Amanda de Cadenet

Amanda de Cadenet (born 19 May 1970) is a British-born photographer and former actress.

Career

At age fifteen, Amanda de Cadenet began to work as co-presenter for The Word, a controversial late-night Channel 4 magazine show. She also co-hosted The Big Breakfast.

She took several acting roles in films, including Four Rooms by independent film maker Allison Anders, as well as Fall, and Brokedown Palace. de Cadenet has worked for magazines such as Spin, Jane and Harpers Bazaar, among others. In 2005, she published a book entitled Rare Birds; her subjects include Sophie Dahl, Drew Barrymore, Beck Hansen, and Nick Valensi. She also had an interview with Demi Moore published in the April 2008 issue of Harper's Bazaar.

Personal life

In 1990, de Cadenet began dating bassist John Taylor of Duran Duran. They married in late 1991 because she was pregnant, and de Cadenet gave birth to their daughter, Atlanta, in April 1992. They then moved to Los Angeles to allow de Cadenet to pursue her acting career.

She became friends with Courtney Love; the two appeared at an awards show together wearing matching dresses and tiaras. By 1995, de Cadenet's marriage was beginning to disintegrate and her divorce from Taylor was finalized in 1997.

In late 2001 she began dating Nick Valensi of The Strokes; they married in 2006 after she became pregnant, and de Cadenet gave birth to their twins, a boy named Silvan and a girl named Ella, on October 19, 2006.

Filmography

• The Rachel Papers (1989)
• Blue Flame (1995)
• Four Rooms (1995)
• Grace of My Heart (1996)
• Fall (1997)
• Brokedown Palace (1999)
• Implicated (1999)
• Mascara (1999)

External Links

• Amanda de Cadenet at the Internet Movie Database