in San Francisco.
In August 2003, Otis posed for a PETA ad campaign promoting vegetarianism and animal rights.
In 2005, she represented the Breil jewelry line.
She is on the advisory board of the Model Alliance and an ambassador for the National Eating Disorders Association.
Works
Beauty, Disrupted: A Memoir (2011) is an autobiographical book by Otis and Hugo Schwyzer.
Otis tells the story of her life and modelling career. She details abuses she suffered, including being raped "countless" times as a young girl by Gérald Marie, the head of Elite Model Management's Paris office. During her marriage to actor Mickey Rourke, she claims he was abusive, and even threatened to kill himself if she didn't marry him.
Personal life
Otis developed three holes in her heart during her modeling career. Otis is a vegetarian.
From June 1992 to December 1998, Otis was married to Wild Orchid co-star Mickey Rourke. In 1994, Rourke was arrested for spousal abuse. The charges were later dropped.
In 2005, Otis married chemical engineer Matthew Sutton, they have two children.
References
- John Monahan, "Supermodel Carre Otis", Better Nutrition May 2002, Vol. 64, No. 5, p. 36
- ^ "Supermodel Carre Otis finds the greatest gift of all". Findarticles.com. PRIMEDIA Intertec. May 2002.
- Ragland, Diana (2022-07-07). "Carré Otis: 'I Was Abused By One Of The Most Powerful Men In Fashion'". Grazia. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- Zinko, Carolyne (September 8, 2016). "S.F. model agency looks to the future". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on September 11, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
- "S.F. model agency looks to the future". Look Model Agency. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- Weber, Bruce. "Carré Otis, San Francisco, California, 1991". artnet. Archived from the original on April 4, 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- GUESS W Archived December 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- "42nd Cannes Film Festival 1989: The Team Of Film Francesco By Liliana Cavani". Getty Images. 2 February 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
Le 42ème Festival de CANNES se déroule du 11 au 23 mai : montée des marches pour l'équipe du film 'Francesco' de Liliana CAVANI une main sur l'épaule de Mickey ROURKE aux côtés de sa compagne Carré OTIS. (Photo by Jean-Claude Deutsch/Jacques Lange/Paris Match via Getty Images)
- "Actress Sues Over Nude Photos". Los Angeles Times. May 4, 1990. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
- Hirsen, James (2007) . Tales from the Left Coast. Crown Publishing Group. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-4000-5305-6.
- WireImage: Breil Jewellery Launch with Carre Otis October 19, 2005 - Mezzaluna Sydney, New South Wales Australia Archived October 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Otis, Carre (August 20, 2013). "The truth about modelling: What I wish I'd said to my fans". Archived from the original on 2013-08-20.
- ^ Carré Otis Talks Mickey Rourke And Orgasms In 'Beauty Disrupted' Huffington Post
- ^ Andersoncooper.com Carré Otis: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Archived 2012-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Otis, Carré (9 October 2011). "Mickey & the model". New York Post. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
From the book "Beauty, Disrupted: A Memoir," Copyright © 2011 by Carré Otis.
- Stewart, David (20 May 2021). "Carré Otis, 52: Supermodel Re-Invented". AGEIST. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- "'He wanted to control me completely': the models who accuse Gérald Marie of sexual assault". The Guardian. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- "Carré Otis exclusive interview". Georgian Journal. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
- ^ Jordan, Pat (28 November 1998). "His Fists Are Up and His Guard Is Down". The New York Times Magazine.
- Matrix Solutions Inc (June 1, 2021). "Matrix Solutions names Matthew Sutton new CEO". Cision. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Renewable Energy from the University of New Hampshire.
- Zinko, Carolyne (7 September 2012). "Carré Otis: Role model for change". SFGATE. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- "Carré Otis". Catwalk Yourself. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
External links
- Carré Otis at IMDb
