Emily Ratajkowski

Emily O'Hara Ratajkowski was born in London, England, to American parents, Kathleen (Balgley), a professor, and John David Ratajkowski, a painter. She is of British Isles, German, Polish, and Jewish ancestry. Emily was raised in Encinitas, California, near San Diego. She traveled a lot, and also spent some of her childhood in Ireland and Mallorca. She started modeling at fourteen-years-old and was signed by "Ford Models". She continued to attend school but, after one year at UCLA, majoring in Fine Art, she decided to concentrate on becoming a model. After shootings with 'Tony Duran' (qv), she became recognized as a fashion model. Later, she was on the cover of "GQ Turkey" and appeared in 'Robin Thicke' (qv)'s music video, "Blurred Lines". As an actress, she played "Tasha" on the "Nickelodeon" series, _iCarly (2007)_ (qv), and the mistress of 'Ben Affleck' (qv)'s character in the thriller _Gone Girl (2014)_ (qv). She also appeared in the film version of _Entourage (2015)_ (qv), and co-starred with 'Zac Efron' (qv) in the musical drama _We Are Your Friends (2015)_ (qv).::Gregor95