Biographies of fashion and commercial models, including those who moved into acting and television. Learn about their early lives, how they were discovered, and where their careers led.
Models
Christie Brinkley is an American model, actress, author, businesswoman, and wellness advocate who became one of the most recognizable faces of the late 1970s and 1980s. Her three consecutive Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue covers and long-running CoverGirl association made her a household name, but her career has also included
American actors
Sasha Grey is an American media personality who first became widely known through adult films and later built a public career in acting, modeling, music, writing, and online media. She no longer performs in adult films; today, she is publicly associated with creative projects, gaming, livestreaming, voice work, and interviews.
Models
Nina Mercedez is the professional name of a public figure known primarily for adult-entertainment performances and modeling. She became known through credited adult-film work and related promotional modeling, and the most reliable public record is found in industry databases, archival credits, and accounts presented as her own. Because
American actors
Lois Hamilton was the professional name of Lois Aurino (December 14, 1943–December 23, 1999), an American actress, model, visual artist, and author. Film readers most often recognize her from 1970s and 1980s credits, including *The Man Who Fell to Earth*, but screen work was only part of her career.
Models
Janice Dickinson is an American model, television personality, and author best known for her prominent 1970s and 1980s fashion career and her later reality-TV work. She is associated with the rise of the modern supermodel because of her visibility in fashion, her forceful public persona, and her long-running
American writers
Norris Church Mailer was an American writer, artist, and former model, born Barbara Jean Davis in Atkins, Arkansas. She is best known in many search results as Norman Mailer’s sixth and final wife, but she also published a novel and two memoirs and had a public identity as Norris
Models
Ivana Trump was a Czech-born American businesswoman, author and public figure who was Donald Trump’s first wife and the mother of Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump. She built her own career as a model, Trump Organization executive, businesswoman and author, while remaining closely associated with
Models
Rachel Pizzolato is a U.S. model and performer known publicly through modeling, screen work, television-related appearances, and social-media-facing media work. She has worked across several public-facing fields, so viewers may know her from a casting listing, promotional post, entertainment mention, or modeling image rather than