Amanda de Cadenet

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Amanda de Cadenet (Template:IPAc-en<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>) (born 29 February 1972) is a British photographer, and media personality based in Los Angeles, United States. She began her entertainment career in the 1990s, first as a presenter for British series The Word and The Big Breakfast before moving to Los Angeles to briefly pursue an acting career. A tabloid figure at the time, she transitioned to a more private career as a photographer in the 2000s. She has hosted an eponymous interview series on the Lifetime Channel.

Career

1990–1999: Early career

At age 18, de Cadenet began her career as a co-presenter for The Word, a late-night Channel 4 entertainment show in 1990–1995.Template:Sfn<ref name=BBC2005a/> She also co-hosted the British television show The Big Breakfast.

Her career and reputation as a 'wild child' made her a British tabloid figure and she became only more well known when she married Duran Duran bassist John Taylor in 1991 at age 19.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> They moved from the United Kingdom to Los Angeles the following year.Template:Sfn She embarked upon a short-lived movie career, appearing in Allison Anders's segment of the 1995 anthology film Four Rooms, Fall (1997) and Brokedown Palace (1999).

2000–present: New ventures

Her career then turned to fashion and portrait photography, working for magazines such as Spin,<ref name="SPIN2003a" />Template:Failed verification Jane and Harper’s Bazaar, among others.<ref name="HarpersBazaar2006" /> In 2005, she published a photo book entitled Rare Birds.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Her celebrity subjects have included Drew Barrymore, Sofia Coppola, Demi Moore, Olivia Wilde, Mary J. Blige, Keanu Reeves, Beck Hansen, and the members of The Strokes.Template:Sfn

In the 2010s, she returned to television and worked on a series of eponymous interview projects. In 2011, it was announced that de Cadenet would be the host of a new television interview series called The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet, airing on the Lifetime Channel, with Demi Moore as a co-executive producer.Template:Citation needed On the show, de Cadenet has interviewed female guests such as Hillary Clinton, Lady Gaga, Portia de Rossi, Rita Wilson,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Gwyneth Paltrow, Zoe Saldana and Jane Fonda.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> During the production of The Conversation, she developed a second show with Lifetime, a weekly late-night television talk show featuring de Cadenet entitled, Undone with @AmandadeCadenet. The show ran for six episodes in 2014.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2018, she worked with Showtime to develop a pilot for a half-hour weekly news-magazine show tentatively titled Now What With Amanda de Cadenet.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The show did not air. In 2019, she developed a ten-episode spin-off podcast of The Conversation in partnership with Spotify.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Template:AnchorIn 2016, de Cadenet founded Girlgaze, a global online, multi-sided platform which connects women and non-binary creatives with different businesses, companies and brands.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Speaking on her role as CEO and past experience as a photographer, she said “I'm interested in the stories [women and nonbinary] people have to tell, because of my own experience of being shut out of so many creative opportunities because of my gender.” For this work, Fast Company named her one of 2020's "Most Creative People in Business."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2017, she released her second book and collection of photography, #girlgaze: How Girls See the World.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> This was followed in 2018 by a book of essays published by Harper Wave titled It's Messy: On Boys, Boobs, and Badass Women.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Personal life

De Cadenet was born in Hampstead, London. She is the daughter of Anna and racing car driver Alain de Cadenet.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn De Cadenet lived in England until 1992, when she moved to the United States.Template:Sfn

De Cadenet was married to Duran Duran bassist John Taylor from 1991 until 1997. At the time of their marriage, according to de Cadenet herself, she was only 19 and pregnant. Taylor and de Cadenet have one daughter, Atlanta de Cadenet Taylor.<ref name=":0" />

In July 2006, she married guitarist Nick Valensi of American rock band the Strokes.<ref name="Examiner2006" /><ref name="People2006" /> Their twins were born in 2006.Template:Sfn<ref name="People2006" />

Filmography

Talk shows

  • The Word (1990–1994); presenter
  • The Big Breakfast (1994–1995); co-presenter
  • The Conversation (2012, 2015–2016); host, executive producer
  • Chelsea Lately (2012); guest host
  • Project Runway (2014); guest judge
  • The Talk (2014); guest co-host
  • Undone with @AmandadeCadenet (2014); host, executive producer
  • Now What With Amanda de Cadenet (unaired pilot, 2018); host, executive producer

Acting

Podcasts

Other appearances

  • Whatever Happened to the Wild Child? (2005); TV documentary
  • Barely Famous (2015); reality TV series, 1 episode
  • Embrace: The Documentary (2016)
  • Elles (2018); TV documentary

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