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Noémie Lenoir
Lenoir at Paris Chocolate Show in 2013
Born	(1979-09-19) 19 September 1979 (age 45) Les Ulis, France
Children	2
Modelling information
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Hair colour	Black
Eye colour	Green
Agency	Ford Models (New York) Next Model Management (Paris) Models 1 (London) Elite Model Management (Barcelona) Model Management (Hamburg)

Noémie Lenoir (born 19 September 1979) is a French model and actress. She is known for her work with Gucci, L'Oréal, Next, Gap, Tommy Hilfiger, Victoria's Secret, Balmain Paris Hair Couture and Marks and Spencer.

Early life

Lenoir was born in Les Ulis, Essonne, France. Her mother is a cleaning lady and comes from the French island of Réunion. Her father is a Frenchman from mainland France and an electrician. When she was 17, Lenoir was spotted by the Ford modelling agency and began modelling in New York.

Career

Growing up in a banlieue district near Paris, which she describes as a "ghetto", Lenoir was first spotted at the age of 17 in 1997 when she was approached by a Ford booker in a post office. She signed with L'Oréal in 1997, and has since appeared in their advertisements alongside Laetitia Casta and long-term model and actress Andie MacDowell. She has also worked for Victoria's Secret, Gap, Next, and many others.

Lenoir was the face of UK high-street retailer Marks & Spencer, for four years until Christmas 2009 and was seen in various British TV adverts, magazines and billboards alongside fellow models Erin O'Connor, Twiggy and Laura Bailey. Lenoir returned to Marks & Spencer advertising in 2012 where she is seen "enjoying a selection of quintessentially British pastimes".

In 2007, Lenoir featured in the hit film Rush Hour 3 alongside actors Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. In 2009, Lenoir featured in the music video for Usher's single "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)".

She is represented by Models 1.

Personal life

After a relationship with rapper Stomy Bugsy, she lived with international football player Claude Makélélé. They have a son. The couple split in early 2009. Lenoir gave birth to a daughter in August 2015.

Suicide attempt

On 9 May 2010, Lenoir was found unconscious, after a suspected suicide attempt in a park near her Paris home, by a man walking his dog. She was taken to hospital where large quantities of drugs and alcohol were found in her system. She spoke about the suicide attempt in a February 2011 interview with Britain's Guardian Weekend magazine, admitting she had done "something really, really stupid". Some have referred to the incident as a case in a "series of suicidal tragedies" ongoing in the fashion industry at the time, along with the suicides of Ambrose Olsen, Daul Kim, Tom Nicon, Hayley Kohle, and Ruslana Korshunova.

Television

• Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 6 – (1 episode, 19 July 2010)
• Danse avec les stars - contestant (2013)

She hosted a show on Trace TV for two years. She appears in all three Marks and Spencer Christmas TV adverts for 2009, broadcast in both Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Filmography

References

1. ^ "Noemie Lenoir" Fashion Model Directory
2. "Noemie Lenoir - Model". MODELS.com.
3. "Noémie Lenoir", 18 March 2009, NRJ (in French).
4. ^ Média, Prisma (October 2018). "Noémie Lenoir - La biographie de Noémie Lenoir avec Gala.fr". Gala.fr (in French). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
5. ^ "Noémie Lenoir: 'Last May I did something really stupid'", 19 February 2011, The Guardian
6. "M&S model Noemie's cropped hair horror". www.standard.co.uk. 11 April 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
7. "Marks & Spencer | Media | Press releases | M&S BRINGS BACK CUSTOMERS' FAVOURITE FACES TO KICKSTART a VERY BRITISH SUMMER". Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
8. Média, Prisma (April 2019). "Noémie Lenoir - La biographie de Noémie Lenoir avec Voici.fr". Voici.fr (in French). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
9. "Models 1: Noemie Lenoir – Portfolio". Models 1. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
10. ^ "Noémie Lenoir brise le silence sur sa tentative de suicide - Elle". elle.fr (in French). 29 March 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
11. "The Troubled Life of Supermodel Noemie Lenoir". ABC News. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
12. Fikes, Robert (19 July 2016). "Noémie Lenoir (1979- ) •". Retrieved 11 July 2021.
13. Hodge, Katie; Clarke, Josie (13 May 2010). "M&S model Noemie Lenoir recovers after 'suicide bid'". The Independent.
14. "Marks and Spencer's model Noemie Lenoir 'attempts suicide'". The Telegraph. 12 May 2010.
15. "Model Noemie Lenoir Attempts Suicide in Paris". Indiavision news. 12 May 2010. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
16. "Why are so many models attempting suicide? Lives of top catwalkers fraught with pressure: experts", NY Daily News, 18 May 2010.
17. isk8uk. "Marks & Spencer Christmas Advert 2009". Archived from the original on 13 December 2021 – via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

• Noémie Lenoir at IMDb
• Noémie Lenoir at AllMovie
• Noémie Lenoir at Fashion Model Directory
• Noémie Lenoir: news, photos and videos on http://www.NoemieLenoir.eu

• 1979 births
• Living people
• People from Les Ulis
• Actresses from Île-de-France
• French people of Réunion descent
• French people of Malagasy descent
• 21st-century French actresses
• French female models
• French film actresses