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  1. 1Lee MillerLee MillerBorn 23 Apr 1907Lee Miller was a Vogue cover model in New York in the late 1920s before moving to Paris, learning photography alongside Man Ray and opening her own studio. As a war correspondent for British Vogue she photographed the Blitz, the liberation of Paris and the camps at Buchenwald and Dachau in 1945,…0i
  2. 2NicoNicoBorn 16 Oct 1938Nico modelled in Paris and appeared in La Dolce Vita before Andy Warhol paired her with the Velvet Underground for their 1967 debut album. Her solo records, especially The Marble Index (1968) made with John Cale, abandoned pop for stark harmonium drones and are now seen as forerunners of goth and…0i
  3. 3Charlotte RamplingCharlotte RamplingBorn 5 Feb 1946Charlotte Rampling modelled in London as a teenager before small parts in The Knack (1965) and Georgy Girl (1966). Over six decades she has built one of European cinema's most daring careers, from The Night Porter to her work with François Ozon, and 45 Years (2015) brought her an Oscar nomination…0i
  4. 4TwiggyTwiggyBorn 19 Sept 1949Twiggy, the face of 1966, largely stopped modelling within a few years and won two Golden Globes for Ken Russell's musical The Boy Friend (1971). She earned a Tony nomination on Broadway in My One and Only (1983) and has since worked steadily as an actor, singer, presenter and designer, long…0i
  5. 5Jessica LangeJessica LangeBorn 20 Apr 1949Jessica Lange was a model when she was cast in the 1976 remake of King Kong, a debut so mocked that she struggled for work for several years. She rebuilt her career with The Postman Always Rings Twice and won Oscars for Tootsie and Blue Sky, then added Emmys for American Horror Story and a Tony for…0i
  6. 6Grace JonesGrace JonesBorn 19 May 1948Grace Jones modelled in New York and Paris before signing to Island Records, where her early disco albums found a club audience. Warm Leatherette (1980) and Nightclubbing (1981), recorded in Nassau with Sly and Robbie, reinvented her as a singular new wave and reggae artist, and her stage shows…0i
  7. 7Isabella RosselliniIsabella RosselliniBorn 18 Jun 1952Isabella Rossellini became the face of Lancôme in her thirties and was dropped by the brand in the mid-1990s, by her own account for being too old. By then she had made Blue Velvet (1986) with David Lynch, and she went on to write, direct and star in the Green Porno series of short films on animal…0i
  8. 8Rene RussoRene RussoBorn 17 Feb 1954Rene Russo was a successful cover model in the 1970s whose bookings dried up as she reached her thirties. She retrained through acting classes and broke through in Major League (1989), then became a 1990s leading lady in Lethal Weapon 3, In the Line of Fire, Get Shorty and The Thomas Crown Affair.0i
  9. 9Kathy IrelandKathy IrelandBorn 20 Mar 1963Kathy Ireland, a Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model, founded kathy ireland Worldwide in 1993 by licensing her name for a line of socks. She built it into a large brand-licensing business spanning furniture, home goods and more, a second career that has lasted far longer than her modelling one.0i
  10. 10Iman (model)Iman (model)Born 25 Jul 1955Iman, a Somali-born model who came to New York in 1975, was frustrated for years by make-up artists who did not stock shades for darker skin. In 1994 she launched Iman Cosmetics to fill that gap, building a beauty business for women of colour long before inclusive ranges became an industry talking…0i