Estella Warren is a Canadian fashion model, actress and formerly a synchronized swimmer.

She was born December 23, 1978 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Her father was a used car salesman, and her mother an elementary school principal. As a synchronized swimmer, she represented Canada at the World Aquatic Championships. She had moved to Toronto at the age of twelve to train with the national synchronized swimming team. After becoming the senior national champion at seventeen, Estella had the chance to move on to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. She is a three-time Canadian national champion, and the solo bronze medalist at the 1995 Junior World Championships.

In her free time, she enjoys horseback riding, playing the piano, singing, and swimming.

Modeling

During a high school fashion show, a talent agent was present, who spotted her and took a Polaroid of her and sent it to a New York City agency and her modeling career began. Estella stands 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 metres) tall, with measurements of 34-24-34 (bust-waist-hips). She has appeared in Sports Illustrated, Vogue, Vanity Fair, two TV commercials for Chanel No.5 perfume and was named Maxim Magazine's Hottest Woman in 2000.

Acting

She has been in numerous movies, including 2001's Driven (with Sylvester Stallone) and Planet of the Apes, 2003's lambasted Kangaroo Jack and the critically acclaimed The Cooler in the same year.

Warren's acting abilities have stretched to the small screen too, appearing in That 70's Show in 2003; in Law and Order; and in it's spinoff Special Victims Unit, both in 2005.

Quotes

"Coming from a barely clothed childhood as a swimmer makes me really comfortable with my body."

"I really wanted to go to the Olympics, but everyone wanted me to model for them, so I said what the hell, why not!"

"If I can't use my beauty now, I'm never going to be able to. This is the way I'm going to get myself to a position where it isn't a factor."

External links

• Estella Warren at the Internet Movie Databasede:Estella Warren

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