Emma Kathleen Hepburn Ferrer (born May 1994)[1] is an American artist and former model.
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Born | Emma Kathleen Hepburn Ferrer May 1994 (age 28) Morges, Switzerland |
Education | International School of Florence |
Alma mater | Florence Academy of Art |
Occupation | Model, artist |
Parent(s) | Sean Hepburn Ferrer Leila Flannigan |
Relatives | Audrey Hepburn (paternal grandmother) Mel Ferrer (paternal grandfather) |
Emma Kathleen Hepburn Ferrer was born in May 1994, in Morges, Switzerland, the daughter of producer Sean Hepburn Ferrer and Leila Flannigan.[1][2] She is the granddaughter of actors Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer.[1] Her parents divorced when she was 6 years old.[1] She has two younger half-siblings.[1] Ferrer spent her childhood in Los Angeles and Florence, and briefly attended Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences.[1] She previously studied ballet.[1] She earned a degree from the Jersey City, New Jersey, campus of Italy's Florence Academy of Art.[3]
Ferrer made her magazine modeling debut on the cover of Harper's Bazaar September 2014 issue.[1][4] Ferrer was signed by Storm Management.[5] She additionally appeared in a number of editorial publications and campaigns, including Dior, Japanese luxury skincare brand Kosé, Givenchy, and Tiffany & Co. She played a supporting role in the feature film The Man in the Attic, a psychological thriller directed by Constantine Venetopoulos, released in 2019.[2] Ferrer and her father both contributed to Audrey (2020), a documentary about her grandmother directed by Helena Coan.[6]
Ferrer resides in Brooklyn,[2] though she considers Italy to be her home.[7][8] She works as an art liaison and curator in New York City.[9]
Ferrer is a spokesperson for UNICEF, and a UNHCR Ambassador to the United States.[9] In December 2018, Ferrer was the keynote speaker at a UNICEF ball, in a continuation of her grandmother's work with the organization.[10] Ferrer does counseling work with female detainees at Rikers Island.[9]
[Audrey Hepburn died] in January 1993.... Emma Kathleen Hepburn Ferrer, Audrey's first grandchild, was born in Switzerland in May of the following year to Sean Hepburn Ferrer and his then wife, Leila. Now 20, Emma is the eldest of Sean's three children.
Her mother, Leila Flannigan.... [Emma Ferrer] made the rounds at New York and Paris Fashion Weeks and was signed by buzzy agency Storm Model Management. But then Ferrer simply disappeared from the scene.
She moved from Italy to New York, finished her degree at the Jersey City branch of Italy's Florence Academy of Art and started working at Sapar Contemporary, a Tribeca art gallery, where she serves as the liaison for international artists.
...this is not only the 20-year-old's first cover, but it's her first ever magazine photo shoot.
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