Kate Groombridge
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Kate Groombridge is an English
fashion model and actress.
Born in a small village in Kent
, she was advised to submit photos to modelling agencies by a family friend, and she was modelling professionally when she was just 14. She posed for teen magazines until she was 19.
In 1999 she signed as an ambassador with the lingerie company Gossard for their new "Ultrabra Superboost". The bra proved popular and was advertised extensively, and even proved controversial when the advertising campaign was considered too racy for British television. This success led Gossard to extend Groombridge's contract, and she became the face of Gossard's entire product line.
She has appeared as a cover girl
in several magazines, including Esquire
, Maxim
and FHM
, and she appears regularly in FHMs annual "100 sexiest women" poll.
She was named as one of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2008 on the 19th Annual Independent Critics List.
Groombridge had a small part in the 2005 Steven Seagal
film Submerged
, and in September 2007 she had a larger role in the romantic comedy film Virgin Territory
, playing the character Elissa. She has two further films in the can, Coffee Sex You and Shifty
.
, United Kingdom
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Acting and commercial Agent is Independent, London
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
fashion model and actress.
Born in a small village in Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, she was advised to submit photos to modelling agencies by a family friend, and she was modelling professionally when she was just 14. She posed for teen magazines until she was 19.
In 1999 she signed as an ambassador with the lingerie company Gossard for their new "Ultrabra Superboost". The bra proved popular and was advertised extensively, and even proved controversial when the advertising campaign was considered too racy for British television. This success led Gossard to extend Groombridge's contract, and she became the face of Gossard's entire product line.
She has appeared as a cover girl
Cover girl
A cover girl is a woman whose photograph features on the front cover of a magazine. She may be a model, celebrity or entertainer. The term would generally not be used to describe a casual, once-off appearance by a person on the cover of a magazine....
in several magazines, including Esquire
Esquire (magazine)
Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:...
, Maxim
Maxim (magazine)
Maxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models, sometimes pictured dressed, often pictured scantily dressed but not fully nude....
and 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 she appears regularly in FHMs annual "100 sexiest women" poll.
She was named as one of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2008 on the 19th Annual Independent Critics List.
Groombridge had a small part in the 2005 Steven Seagal
Steven Seagal
Steven Frederic Seagal is an American action film star, producer, writer, martial artist, guitarist and reserve deputy sheriff. A 7th-dan black belt in Aikido, Seagal began his adult life as an Aikido instructor in Japan...
film Submerged
Submerged
Submerged is an action film, released in 2005. The film stars Steven Seagal, Christine Adams, William Hope, Gary Daniels, Alison King and Vinnie Jones. The film was directed by British director Anthony Hickox.- Plot :...
, and in September 2007 she had a larger role in the romantic comedy film Virgin Territory
Virgin Territory
Virgin Territory is a 2007 romantic comedy film based upon Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron. It has also been known under the working titles The Decameron, Angels and Virgins, Guilty Pleasures and Chasing Temptation. The film's Italian title Decameron Pie pays tribute to both the title of the...
, playing the character Elissa. She has two further films in the can, Coffee Sex You and Shifty
Shifty (film)
Shifty is a British urban thriller, from writer/director Eran Creevy. Set on the outskirts of London, it follows themes of friendship and loyalty over the course of 24 hours in the life of a young drug dealer, the charismatic "Shifty", who is based on the original Shifty from...
.
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Premier Model Management (LondonLondon
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, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Acting and commercial Agent is Independent, London