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Estella Warren was a synchronized swimmer from the age of seven until 17 in her native Canada. She moved away from home at 12 to train for the Canadian National Team. She was the Canadian National Champion for three years and represented her country at the World Aquatic Championship, where she placed second. A talent scout who came to a charity high school fashion show in which she appeared was impressed enough with her to take a Polaroid of her and send it to a New York City modeling agency. She was almost immediately signed to a modeling contract, and eventually appeared in "Sports Illustrated", "Vogue", "Vanity Fair" and two TV commercials for Chanel #5 perfume, both directed by Luc Besson. She decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, and has appeared in films with such stars as Sylvester Stallone.
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Estella Warren (born December 23, 1978 in Peterborough, Ontario) is a Canadian actress, former fashion model, and a former synchronized swimmer. Biography Early life Warren's 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 moved to Toronto at the age of twelve to train with the national synchronized swimming team, and after becoming the senior national champion at seventeen, Warren had the chance to move on to the 1996 Summer Olympics. She is a three-time Canadian national
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Estella Warren later packed for Los Angeles to try a hand in acting and landed on the fashion industry-set feature Perfume (2001). In the Sundance premiered film directed by Michael Rymer, Estella starred as Arrianne, alongside Jeff Goldblum and Omar Epps. She followed it up with the role of Sophia Simone, a woman who adds fuel to the rivalry between top car racers (Kip Pardue and Til Schweiger) in Renny Harlin's action flick Driven (2001... starring Sylvester Stallone).
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Now the glamorous journey of Estella Warren began in the world of modeling. Illustrated fashion magazines, like Sports Illustrated, Elite fashion magazine like Vogue and Vanity Fair, cast her as the prominent modeling face on it. Soon successful career as a model was knocking at her doorsteps. Estella did not confine herself to modeling in those glossy pages of the fashion magazine; she ... became very popular on the other modeling media as well.
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Estella Warren was born to an elementary school principal mother and a used-car salesman father. Always the athlete, Estella 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 in synchronized swimming, and the solo bronze medalist at the 1995 Junior World Championships]. However, fate had other plans for the blonde bombshell when after participating in a high school fashion show, she got the urge to take up modeling as a full-time career. Before she knew it, she was strutting the catwalks in Paris and Italy, and striking poses for fashion photographer Ellen von Unwerth. It didn't take long for her face to grace the covers of dozens of magazines, such as Marie Claire, Elle, GQ, Yahoo Internet Life, and the 2000 swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated.
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Estella Warren was born December 23, 1978, to an elementary school principal mother and a used-car salesman father. A professional swimmer, Estella moved to Toronto at the age of 12 to train with the national synchronized swimming team. In 1996, a change in career paths whisked Estella from chlorine filled waters to designer catwalks. She participated in a high school fashion show, and photos of Estella were sent to a New York modeling agent. Next thing she knew, she was doing photo shoots with professional fashion photographer Ellen von Unwerth, and posing for Italian Vogue.
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