Though she's occassionally appeared in bit film parts, former-model Kimora Lee Simmons is best known for her eight-year marriage to music mogul Russell Simmons. Despite the couple's 2006 separation and 2008 divorce, they remained partners in their fashion venture, Baby Phat. In 2007, Simmons began starring in her own #92;reality show, Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane, on the Style Network. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
- Also Credited As:
Kimora Lee, Kimora Lee Perkins
- Born:
Kimora Lee Perkins on May 4, 1975 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Job Titles:
Executive, Model, TV personality, Actress, Author
Family
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Daughter: Aoki Lee Simmons. Born in 2003; father, Russell Simmons
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Daughter: Ming Lee Simmons. Born in 2000; father, Russell Simmons
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Son: Kenzo Lee Hounsou. Born May 30, 2009; father, Djimon Hounsou
Significant Others
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Companion: Djimon Hounsou. Began dating in early 2007
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Husband: Russell Simmons. Met in 1994; married in a civil ceremony on Dec. 15, 1998; announced separation in March 2006 and the divorce was finalized in January 2009
Education
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Lutheran High School North, St. Louis, MO
Milestones
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1993 Cast in first film For Love or Money as a model
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1998 Founded Baby Phat, the woman s division of Phat Farm, created by then husband Russell Simmons
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2003 Was a judge on the first season of America s Next Top Model (UPN)
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2004 Co-hosted the syndicated talk show, Life & Style
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2005 Had a small role in Beauty Shop starring Queen Latifah
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2006 Appeared in Waist Deep starring Tyrese Gibson
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2006 Published her first novel, Fabulosity: What It Is and How to Get It
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2007 Featured on the Style Network s Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane ; re-aired on E! Entertainment Television
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Began working under the tutelage of famed Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld
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Discovered at age 13 and and sent to Paris
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Enrolled in a modeling class at 11 years old