Gemma Ward

Gemma Ward ( born November 3, 1987 in Perth ) is an Australian model and actress.

Life

Gemma Ward is the second daughter of Claire and Gary Ward. Her older sister Sophie also works as a model. The twins Oscar and Henry are her two younger brothers. Ward was discovered in 2002 at the age of 15 years, as she sat in the audience of the Australian TV show "Search for a Supermodel " - friends had persuaded her to go along. She is a former student of Shenton College in Perth. She is 1.78 meters tall and her natural hair color is blonde. She currently lives in New York.

Fashion

Ward was the youngest model chosen for a Vogue photo shoot by It girls of the modeling world. They thus inserted itself into the league of supermodels like Gisele Bundchen, Karen Elson and Karolina Kurkova.

Ward has already participated in advertising campaigns for Prada and Yves Saint Laurent; she worked as a catwalk model for designers such as Versace and Gucci. Here her the honor of " First Face " ( first model on the runway ) was given regularly. She is also regularly seen on covers of magazines such as Vogue and W. Ward is the main model ( Spokesmodel ) for Calvin Klein's perfume " Obsession Night for Men". In spring 2006, she won the Fashion TV First Face Model Awards Spring 2006.

She is under contract with " Vivien 's Model Management Australia 'for Australia and for" IMG " in New York for the rest of the world.

Film

Ward played in John Mayer's music video with Daughters. In 2001, she played the role of "Heidi" in the film Pink Pyjamas. On the side of Rhys Wakefield and Toni Collette Ward plays in the movie The Black Balloon, which at the 2008 Berlinale and had its world premiere in the section Generation 14plus won the Crystal Bear. In the horror film The Strangers ( 2008), she starred opposite Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman, her face, however, is obscured except for a brief scene before the entire film from a mask. 2011, it is in Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides seen as a mermaid. In the remake of The Great Gatsby (2013 ) Gemma Ward has a second appearance.

Private life

In 2008, the Australian was said to have a relationship with Heath Ledger after several newspapers published in this respect unique photos.

2011 Ward confirmed this in an interview with The Sunday Telegraph. The two spent Christmas before they returned together in the hometown of Perth together again to New York where Ledger died on January 22, 2008.