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Sophie Dahl (born Sophie Holloway; 15 September 1977) began her working life as a teenage fashion model, but has since turned her hand to being an author. In 2003 she wrote The Sunday Times bestseller The Man with the Dancing Eyes, an illustrated Novella, which she followed in 2007 with her first novel Playing with the Grown-ups. Dahl has also written two cookery books, From Season to Season and The Sunday Times bestseller Miss Dahl's Vouptuous Delights in addition to writing and presenting two BBC prime time shows about food. Dahl is a contributing editor at Conde Nast Traveller an was a long-time contributing editor at British Vogue, and she has written non-fiction essays for US Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Observer, Guardian and The Times. Sophie lives in the countryside with her husband, their two daughters, rescue dog, cat and tortoise.[1]

Born in London, Dahl made her debut on the English catwalk in London Fashion Week in the Autumn of 1997. That year, she was discovered by Isabella Blow, who was then a stylist for Vogue magazine. Blow introduced her to the management at the Storm Model Agency in London who signed her to a number of modelling campaigns, including those for Versace, Alexander McQueen, Patrick Cox, DKNY, Boucheron and Pringle.

Dahl is the daughter of the actor Julian Holloway and writer Tessa Dahl. Her maternal grandparents were the children's author Roald Dahl and the American actress Patricia Neal. Her paternal grandparents were the actor Stanley Holloway and Violet Lane, a former chorus dancer. Dahl was the inspiration for Sophie, the main character in her maternal grandfather's book The BFG. She is married to the singer Jamie Cullum.

Biography

Early life

Dahl was born in London[2] to the actor Julian Holloway and the writer Tessa Dahl, after a brief relationship. As a child, Sophie frequently spent time at both her maternal and paternal grandparents' houses in Great Missenden[3] and Angmering, respectively.[4] Dahl has noted that her childhood was "an odd one, but with such magic".[5] Writing in The Guardian in 2013, the journalist Kira Cochrane notes that during her childhood, Sophie attended 10 schools and lived in 17 homes in various locations including London, New York, and India.[5]

Modelling

Sophie was discovered at the age of 18, by the Vogue stylist Isabella Blow, who was then an editor at British Vogue.[6] Over the years, Dahl appeared in advertising campaigns for Versace, Alexander McQueen, Boucheron, Pringle, Godiva, Banana Republic, Gap and Boodles amongst others.[7] [8] She appeared on the covers of both British and Italian Vogue.[9][10], along with the covers of Elle[11], Harpers Bazaar[12], Red[13], Numero, Arena[14] and Tatler[15].

During her career as a model, Dahl worked with photographers including Richard Avedon, Peter Lindbergh, Tim Walker[16], Steven Klein and Steven Meisel.[17] In 2000, Dahl became the face of Yves Saint-Laurent's Opium. The ad campaign was art-directed by Tom Ford and shot by Steven Meisel. [18] Dahl's nude images in British print advertisements caused a near-record number of complaints to the UK's Advertising Standards Authority.[19]

Writing

In 2003, Dahl publisher her first book, an illustrated novella and Times bestseller, The Man with the Dancing Eyes(Bloomsbury Publishing).[20]. From 2005 Dahl was a contributing editor and regular columnist at Men's Vogue, prior to its closure in 2008. Dahl is the author of three other books: Playing with the Grown-Ups (2008)[21] and two cook books, Miss Dahl's Voluptuous Delights (2009)[22] and From Season To Season (2011).[23] She was a contributor to an anthology, Truth or Dare edited by Justine Picardie, which included works by Zoë Heller and William Fiennes.[24] She also provided introductions to the Puffin Classic new edition of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett,[25]and the Virago Press re-issue of Stella Gibbons' 1938 novel Nightingale Wood which was released in April 2009, and Nancy Mitford's "Don't Tell Alfred", reissued by Penguin in March 2010.[26] In March and April 2010, a six-part cookery series called "The Delicious Miss Dahl", which Dahl wrote and presented, produced by Jamie Oliver’s production company Fresh One, was broadcast on BBC 2.

She wrote and presented a social history documentary about the Victorian cook, Isabella Beeton, which was transmitted on BBC 2 on 29 September 2011. [27]

Dahl was a contributing editor at British Vogue for a decade, writing about subjects for cultural identity and the journey of refugees to Brexit Britain[28] to the Proustian response to scent, winning a Jasmine Award for her column.[29] Dahl is a contributing editor at Conde Nast Traveller, and has written essays for amongst others, The Guardian[30], US Vogue, The Observer, Time Magazine[31] and Harpers Bazaar.

It was announced in the Bookseller that she had been signed to a four-book deal with Walker Books, and the first of these books, a picture book called Madame Badoebdah, illustrated by Lauren O'Hara is scheduled for release in October 2019.[32]

Personal life

Dahl is the daughter of the English actor Julian Holloway and the writer Tessa Dahl. Sophie comes from an artistic background, with notable grandparents on both sides. Her paternal grandparents were the actor Stanley Holloway and the former chorus dancer Violet Lane.[33] Dahl's paternal lineage has been associated with the stage since 1850; Charles Bernard (1830–1894), a great-uncle to Holloway, was a successful Shakespearean actor and theatre manager in London and the English provinces. Bernard's son, Oliver Percy Bernard OBE MC (1881–1939), was an English architect and scenic designer, responsible for the sets for Sir Thomas Beecham's Ring Cycle at Covent Garden.[34][35] Through Bernard, Dahl is related to his sons, the poet and translator Oliver Bernard, the photographer Bruce Bernard,[36] and the writer Jeffrey Bernard.[33][36] Dahl's maternal grandparents were the author Roald Dahl and the American actress Patricia Neal.[37]

On 9 January 2010, Dahl married the singer Jamie Cullum.[38] They had their first child, a daughter named Lyra, on 2 March 2011.[39] The couple had a second daughter, Margot, on 4 March 2013.[40]

Bibliography

  • The Man with the Dancing Eyes. Ted Smart. 2003. ISBN 9781582343426.
  • Playing with the Grown-ups. Anchor. 2009. ISBN 9780307388353.
  • Miss Dahl's Voluptuous Delights: Recipes for Every Season, Mood, and Appetite. William Morrow Cookbooks. 2010. ISBN 9780061450990.
  • Miss Dahl's Guide to All Things Lovely. HarperCollins. 2010. ISBN 9780007340514.
  • Very Fond of Food: A Year in Recipes. Ten Speed Press. 2012. ISBN 9781607741787.

References

  1. ^ "Instagram snoop: Sophie Dahl", House & Garden, accessed 4 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Sophie Dahl: About Sophie Dahl", penguingroup.com, accessed 26 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Visiting the Roald Dahl Museum", Roald Dahl Museum.org, accessed 26 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Sophie Dahl, model and TV presenter", The Scotsman (magazine), 20 March 2010, accessed 26 November 2013.
  5. ^ a b "'I'm a bit of a dork", The Guardian (online edition), 19 October 2007, accessed 26 November 2013
  6. ^ " Remembering Isabella Blow, the maverick stylist who changed British fashion, a decade on from her death", The Telegraph, accessed 7 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Sophie Dahl makes modelling comeback". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Sophie Dahl", Models.com
  9. ^ "Brit Girls on the Vogue Cover", Vogue, accessed 23 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Vogue Italia April 2000 : Sophie Dahl by Steven Meisel", The Fashion Spot, accessed 25 January 2015.
  11. ^ "SOPHIE DAHL July 2004 Elle Canada ", palestream.com, accessed 15 October 2018
  12. ^ "Harper's Bazaar Magazine - 2008 - Sophie Dahl", magazinecanteen.com, accessed 15 October 2018
  13. ^ "Sophie Dahl Cover Interview", Red, 5 October 2010
  14. ^ "ARENA MAGAZINE - MAY 1997 - SOPHIE DAHL COVER", crazyaboutmagazines.com, accessed 15 October 2018
  15. ^ "Tatler Magazine - October 2000 - Sophie Dahl", magazinecanteen.com, accessed 15 October 2018
  16. ^ "Vogue Archive – Tim Walker", Vogue, accessed 15 October 2018
  17. ^ "At The Kitchen Table: Sophie Dahl Biography", Sophie Dahl official website, accessed 18 November 2014.
  18. ^ "The Glamorous Scandalous History of Yves Saint Laurants Opium Fragrance Obsession", The Fashion Law, 16 November 2018.
  19. ^ Eckardt, Stephanie; Hodor-Lee, Alex (31 March 2017). "A Brief History of Fashion's Most NSFW, Controversial Ad Campaigns". W magazine. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018. {{cite magazine}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |magazine= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ "They met at a fancy-dress party. But then he changed...", Rachel Cooke The Observer, 2 February 2003, accessed 26 November 2013.
  21. ^ Guest, Katy (16 November 2007). "Playing with the Grown ups, by Sophie Dahl". The Independent. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  22. ^ "Miss Dahl's Voluptuous Delights", Harper Collins, accessed 26 November 2013.
  23. ^ "From Season to Season", Harper Collins, accessed 26 November 2013.
  24. ^ "Truth or Dare: The First Boy I Loved", pp. 105–117.
  25. ^ "The secret garden / Frances Hodgson Burnett; introduced by Sophie Dahl; illustrations by Robin Lawrie Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924", National Library of Australia, accessed 24 November 2013.
  26. ^ "What a tonic: the wit who refused to be waspish", The Telegraph, 12 March 2010, accessed 24 November 2013.
  27. ^ "Two Programmes - The Marvellous Mrs Beeton, with Sophie Dahl". BBC. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  28. ^ "The Long Way Home". At the Kitchen Table. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  29. ^ "Vogue Celebrated at Jasmine Awards", Vogue magazine, 7 March 2013, accessed 26 November 2013.
  30. ^ "My grandfather Roald Dahl, the magician". The Guardian. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  31. ^ "Fond Farewells – Patricia Neal". Time. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  32. ^ "Sophie Dahl follows in her grandfather's footsteps with first book for children". Telegraph. 13 October 2018.
  33. ^ a b Holloway and Richards, pp. 74–75
  34. ^ Holloway and Richards, p. 74
  35. ^ "He was the nice one: farewell to Oliver Bernard", London Evening Standard, 4 June 2013
  36. ^ a b May, A. (2004) "Bernard, Bruce Bonus (1928–2000)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, accessed 22 August 2007 (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  37. ^ "Patricia Neal Obituary", The Telegraph, 9 August 2010, accessed 26 November 2013.
  38. ^ "Sophie Dahl and Jamie Cullum's Secret Wedding", The Independent, 11 January 2010, accessed 26 November 2013
  39. ^ "Sophie Dahl Gives Birth to First Child", The Telegraph, 6 March 2011, accessed 26 November 2013.
  40. ^ "Sophie Dahl Welcomes Second Child", Vogue UK, 7 March 2013, accessed 22 October 2018

Sources

  • Holloway, Stanley; Richards, Dick (1967). Wiv a little bit o' luck: The life story of Stanley Holloway. London: Frewin. OCLC 3647363.

Notes

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