Elle Macpherson

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Biography

Elle Macpherson was one of a handful of women who could lay claim to putting put the "super" in "supermodel. " The Australian beauty shot to international fame in the mid-1980s by strutting on some of the most exclusive runways for designers like Valentino and John Galliano, and even more importantly, gracing the covers of the world's top women's magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Elle, and British Vogue. Dubbed by TIME magazine as "The Body," …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer

Born

Eleanor Nancy Gow on March 29, 1963 in Australia

Career Milestones

Appeared in every issue of Elle magazine for six years

1982

Signed to Click modeling agency

1982

Spotted by a modeling agent while on vacation in Aspen, CO

1988

Made TV debut hosting syndicated special "Supermodel of the World"

1990

Appeared in walk-on role in Woody Allen's "Alice"

1991

Launched designer lingerie line in Australia and New Zealand

1994

Gained 20 pounds to play an artist's model in "Sirens"

1994

Released exercise video "Your Personal Best with Elle MacPherson"

1996

Appeared in a remake of "Jane Eyre" opposite William Hurt

1996

Cast alongside Ben Stiller and Sarah Jessica Parker in "If Lucy Fell"

1997

Co-starred with Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin in "The Edge"

1997

Landed small role in Joel Schumacher's "Batman & Robin"

1999

Joined cast of NBC's "Friends" in recurring role of Joey's (Matt LeBlanc) roommate and girlfriend

2001

Appeared in romantic comedy "South Kensington" alongside Rupert Everett

2001

Played a woman experimenting with bisexuality alongside Kate Capshaw in Showtime's "A Girl Thing"

2009

Cast as Claudia Foster, the head of a modeling agency on short-lived drama "The Beautiful Life" (The CW)

2011

Hosted NBC's reality competition show "Fashion Star"; also executive produced