Poppy Delevingne is an English actress and model
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Poppy Delevingne is an English actress and model
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Poppy Angela Delevingne was born on 3 May 1986 in London, England to Charles Delevingne, a prominent property developer, and his wife Pandora Anne Delevingne. She has two sisters including actress/model Cara Delevingne. She was educated at the independent Bedales School. Delevingne's maternal grandmother Janie Sheffield was a court lady to Princess Margaret. Her maternal grandfather, Sir Jocelyn Stevens, was a publishing executive as well as the chairman of English Heritage. Her paternal great-grandfather was the politician Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood.
Coming to Delevingne’s love life, she got engaged to James Cook, a former model and aerospace company employee, in 2012. The couple got married in May 2014. Currently, the American model cum actress is also active on social media.
Poppy Delevingne started modelling after being spotted by the founder of Storm Model Management in 2008. Since then, she has been modelling for numerous high end brands and companies. She has modelled for the brands Laura Ashley, Shiatzy Chen, Alberta Ferretti, Anya Hindmarch and Burberry and has even walked the runway for Julien Macdonald and Giles Deacon.
In 2012, Delevingne caught the attention of designer Marc Jacobs and became the face of Louis Vuitton summer 2012 collection. Besides this, she has graced the covers of popular fashion magazines like ‘Harper's Bazaar’ (Korea), ‘Vogue’ (Turkey), ‘Love,’ and ‘Elle’ (Mexico, Korea, Ukraine, Norway).
Delevingne serves as a Young Ambassador for British Fashion Council. She is a brand ambassador for the renowned French beauty brand Chanel as well. She is also the spokesperson for the British scented candle and perfume brand, Jo Malone London.
In 2017, Poppy Delevingne appeared as Clara Von Gluckfberg in the action spy comedy flick ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’. The same year, she played Adrianna Colonna in the period drama film ‘The Aspern Papers’.