Georgina Rose Chapman (born 14 April 1976) is an English fashion designer and actress. She was a regular cast member on ''

Project Runway All Stars ''Project Runway All Stars'' is an American reality television series, and a spin-off of ''Project Runway'', featuring returning designers competing for grand prizes. Angela Lindvall and Carolyn Murphy have each hosted one season before Alyssa M ...

'' (2012–2019) and, together with

Keren Craig Keren Craig (born 27 February 1976 in Lucerne, Switzerland) is a Swiss-born British fashion designer. Together with Georgina Chapman, she founded the high-end fashion label Marchesa in 2004. Life and career As teenagers, Craig met future partn ...

, is a co-founder of the fashion label

Marchesa A marquess (; ) is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German-language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman with the rank of a marquess or the wife (or widow) ...

. Chapman was married to film producer

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before leaving him in 2017 in the wake of allegations of sexual abuse against him.

Life and career

Chapman was born in

Hammersmith Hammersmith is a district of West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. It ...

and grew up in

Richmond, London Richmond is a town in south-west London,The London Government Act 1963 (c.33) (as amended) categorises the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames as an Outer London borough. Although it is on both sides of the River Thames, the Boundary Commis ...

. She is the daughter of Caroline Wonfor, a journalist, and Brian Chapman, a co-owner of the coffee company Percol. Chapman attended

Marlborough College Marlborough College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English private boarding school) for pupils aged 13 to 18 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. It was founded as Marlborough School in 1843 by the Dean of Manchester, George ...

in Wiltshire. In her 20s, Chapman modelled in an advertisement for

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and for the throat lozenge Soothers. Chapman met future business partner Keren Craig while they both were students at

Chelsea College of Art and Design Chelsea College of Arts is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London, a public art and design university in London, England. It offers further and higher education courses in fine art, graphic design, interior design, prod ...

. Chapman graduated from

Wimbledon School of Art Wimbledon College of Arts, formerly Wimbledon School of Art, is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London, a public art university in London, England. The college specialises in theatre, screen and performance arts and design ...

in 2001 and began her career as a

costume designer A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television show. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters' outfits or costumes and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc. The costum ...

. After graduation, Chapman appeared in various television shows and films. In 2004, she and Craig launched

, named after socialite Marchesa

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. Investors include Giuseppe Cipriani and

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.Fashion Mini: February 2008 In 2006, the label was named one of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund's top 10 finalists. According to the 2015 ''Sunday Times'' Rich List, Chapman has a net worth of £15 million. From 2012 to 2019, Chapman was a judge on the Weinstein-produced TV show '' Project Runway: All Stars''. In May 2019, Chapman's design for an evening gown was featured in the 2019

Met Gala The Met Gala, formally called the Costume Institute Benefit, is the annual haute couture fundraising festival held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in Manhattan. The Met Gala was and still is popularly rega ...

in New York as worn by Hollywood actress

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on the runway and staircase for the event.

Personal life

Chapman and film producer

began dating in 2004, before he separated from his first wife. They married on 15 December 2007 in

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. They have two children. On 10 October 2017, Chapman announced she was divorcing Weinstein after more than 100 women made accusations of rape, assault, or sexual harassment against him. They reached a settlement in January 2018 and their divorce was finalized in July 2021. Since early 2020, she has been in a relationship with American actor

Adrien Brody Adrien Nicholas Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Polish pianist Władysław Szpilman in Roman Polanski's war drama '' The Pianist'' (2002) becoming the youngest acto ...

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Chapman's Style Secrets
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