This is shaping up to be a banner year for one of our favorite women in the world: Danish model/artist/actress/director Rie Rasmussen. The likes of GQ can keep their Jennifer Anistons and Jessica Biels; here at Kempt we go for brainy, over-achieving beauties in the Carla Bruni mold rather than the mindless meat puppets of prime time (but we digress).
Rie first made her mark as a Victoria’s Secret siren in 2001, then stole the show with a role as Rebecca Romijn’s lesbian lover in Brian De Palma’s 2002 thriller Femme Fatale. She went on to become the face of Gucci worldwide, while directing and starring in a short film that made it to Cannes 2004. In 2005 she starred in Luc Besson’s underrated Angel-A, a French fairytale shot in black-and-white, which was recently released on DVD.
This year, Rie, who’s repped by One Models, is publishing a book of her painting, drawing and photography, as well as directing her first feature film, entitled Human Zoo. Unfortunately she’s living in Belgrade while making the movie so we haven’t seen her around much, but we’re hereby issuing a standing invitation to drinks on Kempt the moment she touches American soil.
—J.P.S.
