Kate Moss

Profession: Model
Place/Date of Birth: Croydon, London, England, 16 January 2021
Associated with: Pete Doherty, Sadie Frost

When the deal was announced, she said: "I have always been a big fan of Topshop and regularly shop there. I love what they stand for and am very excited at the thought of working with them. It’s going to be great fun."

Kate plays ’total slag’ on stage - Nov 23 2006
Supermodel Kate Moss took to the stage to play a "total slag" in the Little Britain stage show. (see images)

Appearing alongside Vicky Pollard as her sister Katie, Moss said: "The Pollard sisters in the house - west country!"

Vicky, played by Matt Lucas, said: "I’m the pretty one."

Katie added: "I’m the easy one. I’m a total slag."

The supermodel wore a blue tracksuit top, black leggings, white trainers and a scruffy ponytail during her brief appearance for Comic Relief.

She then departed to go "on the rob" as Vicky yelled back: "Katie, Katie, lose some weight you fat bitch."

Russell Brand also appeared in the show in a sketch involving transvestites Emily, played by David Walliams, and Florence (Lucas).

He appeared as a plumber who stripped off his boiler suit to reveal his bra, suspenders and stockings.

The show, Little Britain’s Big Night, took place at the Hammersmith Apollo in West London last night, and was being filmed by the BBC to be broadcast in March.

Actress Patsy Kensit made a cameo as a dungaree-clad student who had a run-in with Walliams’ un-PC university administrator.

In a surreal twist, the real Dennis Waterman, of Minder fame, appeared alongside his fictional, miniature counterpart of the same name.

Radio One presenter Chris Moyles was subjected to a weigh-in by Fatfighters leader Marjorie Dawes (Lucas), who told the audience "Don’t laugh at the blob, that’s insensitive."

Dawn French took the role of lesbian barmaid Myfanwy for a sketch involving Daffyd, the self-proclaimed "only gay in the village".

Sir Paul and Kate on icon shortlist - Nov 11 2006
Britons have voted for the nation’s top 10 living icons and they include Sir Paul McCartney, Kate Moss and Sir David Attenborough.

The list includes only three women - singer Kate Bush and fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood join supermodel Moss, who at 32 is the youngest person in the top 10.

The other names vying for the position of Britain’s greatest living icon are playwright Alan Bennett, singers David Bowie and Morrissey and actors Sir Michael Caine and Stephen Fry.

The names of more than 500 Britons were suggested by viewers of BBC2 programme The Culture Show, which is launching the search.

Producer Edward Morgan said: "It’s a striking list - no Queen, no Maggie, no JK Rowling. Best of all this is a totally open race. Any of the 10 could win."

The winner will be announced on The Culture Show on December 16 after voting closes on November 27.

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Biography

In 1988, Kate Moss was discovered by Sarah Doukas, the founder of Storm model agency, at JFK airport at the age of just 14, as she prepared to board a flight home to London with her father.

After a series of shoots for teenage magazines, it was Harper’s Bazaar that finally launched her into the international arena. In 1992, she became the Face of Calvin Klein. Moss originally spearheaded the controversial "waif" look which critics claimed encouraged anorexia in impressionable teenagers. The girl from Croydon, who once said she "might’ve been a bank manager" now divides her time between London and LA, where she is often seen at The Viper Rooms, the controversial club owned by her one-time actor boyfriend Johnny Depp.

She has appeared in several notable documentaries about the fashion world and in 1995, released a hard-back book of pictures entitled simply "Kate". Having checked into London’s £300-a-day Priory Clinic in November 1998 suffering from exhaustion, Kate emerged refreshed the following January to announce that she had spent the last decade modelling "drunk". She told The Face magazine, "That’s what you do. You always have champagne before the shows. Always. Even at ten in the morning. It got to the point one time when we were [saying], ’We’re not going out without any champagne’."

Losing the Calvin Klein contract to fellow Brit Lisa Ratliffe in 1999, Kate has now taken on the status of fashion icon. In the May 2000 issue of Vogue, she played muse to a variety of the most cutting edge artists and photographers. In London she is still represented by Storm. Written in 2000
November 2007