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Noémie Lenoir
Lenoir at Cannes Film festival in 2005
Date of birth	19 September 1979 (1979-09-19) (age 30)
Place of birth	Les Ulis, Essonne, France
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Green
Measurements	34-24-35

Noémie Lenoir (born September 19, 1979) is a French model and actress.

Career

Lenoir was first spotted by Ford Models when she was 16 years old. In 2001, Lenoir signed with L'Oréal, and has since appeared in their advertisements alongside Laetitia Casta and long-term model and actress Andie MacDowell. She has also worked for Victoria's Secret, Gap, Next, and many others. Lenoir was until recently the face of UK high-street retailer Marks & Spencer,¹ and was seen in various British magazines and billboards alongside fellow models Twiggy and Laura Bailey. Lenoir is featured in the music video for Usher's single Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home).

Personal life

Lenoir was born in Les Ulis, Essonne, France. Her mother comes from the French Island of La Réunion and has Malagasy ancestry and her father is a retired French electrician who later divorced her mother.² Her family moved first to Gif-sur-Yvette and then to Versailles where she was discovered and started her career in modeling. After a relationship with rapper Stomy Bugsy, she lived with  international football player Claude Makélélé of Paris Saint-Germain. They have a son, Kelyan Makélélé (born February 2, 2005). The couple split in early 2009.³ Despite widespread reports Lenoir was married to Makélélé, she wrote a blog in 2009 clarifying their former relationship, saying: 'I’m not and have never been married. I do have a son. I have a wonderful baby’s father and have a great relationship with him, however I’ve been single for some time now.' ⁴

On May 9, 2010, Lenoir was found unconscious, after a suspected suicide attempt in a park near her Paris home, by a man walking his dog. She was rushed to hospital where large quantities of drugs and alcohol were found in her system.⁵⁶⁷

Filmography

Actress

• Rush Hour 3 (2007) – Geneviève
• Gomez contre Tavarès (2007)
• The Valet (2006) – Karine
• Jeff et Léo, flics et jumeaux – Anna (1 episode, 2004)
• After the Sunset (2004) – Mooré's Girl
• Gomez & Tavarès (2003) – Gina
• Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre (2002) – Chamandra

Self

• On n'est pas couché – (1 episode, 11 June 2007)
• French Beauty – (2005)
• Le Grand journal de Canal+ – (1 episode, 2005)
• 20h10 pétantes – (1 episode, 2004)
• Tout le monde en parle – (3 episode, 2000–2003)
• Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 6 - (1 episode, 19 July 2010)

She hosted a show on Trace TV for 2 years. She appears in all three Marks and Spencer Christmas TV adverts for 2009, broadcast in the United Kingdom and Republic Of Ireland,⁸

References

External links

• Noémie Lenoir at the Internet Movie Database
• Noémie Lenoir at Allmovie
• Noémie Lenoir at Fashion Model Directory
• Noémie Lenoir: news, photos and videos on http://www.NoemieLenoir.eu

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