Katherine Moss was born on 16th January 1974 at Addiscomb, Croydon, Surrey, England, U.K. When she was 15 years old her parents got separated. She has one brother named Nick.
Kate got into the fashion industry by coincidence. It all happened in the year 1988 when she she was only 14 years old. She and her family ware waiting in JFK airport on their way back from a vacation in the Bahamas when Sarah Ducas of `Storm Agency` took notice of her. This paved the path of her hugely successful modelling career.
From that day onwards her life has changed totally. She made her modeling job debut on the cover of the British magazine `The Face` with a topless appearance. Since then she is one of the most noted and important photographed models till now. Then Kate got engaged with the agencies like `Women` in New York, `Marilyn` in Milan and the `Storm agency` in London. Kate has also appeared for agencies with huge reputation like `Allure`, `Harper`s Bazaar` in the US, `Arena`, `Elle`, `The Face` in the UK. She has also made her appearance in `Vogue` in different editions such as Brazilian, British, Italian, Australian and American.
But achieved most of her fame when she was seen in `Calvin Klein` ads. She was almost a certainity for the Calvin Klein ads such as `fragrances Obsession`, `CK One` and `CK Be` thus making her a recognizable figure. Leaving this she has also appeared in ads for `Cerruti 1881`, `Burberry`, `De Beers Simple Diamond`, `Gianni Versace`, `Dolce and Gabbana`, `L`Oreal`, Yves Saint Laurent`s perfume `Opium` and `Yves Saint Laurent`.
Kate has also tried her luck in acting. She was seen first time in television documentary named `Models Close-Up`. Then she appeared in `French and Saunders` which was a comedy series on the BBC, in MTV`s `Fashionably Loud`, in `Choose or Lose` show. She also appeared in `British Mercury Mobile Phones` ads and not to mention `Calvin Klein` television ads.
Like other supermodels she kept the tradition of appearing in music videos such as `Linda Evangelista` and `Helena Christensen`. She has also won a prize for the most number of appearances in music videos. Sooner or later she had to appear in movies also. So she appeared in Johnny Cash`s `Delia`s Gone`, Elton John`s `The Way You Look Tonight` and Primal Scream`s `Kowalski`.
As far her private life goes this famous, rich, very sexy and extremely successful lady has been romantically linked with Johnny Depp for four years. It was also believed that once Johnny Depp gifted her a $100,000 BMW during her stay at a private clinic. She was also heard to have dated with Calvin Klein`s photographer `Mario Sorrenti`.
Her income in 1994 was guessed to be worth of $2.2 million and in 2000 about $26.3 million. Kate is believed to charge at least $10,000 per day of work. Kate completed a $4 million contract of Calvin Klein ad in 100 days.
Kate Moss has got apartments in England,France but her home is in the city of New York. It was also reported that she and Johnny Depp bought an apartment in Paris on the Place Dauphine.
She also started publishing `Kate` which is a picture book of herself.In 2003 she was believed to have relations with her publisher boyfriend Jefferson Hack and they were planning to get married but this news was strongly denied by Kate.
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