Profile
Gemma Ward
Model + Actress
Female
Hometown
Australia
Gemma Louise Ward is an Australian fashion model turned actress.
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Emma Ward Performs 'Trains'Huffington Post - Nov 12, 2012
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International Model Katia Elizarova Signed By Img Models Pr Web (Press Release)Google News - Aug 25, 2011
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Perth Fashion Festival Model Casting Fibre2fashion.ComGoogle News - Aug 24, 2011
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Doutzen Kroes: Victoria's Secret Swimwear Sexy Gossip Center.ComGoogle News - Aug 16, 2011
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1987
Birth
Gemma Ward was born on 3 November 1987 in Perth, Western Australia, the second of four children of Gary Ward, a doctor, and Claire, a nurse.
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1997
9 Years Old
Her passion for acting was born in 1997, when she was cast as the witch in a school play of Hansel and Gretel at age ten.
TEENAGE
2002
14 Years Old
Ward's brush with modeling was an accidental one. She was discovered in 2002, at the age of fourteen, while accompanying her friends to the Australian modelling competition Search for a Supermodel.
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2004
16 Years Old
In September 2004 at only sixteen, Ward became the youngest model to appear on American Vogue photographed by Steven Meisel as one of the nine "Models of the Moment" with Daria Werbowy, Natalia Vodianova, Gisele Bündchen, Isabeli Fontana, Karolina Kurkova, Liya Kebede, Hana Soukupova and Karen Elson.
In February 2005, Ward appeared in no less than 20 New York runways for designers that included Vera Wang, Oscar de la Renta and Klein, and was rumored to earn about $20,000 per show.
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2006
18 Years Old
By 2006 Ward became Australia's brightest fashion star since Elle Macpherson.
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In July 2007, earning at an estimated total of $3 million in the past 12 months, Forbes named her tenth in the list of the World's 15 Top-Earning Supermodels.
TWENTIES
In August 2008, reports surfaced that Ward was to retire from modeling to pursue acting.
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2009
21 Years Old
Slightly over a year later, in November 2009, Ward's agent officially announced her retiring from the industry after her notable absence in the past few runway seasons.
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2010
22 Years Old
Again, Ward quickly dismissed the retirement claims, confirming that she would return to modeling in 2010.
After avoiding the spotlight for three years, Ward opened up in an exclusive interview for The Sunday Telegraph in 30 January 2011.
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