Amanda de Cadenet
Amanda de Cadenet is an English photographer, actress and television presenter.Biography
De Cadenet was born in Hampstead, London. She is the daughter of Anna and racing car driver Alain de Cadenet. At age 18 she began her career as a co-presenter for The Word, a late-night Channel 4 entertainment show in 1990-1995. She also co-hosted the British television show The Big Breakfast.
Her first marriage in 1991 was, according to de Cadenet herself, when she was only 19 and pregnant, to Duran Duran bassist John Taylor with whom she has a daughter, Atlanta. The following year de Cadenet moved from the UK to Los Angeles. The marriage lasted until 1997.
Upon arrival in L.A., de Cadenet embarked upon a short film career, appearing in: Four Rooms, a collaborative film by Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino; Fall ; and Brokedown Palace. Her career then turned to photography, working for magazines such as Spin, Jane and Harper’s Bazaar among others. In 2005 she published a book entitled Rare Birds. Her other celebrity popular culture subjects have included Drew Barrymore, Sofia Coppola, Demi Moore, Olivia Wilde, Mary J. Blige, Keanu Reeves, Beck Hansen, and the members of The Strokes.
In 2006 she married guitarist Nick Valensi of The Strokes, with whom she has twins.
In 2011 it was announced that de Cadenet would be the host of a new television interview series called The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet, airing on the Lifetime Channel, with Demi Moore as a co-executive producer. On the show, de Cadenet has interviewed female guests such as Hillary Clinton, Lady Gaga, Portia de Rossi, Rita Wilson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Zoe Saldana and Jane Fonda.
On 24 July 2014 the Lifetime Channel launched a weekly late-night television talk show featuring de Cadenet entitled, Undone with @AmandadeCadenet, which is taped in front of a live studio audience.
