Tolu Adeyemi
NameTolula Adeyemi
What she's famous for
She is a model and actress. The muse of Vivienne Westwood and Ian Rankin.
Distinctive features
Dark super-short hair, black eyes, sexy mouth, top model proportions (5ft7). Unconventional, tough, always glamorous on the red carpet. A free-spirited party girl, extremely fascinating on the runway. Tolula is an offbeat fashion icon: bare-chested for Westwood, or wearing denim dungarees as she lights up her cigar burning a newspaper.
Not only she is a party girl, she is also aDj and loves reading poetry in restaurants such as the Bistrotheque in London. She is a member of theatre company Dream Think Speakand creates her characters taking inspiration from the fashion world. She has inherited her sense of style from her mother, who now pushes her to pursue her acting career. Dustin Hoffman notices her after the audition for Last Chance Harvey (2008). Dustin even threatens to leave the set if Tolula is not cast. But producers have already chosen her after hearing her sing Summertime.
A woman approaches 17-year old Tolula in Top Shop, hands out her business card and suggests her to become a model, which was the last thing on Tolula's mind. But this is how she starts working in fashion. Later comes cinema (see above). But it's still not enough, so there she goes dressed up in electric blue feathers playing bass and singing in Kylie Minogue's video Two Hearts. Eclectic, multi-faceted, dynamic, a true talent.
Her causes
She strongly supports Save The Children and Mind , a group involved in mental health-related issues.
Basket and skateboard, two passions she once wished she could make a job out of. Today she settles for mini-basketball.
Idols
"Marilyn Monroe for her complexity, intelligence, beauty. Josephine Baker for her talent and natural instinct. Cleopatra, one of the first representatives of girl power. Billie Holiday for her rock soul. Andy Warhol and Edie Sedgwick for their style." But she is also crazy about Grace Jones, Naomi Campbell, Blondie, Patti Smith, Sade, Kate Bush. And likes Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Kyle Minogue, Mary J. Blige and Katy Perry.
Favorite food
She would eat candy non-stop morning to night, she's crazy about it. Champagne and hotdogs, her most extravagant food choice.
"I do like dresses and printed shirts, I could wear a new one every day for the rest of my life. They really suit my style, androgynous yet feminine." (Dirrty glam)
She hates
"I have a British accent. It's quite strong. Sometimes I feel like an alien who doesn't belong anywhere."
She said
"My favourite designers are Alexander McQueen, Miu Miu, Prada and Vivienne Westwood. Vivienne is one of the most creative persons I know in the fashion circuit, she is so open."
She is one of the most sought-after single girls of this century's swinging London. Last time her heart sobbed was for Jude Law. One of the most intimidating playboys around.
Birthday
January 22nd
London
Lives in
London
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