Cynthia Kirchner is an American actress and fashion model, best known for her role as ''Bardot'' in the film ''Hot Bot'', her appearance in the

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campaign shot by

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, her various advertisements and commercials for L'Oreal, and her lingerie pictures for

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, Warner's,

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, and

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Kirchner's first television role was playing the recurring character ''Grace'' on ''

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''. She made her feature film debut as ''Bardot'' in the

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film ''Hot Bot'', and as ''Kopen'' in ''Abstraction'' with director Daniel James Gomes.

Early life

Kirchner attended Hazleton Area High School, where she graduated with honors, received an award from the

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, and earned an academic scholarship to

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, Pennsylvania. In 2000, moved across the country to Los Angeles, California where she stayed until 2002. In 2002, she relocated back to New York to continue pursuing her modeling career and her academic studies at

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and

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School of Theatre. She also graduated from the Hollywood Film Institute on September 29, 2013, where she focused on producing, writing and directing. In 2016, Kirchner completed her doctoral studies at

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. In 2024, she completed the Sustainability program at

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. In 2025, she received thermodynamics certification from

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Career

Kirchner has been featured in pictorials in ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Glamour'' with

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and was featured on the cover of ''

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''. She is best known for her work as a model for

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and

. She has appeared in music videos for

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and

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. She began her modeling career in 2002 when she was discovered by Kenya Knight at Nous Model Management in Los Angeles. In her first week, Kirchner booked Guess? and worked with Bruce Weber for Abercrombie and Fitch. From there she went to Milan, Italy where she booked campaigns and appeared on

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's ''Model Flat''. While in Milan, Kirchner was scouted by Kwok Chan and signed with

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NY and

Paris modeling agencies. In the Fall of 2002, she moved to New York. While in New York, Kirchner was cast in a lead role of the independent film ''Blue Tuesday'' with director Chad Johansen in 2003. She then started formal acting training with Sheila Grey. She continued her acting studies at the

School of Theatre, where she worked with the

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under Richard Pinter and Gary King. In 2008, Kirchner appeared in another independent film, ''100% Perfect Girl'' with director Jonathan Jacobs. Also in 2008, she appeared in the feature film, ''

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'' starring

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, and

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with director

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and was cast in the recurring role of ''Grace'' on the soap opera ''

''. In 2011, Kirchner was the lead as ''Kopen'' in Abstraction with director Daniel James Gomes and was featured alongside

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in ''

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'' with director

. She was also the lead in the

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production of Seventh Tear and Michael Ojeda's Sex, Lies and Alibis. Kirchner started off 2012 as the lead role of "Bardot" in the

film ''Hot Bot'' along with Larry Miller,

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and

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. In June 2012, she starred in a limited engagement performance of the two-person

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play ''Danny and the Deep Blue Sea'' directed by

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and worked on several Shakespeare pieces at Theatricum Botanicum. In January 2015, Kirchner founded Supermodel University and Hollywood Academy of the Arts. In May 2015, Kirchner associate produced Things Happen with Director David S. Dawson. In June 2015, she appeared alongside

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in''

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'' film, by director

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. Kirchner is currently featured alongside

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in a L'oreal commercial and solo in a

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commercial. Cynthia spent the end of 2015 and beginning half of 2016 pursuing her doctoral studies and completing coursework at

in New York. Kirchner studies at the Penny Templeton Studio in New York and with Michelle Danner at the

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Larry Moss Studio in Los Angeles. In 2020, Cynthia produced, directed and hosted the TV series Comedy Parlour Live: Quarantine Edition, which was presented by

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. The series currently streams on

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. In 2020, Cynthia co-created Nin Nin Do with

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legend

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. In late 2021 Kirchner received her

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from the John E. Simon School Of Business. Nin Nin Do is set to debut in mid 2026.

Filmography

References

External links

Official website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirchner, Cynthia Female models from New York (state) American film actresses American television actresses Living people People from Hazleton, Pennsylvania Actresses from Brooklyn 21st-century American women Year of birth missing (living people)