Noémie Lenoir

Noémie Lenoir
Lenoir at Paris Chocolate Show in 2013
Born	(1979-09-19) 19 September 1979 (age 37) Les Ulis, France
Modelling information
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Hair colour	Black
Eye colour	Green
Manager	Elite Model Management: New York City AMT Models: Vienna Models 1: London Option Model Agency: Zurich Model Management: Hamburg Elite Model Management: Milan, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Paris, Cape Town

Elite Model Management: New York City

AMT Models: Vienna

Models 1: London

Option Model Agency: Zurich

Model Management: Hamburg

Noémie Lenoir (born 19 September 1979 in Les Ulis) is a French model and actress.

She is known for her work with Gucci, L'Oréal, Next, Gap, Tommy Hilfiger, Victoria's Secret, and Marks and Spencer. She has been featured in a line-up of the world's most successful black models by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz.

Lenoir was born in Les Ulis, Essonne, France. Her mother comes from the French island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean, and has Malagasy ancestry. Her father is a retired French electrician who later divorced her mother. Her family moved first to Gif-sur-Yvette and then to Palaiseau where she was discovered and started her career in modelling.

Growing up in a banlieue district near Paris, which she describes as a "ghetto", Lenoir was first spotted at the age of 17 in 1997 when she was approached by a Ford booker in a post office. She signed with L'Oréal in 1997, and has since appeared in their advertisements alongside Laetitia Casta and long-term model and actress Andie MacDowell. She has also worked for Victoria's Secret, Gap, Next, and many others.