Emily Ratajkowski (born June 7, 1991[2]) is an American model and actress. She rose to prominence after her controversial performance in Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" music video in which she appears topless.
Early life and education
Emily Ratajkowski was born in London, England, and raised in Encinitas, California. She lived in and travelled to many parts of Europe at a young age and spent much of her childhood in Bantry, Ireland, and Majorca, Spain. Her parents are both artists; her father a painter of Polish descent and her mother is an English professor and writer.[citation needed]
Although Ratajkowski was signed by Ford Models at age 14, but continued to attend high school in San Diego, California, as she modeled and acted in Los Angeles.[3] She attended UCLA for one year as a fine arts major, when she decided to pursue her career in modeling full-time.[4]
Career
Ratajkowski was signed by Ford Models at age 14 but finished high school and went to college for one year. She worked for Forever 21 and Nordstrom, but became recognized as a fashion model after shooting several campaigns and editorials with photographer Tony Duran.[5]
As an actress, her most notable role was "Tasha" in Nickelodeon's iCarly from 2009 to 2010.[6]
She began shooting more fashion editorials and appeared nude on the cover of Treats! Magazine, which she credits for bringing her the two high-profile music video gigs, which she did not audition for.[7][8] She has worked with photographers such as Tony Kelly, with whom she shot the cover of GQ Turkey.[9] She was featured in a Carl's Jr. commercial in August 2012.
"Blurred Lines" performance
In 2013 she appeared in two music videos: Robin Thicke, T.I., and Pharrell's "Blurred Lines" and Maroon 5's "Love Somebody".[10] She rose to prominence for her controversial performance in "Blurred Lines", which featured her dancing topless. YouTube
banned the explicit version of the video for violating its Community
Guidelines due to its sexually explicit nature but reinstated it in July
2013.[7] The Guardian's Peter Robinson noted that "[Justin] Timberlake's "Tunnel Vision" clip was initially banned then reinstated by the service "because it was, apparently, art".[11]
When asked by Esquire about her thoughts on whether she thought the video was sexist, she replied that she did not think it was.[7] In a separate interview, she said, "I think there’s different kinds of nudity,
and there’s different kinds of sexiness, and obviously it’s hard to
distinguish those things. I think that the video was tasteful,
beautiful, and there’s nothing offensive about it". Additionally she
said that she interpreted the video about "these ladies being silly and a
little sarcastic".[12]
Personal life
When not traveling for work, Ratajkowski lives in Los Angeles.[citation needed] Her parents are both artists; her father a painter of Polish descent and her mother is an English professor and writer, whom she describes as a "feminist and intellectual".[7]
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