Caprice Bourret is an American supermodel

Supermodel

The term supermodel refers to a highly-paid fashion model who usually has a worldwide reputation and often a background in haute couture and commercial modeling. The term became prominent in the popular culture of the 1980s. Supermodels usually work for top fashion designers and labels...

, actress, television personality and businesswoman. She currently resides in the United Kingdom where she runs her company By Caprice Lingerie Ltd.

Early life

Born of Jewish ancestry Bourret grew up in Hacienda Heights, California

Hacienda Heights, California

Hacienda Heights is an unincorporated census-designated place in and below the Puente Hills of the San Gabriel Valley, in Los Angeles County, California, United States...

. However, in 1996 she moved to the United Kingdom to launch her modelling career.

Modelling

Bourret has appeared on over 250 covers which have included Vogue

Vogue (magazine)

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, GQ, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Maxim, FHM

FHM

FHM, originally published as For Him Magazine, is an international monthly men's lifestyle magazine.- History :The magazine began publication in 1985 in the United Kingdom under the name For Him and changed its title to FHM in 1994 when Emap Consumer Media bought the magazine, although the full For...

 and the Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated

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. She was voted worlds sexiest woman by the News of the World

News of the World

The News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, and at closure still had one of the highest English language circulations...

, GQ magazine's Woman of the Year and Maxims International Woman of the Year for three consecutive years. She has been featured in television ad campaigns for Diet Coke

Diet Coke

Diet Coke is a sugar-free soft drink produced and distributed by The Coca-Cola Company. It was first introduced in the United States on August 9, 1982, as the first new brand since 1886 to use the Coca-Cola trademark...

 and Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut is an American restaurant chain and international franchise that offers different styles of pizza along with side dishes including pasta, buffalo wings, breadsticks, and garlic bread....

 alongside Jonathan Ross.

Lingerie line

In 2000, Bourret entered into a licensing agreement with Debenhams

Debenhams

Debenhams plc is a British retailer operating under a department store format in the UK, Ireland and Denmark, and franchise stores in other countries. The Company was founded in the eighteenth century as a single store in London and has now grown to around 160 shops...

, giving her name to a lingerie range. However, in 2006, Bourret bought back her license, invested her own money into the business and subsequently founded 'By Caprice Lingerie'. Since then she has expanded into swimwear, sleepwear and bedding, amongst other products

Film and TV

Alongside her main profession of business woman and model, she has done a variety of film and television work. She starred in the HBO film Hollywood Flies and has also appeared in Nailing Vienna, and Jinxed In Love also for HBO. Bourret has also appeared in the soap operas Hollyoaks

Hollyoaks

Hollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...

, Dream Team (TV series)

Dream Team (TV series)

Dream Team is a British television series produced by Hewland International which aired on Sky1 and Sky3 from 1997 to 2007; it chronicled the on-field and off-field affairs of the fictional Harchester United Football Club....

 for Sky 1

SKY 1

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 and in the English comedy show Hospital.

In 1998, Bourret hosted the UK television series, Caprice's Travels. The series followed Bourret's tour through several major holiday destinations around the world. Bourret has appeared on Friday Night's All Wright as well as several award shows, including the European MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

 awards and the World Music Awards

World Music Awards

The World Music Awards is an international awards show founded in 1989 that annually honors recording artists based on worldwide sales figures provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry . John Martinotti is an executive producer and co-founder of the show...

, the British National Television Awards in 1996, 1997 and 1998, and several series for the television channels VH1

VH1

VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...

 and E! Entertainment Television

E!

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.
In 2000, she filmed the Channel 4

Channel 4

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 documentary Being Caprice, in which a camera hidden on her person recorded her life for ten days. Also that year she hosted an evening at The Oscars and hosted the red carpet event for the American Music Awards

American Music Awards

-Conception:The AMAs were created by Dick Clark in 1973 to compete with the Grammys after the move of that year's show to Nashville, Tennessee led to CBS picking up the Grammy telecasts after its first two in 1971 and 1972 were broadcast on ABC...

 both live on ABC Network

ABC Network

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.

In early 2005, she appeared on Celebrity Big Brother. She continued to make appearances on companion show Big Brother's Little Brother until it switched channels in 2010.

She was a cast member on the fifth season of the VH1 reality series The Surreal Life

The Surreal Life

The Surreal Life is a reality television series that sets a select group of past-their-prime celebrities and records them as they live together in Glen Campbell's former mansion in the Hollywood Hills for two weeks...

 and also appeared in the reality shows Celebrities Under Pressure, Celebrities Disfigured, Three Celebrities and a Baby, and Road Raja

Road Raja

Road Raja was a comedy-based reality TV series broadcast on Sky1 in 2004. Set in Mumbai, the series followed six celebrities as they completed a number of driving tasks in and around the city, culminating in the Road Raja Grand Prix - a mad dash around the city....

.

In June 2006, she starred in the English independent movie Perfect Woman, produced by Olympus Productions Limited. This followed an earlier appearance in the film The Man with Rain in His Shoes

The Man with Rain in His Shoes

The Man with Rain in His Shoes is a 1998 Spanish-British romantic comedy film, written by Spanish singer-songwriter Rafa Russo, directed by Spanish filmmaker María Ripoll and starring Lena Headey, Douglas Henshall, Penelope Cruz, Mark Strong and Elizabeth McGovern...

 alongside Penelope Cruz

Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress. Signed by an agent at age 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón, jamón , to critical acclaim...

.

In 2007, Bourret was a judge on Sky 1's Project Catwalk

Project Catwalk

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 and Britain's Next Top Model

Britain's Next Top Model

Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model is a British reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of Britain's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modelling industry...

. Three years later she took the role of head judge on TV3's show Style Wars in Ireland.

On November 13, 2008 she came joint second with Jimmy Osmond

Jimmy Osmond

James Arthur "Jimmy" Osmond is an American singer, actor, and businessman.-Biography:Jimmy Osmond is the youngest of his siblings and an occasional member of their musical group, The Osmonds. He is the ninth and last child of George and Olive Osmond, and his siblings are Virl, Tom, Alan, Wayne,...

 in a Celebrity Come Dine with Me

Come Dine With Me

Come Dine With Me is a popular Channel 4 television programme shown in the United Kingdom, produced by Granada Television and first broadcast in January 2005. The show has either four or five amateur chefs competing against each other hosting a dinner party for the other contestants...

 episode that also featured Nicky Clarke

Nicky Clarke

Nicky Clarke OBE is an English hair stylist and media personality, who owns well known hair salons. He initially became famous for styling the hair of various celebrities on several television shows, before earning fame in his own right....

 and Nancy Sorrell

Nancy Sorrell

Nancy Sorrell is an English former lap dancer turned model, actress and TV presenter who has been married to Jim Moir since 25 January 2003. She appeared in the 2004 series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, and was later joined in the jungle by her husband...

.

Theatre

Bourret starred on stage in the hit musical Rent

Rent (musical)

Rent is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème...

 playing the lead 'Maureen' at The Prince of Wales Theatre on the West End and also performed in The Vagina Monologues

The Vagina Monologues

The Vagina Monologues is an episodic play written by Eve Ensler which ran at the Off Broadway Westside Theatre after a limited run at AFRICA in 1996. Ensler originally starred in the production which was produced by David Stone, Nina Essman, Dan Markley, The Araca Group, Willa Shalit, Mike Skipper...

 at the Arts Theatre

Arts Theatre

The Arts Theatre is a theatre in Great Newport Street, in Westminster, Central London. It now operates as the West End's smallest commercial receiving house.-History:...

 in London's West End.

In South Africa, Bourret produced and starred in the off-Broadway production Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical

Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical

Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical is an Off-Broadway musical with a book by Susan L. Schwartz, composed by Andrew Sherman, with Tom Kitt and Jonathan Callicutt providing additional music and lyrics. It is based on the 1978 pornographic film Debbie Does Dallas...

 playing the lead 'Lisa' at the Tesson Theatre in Johannesburg in 2007.

Other work

In 1999, Bourret was signed to Virgin Records

Virgin Records

Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...

 and subsequently released her first pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 single

Single (music)

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, "Oh Yeah" (UK

UK Singles Chart

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 #24), and then the 2001 follow-up single, "Once Around the Sun" (also UK #24).

Filmography

Acting

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Hospital!	Cassandra	Channel 5 one-off comedy
1999		Dani West	Series regular, US TV series
2001	Bubbles	American woman	Short film
2001	Baywatch Baywatch Baywatch is an American action drama series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, starring David Hasselhoff. The show ran in its original title and format from 1989 to 1999, sans the 1990-1991 season, of which it was not in production...	Jackie Love	One-off episode
2002	Nailing Vienna	Crystal	British film
2004	Hollywood Flies	Cherie	Film
2004	Hollyoaks: After Hours	Saskia	Spin-off
2009	Untitled sitcom	TBA	Television series

Reality television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Friday Night's All Wight	Herself	Co-Presenter, TV series
1999	Bang Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer Bang Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer Bang Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer was comedy double act Vic & Bob's third television sketch show. It aired during January 1999 on BBC2 in the United Kingdom...	Herself	Interviewed by Reeves and Mortimer as their characters "The Stotts".
2000	Being Caprice	Herself	Documentary
2002	Stars in Their Eyes Stars In Their Eyes Stars in Their Eyes is a British television talent show that ran on Saturdays nights from 21 July 1990 until 23 December 2006 in which contestants impersonate showbiz stars...	Herself/Nancy Sinatra	Celebrity Christmas Special
2002	Open House with Gloria Hunniford Open House with Gloria Hunniford Open House with Gloria Hunniford was an afternoon television show broadcast on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom between 1998 and 2003. It was presented by Gloria Hunniford and focused on lifestyle, cookery, and human interest issues. It was broadcast five days a week from Monday to Friday....	Herself	1 episode
2003		Herself	Single guest interview series with Piers Morgan Piers Morgan Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan , known professionally as Piers Morgan, is a British journalist and television presenter. He is editorial director of First News, a national newspaper for children....
2004	Road Raja Road Raja Road Raja was a comedy-based reality TV series broadcast on Sky1 in 2004. Set in Mumbai, the series followed six celebrities as they completed a number of driving tasks in and around the city, culminating in the Road Raja Grand Prix - a mad dash around the city....	Herself	Driving reality show
2004	Loose Women Loose Women Loose Women is a British lunchtime television programme, first broadcast in 1999 on ITV. It consists of a panel of four women who interview celebrities and discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs, to celebrity gossip...	Herself	2 episodes, ITV ITV ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
2004	GMTV GMTV GMTV was the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc. in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end...	Herself	1 episode, ITV ITV ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
2004	Celebrities Under Pressure Celebrities Under Pressure Celebrities Under Pressure is a Saturday night entertainment show which aired in the United Kingdom on ITV.The show follows families allowing a celebrity to live with them for a week as they attempt to learn a new skill from their hosts. The celebrity's progress is followed through a video diary,...	Herself	1 episode
2004	Sports Relief	Herself	1 episode
2005	Celebrity Big Brother 2005 (UK)	Herself
2005		Herself	2 episodes, CNBC CNBC CNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...
2005		Herself	US reality series
2005	Dirty Tricks Dirty tricks Dirty tricks are unethical, duplicitous, slanderous or illegal tactics employed to destroy or diminish the effectiveness of political or business opponents...	Herself	1 episode
2005	Ireland AM Ireland AM Ireland AM is Ireland's only breakfast television programme. The show is broadcast live every weekday morning by TV3 and 3e.- Early years :...	Herself	1 episode
2005	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Herself	1 episode
2006		Herself	One-off event
2007	Xposé Xposé Xposé is an Irish entertainment/celebrity gossip programme, broadcast weekday evenings at 6pm on TV3, with a repeat the following day at 12:50pm on TV3 and again at 6.30pm on 3e .-History and format:...	Herself	Entertainment series
2008	Come Dine With Me Come Dine With Me Come Dine With Me is a popular Channel 4 television programme shown in the United Kingdom, produced by Granada Television and first broadcast in January 2005. The show has either four or five amateur chefs competing against each other hosting a dinner party for the other contestants...	Herself	1 episode, Channel 4 Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...  culinary reality show
2008	Cooking the Books	Herself	1 episode, Channel 5
2009	Hole in the Wall Hole in the wall Hole in the wall may refer to:Places*Hole-in-the-Wall, Seaham Harbour, County Durham, England*Hole-in-the-Wall, Herefordshire, England*Hole in the Wall Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada...	Herself	1 episode
2009	Live from Studio Five Live from Studio Five Live From Studio Five was an early evening, British magazine programme which was produced by Sky News for Channel 5. The show was presented by Kate Walsh and a line-up of other co-presenters during its run. It consisted of interviews and discussing topical issues, with an emphasis on showbusiness...	Herself	1 episode, Channel 5 live chat show
2009		Herself – Presenter	Music Awards show
2010		Herself	1 episode, BBC BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
2010	Big Brother's Little Brother	Herself – Guest Panelist	Multiple episodes, E4
2010	Style Wars Style Wars Style Wars is a 1983 documentary on hip hop culture, directed by Tony Silver and produced by Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant. The film has an emphasis on graffiti, although bboying and rapping are covered to a lesser extent...	Herself	Judge of Irish Reality Show
2010	The King is Dead	Herself – Guest Panelist	1 episode, BBC BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
2010	The King is Dead	Herself	Contestant
2010	Celebrity Juice Celebrity Juice Celebrity Juice is a British television comedy panel game show on ITV2 that has been airing since 24 September, 2008. The show is presented by Keith Lemon, with regular captains Holly Willoughby and Fearne Cotton, alongside regular panellist Rufus Hound...	Herself	Closerer Magazine Head
2010	The Panel The Panel The Panel was an Australian television talk show broadcast by Network Ten and its affiliates; it was also simulcast on the Triple M radio network...	Herself	Guest
2010	Live from Studio Five Live from Studio Five Live From Studio Five was an early evening, British magazine programme which was produced by Sky News for Channel 5. The show was presented by Kate Walsh and a line-up of other co-presenters during its run. It consisted of interviews and discussing topical issues, with an emphasis on showbusiness...	Herself	Guest
2011	Celebrity Juice Celebrity Juice Celebrity Juice is a British television comedy panel game show on ITV2 that has been airing since 24 September, 2008. The show is presented by Keith Lemon, with regular captains Holly Willoughby and Fearne Cotton, alongside regular panellist Rufus Hound...	Herself	Guest
2011	OK! TV OK! TV OK! TV is an early evening magazine programme, broadcast on Channel 5 as a brand extension of celebrity title OK! Magazine. It replaced Live from Studio Five on 14 February 2011, and was presented by Kate Walsh and Matt Johnson, both of which have since left the programme. Jeff Brazier and Jenny...	Herself	Guest
2011	Xposé Xposé Xposé is an Irish entertainment/celebrity gossip programme, broadcast weekday evenings at 6pm on TV3, with a repeat the following day at 12:50pm on TV3 and again at 6.30pm on 3e .-History and format:...	Herself	Guest
2011	Daybreak (ITV) Daybreak (ITV) Daybreak is the weekday breakfast television programme on the British commercial ITV network that broadcasts on weekday mornings from 06:00 to 08:30 and is currently presented by Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley from Monday to Thursday with Dan Lobb and Kate Garraway on Fridays...	Herself	Guest
2011	5 News	Herself	Guest

External links

• Caprice Bourret on the Internet Movie Database
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