Almudena Fernández (born 1 January 1977) is a Spanish model.
Early life
She was born in
Benavente, in the
province of Zamora
Zamora () is a Provinces of Spain, province of western Spain, in the western part of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Province of Ourense, Ourense, Province of Leà ...
, on 1 January 1974.
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Modeling
Fernández has been the cover girl for fashion magazines such as ''Elle
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** Elle Style Awards
* Elle (India), ''Elle'' (India), the Indian edition
* Elle (film), ''Elle'' (film), a 2016 French film
* ''Elle: ...
'', ''Marie Claire
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The feature editions focus on women aro ...
'', ''Vogue
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Business
* ''Vogue'' (magazine), a US fashion magazine
** British ''Vogue'', a British fashion magazine
** '' Vogue Adria'', a fashion magazine for former Yugoslav countries
** ''Vogue Arabia'', an Arab fashion magazine
** ' ...
'', ''Cosmopolitan
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* Cosmopolitan ...
'', ''Madame Figaro
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The first edition was published in 1980. ''Madame Figaro'' was spearheaded by Robert H ...
'', ''Shape
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'', ''Biba
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After the original company closed in 1975, Biba was relaunched several times, independentl ...
'', '' Joyce'' and ''Harper's Bazaar
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'' among others. She has been photographed by Michael Thompson, Ruben Afanador, Raphael Mazzucco, Walter Chin, David Bailey
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, Mark Baptist, Diego Uchitel
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The name also has several patronymic derivations, listed below.
...
, Norman Jean Roy
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for campaigns for Hermès
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, Givenchy
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, Cartier Cartier may refer to:
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* Cartier Martin (born 1984), American basketball player
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, Wolford, Revlon
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, Lacoste
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, Carolina Herrera
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, Lancel, Gianfranco Ferré
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Early life and education
Ferré was born ...
, L'Oréal
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, Victoria's Secret
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, and Kookai. She also adorned the '' Hello!''/Carrera y Carrera photo session with matador Eugenio de Mora, based upon the novel '' Blood and Sand'' by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (, 29 January 1867 – 28 January 1928) was a journalist, politician, and a bestselling Spanish novelist in various genres whose most widespread and lasting fame in the English-speaking world is from Hollywood films that ...
.
Cosmopolitan TV awarded Fernández as the best international model of 2007.
Acting career
Ever since Fernández arrived in New York, she has combined her work as a model with acting classes at the school The New Actors Workshop directed by George Morrison and the Academy Award
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winner Mike Nichols
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.
Fernández took acting classes at Cristina Rota's school of actors in Madrid which led her to star at Willie Nelson
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's "Maria" video clip aside Luke Wilson
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.
References
External links
Almudena Fernández' profile in the FMD-database
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1977 births
Living people
People from the Province of Zamora
Spanish female models