Elizabeth Noelle Reno (born December 25, 1983), known as Noelle Reno, is an American marketer, public speaker, and
influencer
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who currently lives in
London
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, United Kingdom.
Early life
Reno was born in
Phoenix, Arizona
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, to parents Carole Ann Reno and Don Reno, a Special Assistant
US Attorney
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. She was raised in
Mercer Island
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, a suburb of
Seattle, Washington
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.
Career
Her career began as an international teen model for
Elite Model Management
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In 2004, the agencies in New York City, Miami, Los Angeles, and Toronto separated and formed Elite Model Management North America. Elite MM is a subsidiary of El ...
. She moved to
LA in 2000 after being cast by film director
Michael Bay
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in his Super Bowl
television commercial
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for
Mercedes-Benz S-Class
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. In 2004, she began dating
Matthew Mellon, banking heir and businessman. Mellon financially supported Reno in her first start up, a leisure clothing company called Degrees of Freedom. Reno sold her shares in Degrees of Freedom in 2008.
In 2008, Reno partnered with
Dame Zandra Rhodes and retailer
Harvey Nichols
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on a retail concept and became a presenter for
Fashion TV
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.
Reno went on to present, blog, and appear in mainstream media
such as
Channel 5 (UK)
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,
BBC Four
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Ladies of London''.
Personal life
Reno first came to the attention of the press in 2004 as a result of dating
Matthew Mellon. Reno called off the engagement to Mellon in 2008. From 2009 - 2014, Reno dated
Scot Young. In 2016, she had a son named Xander Maximillian Perks.
References
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Living people
1983 births
Alumni of Regent's University London
American expatriates in England
Participants in American reality television series