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| Devon AokiBirth nameDate of birthPlace of birthOccupationHeightHair colorEye colorMeasurementsDress sizeShoe sizeAgencyDevon Edwenna Aoki (born August 10, 1982) is a half Japanese - American model and actress.
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[edit] Early life
Aoki was born in New York City, New York, and grew up in California and London, attending high school at The American School in London. Her Japanese father, the late Hiroaki Aoki A.k.a Rocky Aoki (1938–2008), a former Olympic wrestler, was the founder and owner of the Benihana restaurant chain until his death on July 10, 2008. Her mother, Pamela Hilburger, is a jewelry designer of German and English heritage.[1]
Aoki was discovered in New York at a Rancid concert she had gatecrashed.[citation needed] She started modeling when she was 13, the same year Aoki was introduced by her godmother to Kate Moss, who would later take the young model under her wing. She was signed to Storm Model Management at age 14. In 1998, at the age of 16, Aoki replaced Naomi Campbell as the face of Versace.[citation needed]
[edit] Career
Aoki has modeled for the fashion houses Lancôme, Chanel, Versace, despite her relatively short height for a runway model. Aoki has done ad campaigns for Chanel Ready-to-Wear, Chanel Couture by Karl Lagerfeld, Versace by Steven Meisel,
YSL by Juergen Teller, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, Hugo Boss, Moschino,
Ungaro, Fendi, Junko Shimada by Bettina Kimenda, Baby Phat by Kimora Lee Simmons, Lancome, Tiffanys and co.
Early on in her career Aoki made cameo appearances in several music videos, including Duran Duran's "Electric Barbarella", Primal Scream's "Kowalski" (with Kate Moss), Elton John's "Something About the Way You Look Tonight", Ginuwine's "In Those Jeans" video and, later, in Ludacris' "Act a Fool". Music from this video was featured in the soundtrack of 2 Fast 2 Furious, which Ludacris and Aoki both appeared in. In 2008, she made an appearance in The Killers' video "Bones". Aoki has made a cameo appearance in the short films accompanying the new Sean Lennon album, Friendly Fire. She also played Anna in 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead.
Her acting career includes films like 2 Fast 2 Furious, D.E.B.S., Sin City, Dead or Alive, War and Mutant Chronicles. She did not have her driver's license prior to filming 2 Fast 2 Furious and had to learn to drive during filming.[2]
Aoki has joined L.A.'s International Creative Management for representation and The Firm for management.
Aoki has been on the cover of I-D
magazine three times. She was also the face of Lancome cosmetics for
four years. Aoki posed for renowned Singaporean photographer Leslie Kee
for Kee's 2006 charity photo-book "Super Stars", dedicated to the
victims of the 2004 Asian tsunami disaster, which consists of
photographs of 300 Asian celebrities by Kee. The same year, Aoki posed
for photographer Marc Baptiste’s book Nudes wearing a dress.
In September 2007, it was announced she was designing jeans line for Levi's, although the line was only available in Asia.[3]
Aoki made a return to the runway, walking for the Chanel Pre-Fall 2008 show in London
and the couture show in Paris where she was the bride. She is signed to
1/One Management New York (owned by her mother), d-Management (Milan), and City (Paris).
[edit] Personal life
Aoki lives on her own in Los Angeles,
and keeps her personal life private. She is interested in writing
poetry, playing the drums and hanging out with her two pet snakes. Her
half-brother, Steve Aoki, is a Los Angeles DJ and the founder of Dim Mak Records. Aoki also has three sisters—Ellie, Grace, and Echo—and three other brothers—Kyle, Kevin, and Cole Price.[citation needed]
[edit] Filmography
YearTitleRole[edit] References
- ^ Buckley, Suzy. "Devon Aoki, Muse of the New Millennium". http://devonaoki.free.fr/. http://devonaoki.free.fr/detail/new.html?display=http%3A//devonaoki.free.fr/detail/oceandrive.html.
- ^ Barker, Lynn (2003-06-06). "Devon Aoki: Racer Chick". http://www.teenhollywood.com/. http://www.teenhollywood.com/d.asp?r=39181&cat=1038&pg=2&testcook.
- ^ Devon Aoki designed for Levi's
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